Virtru Email Protection

Name: Virtru Email Protection
Rating: 3.966386554621849 (119 reviews)
Author: https://www.virtru.com/

Surprisingly easy email protection and control for Gmail.

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Virtru Email Protection offers seamless and powerful email security directly within Gmail through its easy-to-use Chrome extension. Designed for organizations of all sizes, Virtru helps protect sensitive data with end-to-end encryption, allowing users to maintain control over messages and attachments even after they are shared. Features include granular access controls, instant revocation, persistent file protection across platforms, and Data Loss Prevention (DLP) that automatically detects and encrypts sensitive information.

Virtru supports compliance with major data privacy regulations such as HIPAA, GDPR, CCPA, and more, ensuring that your organization can securely collaborate without compromising privacy or control. By integrating with Gmail, Virtru makes secure sharing straightforward and accessible, empowering businesses to protect data wherever it goes with minimal hassle.

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By:

https://www.virtru.com/

Users:

600,000

Rating:

3.97

(119)

Version:

12.7.1 Last updated: 2025-06-23

Creation date:

2020-05-16

Risk:

Permissions:

storage
unlimitedStorage

Host permissions:

http://*.virtru.com/*
https://*.virtru.com/*
http://*.google.com/*
https://*.google.com/*
http://*.googleusercontent.com/*
https://*.googleusercontent.com/*

Size:

5.07MB

Email:

up*****@virtru.com

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Chrome Web Store

Data ingested on:

2025-07-11

Ranking

# 521 ▲ 6

Other rankings

#16 in Privacy & Security

#12 in protect keyword 38 ▼ 3

#14 in data privacy keyword 29 ▲ 1

#20 in encrypt keyword 20 ▼ 3

#33 in email keyword 56

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Virtru Email Protection (v4.23.0)

20,960 3.66

(93)

User reviews

Users appreciate Virtru for its ease of use and effective email encryption that integrates well with Gmail without altering normal email workflows. However, many face recurring issues such as the extension disabling itself requiring frequent reinstalls, compatibility problems with Gmail's new interface, automatic encryption toggling issues, and interference from other extensions. Despite these challenges, customer support has been responsive in providing solutions. Overall, while the tool is valuable, reliability and compatibility improvements are needed.

Pros

Easy to use with minimal configuration.
Seamless integration with Gmail, does not require changing email sending habits.
Effective encryption tool for sending sensitive information.
Helpful for recipients even if they don't have the extension installed (though with some limitations).
Supportive customer service with helpful troubleshooting advice.

Cons

Extension often disables itself or 'falls out' requiring frequent reinstallations or reactivations.
Compatibility issues with the new Gmail interface causing Gmail to become unresponsive.
Difficulty in turning off automatic encryption, leading to user frustration.
Causes some emails to be marked as spam by Google's email servers.
Conflicts with other Chrome extensions such as Dark Reader, causing malfunctions.

Recent reviews

I want to give this extension a higher grade but it tries to encrypt all of my emails even though i turn it off which makes it frustrating. Hopefully yhis can be resolved soon so I can give it the 5 stars it deserves otherwise I will have to try another extension that can do this more effectively.

Ab*****, 2025-05-05

When I first download the Chrome extension, it works great, but after a day when I reopen my Gmail, Virtru is not active even though it shows up in my Chrome extensions list. Each time I want to use it, I have to uninstall and reinstall the extension. This is very frustrating.

Ag*****, 2025-04-16

Appears to work, I sent a "Secured" email to someone who didn't have the extension installed in their browser. Responding to my secured email didn't appear to be too onerous of a process for my recipient. My only question is: who controls the encryption keys? Is this an asynchronous encryption process using on-the-fly public/private encryption key generation? I guess that I need to go to the Virtru website and learn how this works.

Is*****, 2025-01-27

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Extension safety

Risk impact

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Virtru Email Protection requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

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Risk likelihood

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Virtru Email Protection has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

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