# Punymax

> An extension to protect you from homograph phishing attacks like göog1e.com or fącebook.com. MANDATORY: Set Server URL in extension options. Open about:config and set dom.dialog\_element.enabled to true for correct display of the dialogs

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/punymax](https://chrome-stats.com/d/punymax)

## Overview

- **ID:** `punymax`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Andres
- **Category:** privacy-security
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Version:** 1.1.3
- **Last updated:** 2021-04-21
- **First published:** 2021-04-14
- **Size:** 241 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/punymax/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/punymax/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/punymax/privacy/)

## Description

Punymax is a Firefox add-on designed to protect users from homograph phishing attacks. It intercepts URLs with non-ASCII characters and provides verdicts from a server, helping users avoid phishing domains that closely resemble legitimate ones.

## Rankings

- #127,637 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `<all_urls>`
- `storage`
- `activeTab`
- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/punymax)