Norton Safe Search

Search safely online by enabling Norton Safe Search as your default search provider for maximum protection on Chrome.

Norton Safe Search: Safeguard Your Online Browsing and Searching

"Norton Safe Search" is a chrome extension developed by NortonLifeLock Inc. that serves as your defense against online threats and scams. It warns you about dangerous sites when you are surfing online and offers site safety ratings as well. It secures your online shopping, browsing, and data management by controlling the sites the extension can access and changing your search settings to Norton Safe Search service.

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Extension stats

By: https://norton.com

Users: 6,000,000+

Rating: 2.32

(317)

0.04

Version: 3.23.0.20 (Last updated: 2024-10-09)

Creation date: 2023-07-24

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood:

Moderate risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Overrides search engine: Yes

Permissions:

tabs
storage
scripting
alarms
declarativeNetRequest
webRequest

Host permissions:

https://*.norton.com/*

Size: 2.57M

Email: DL*****@nortonlifelock.com

URLs: Website ,Privacy policy

Ranking

# 67 ▲ 2

Other rankings

#10792 in Tools ▼ 158

#9 in safe keyword 35

#46 in default search keyword 57 ▲ 20

#55 in trademark keyword 6 ▼ 4

#65 in permission keyword 25 ▼ 2

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Other platforms

Not available on Android

Not available on Firefox

Norton Safe Search (v3.23.0.4)

3.40

(271) 4,038,471+

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Extension summary

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Norton Safe Search helps protect you from identity thieves and online scams by warning you of dangerous sites when you search, shop or browse online.

Norton Safe Search provides you added peace of mind by showing site safety ratings when a search by showing,

If the site is Trusted
If you should exercise additional caution
If the site is known to be malicious, which should be avoided.

This extension uses permissions that produce the following Chrome messages to perform necessary functions within the extension.

“Read your browsing history”

User reviews

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Pros

Cons

Search results are not relevant or safe, with many ads in place of useful links.
Difficulties with installation and constant prompts to reinstall.
Limited functionality compared to the previous Norton Safe Web extension.
Slow performance and poor user experience compared to competitors.
Unwanted changes to browser settings and shortcuts.

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