Urban Shield

Name: Urban Shield
Rating: 4.2987 (77 reviews)
Author: Urban VPN

Urban Shield is a Wi-Fi surfing protection & auto caching, and history cleaner extension for your browser.

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Urban Shield is a comprehensive Firefox extension that secures your browser by blocking malicious websites, annoying ads, and cryptocurrency mining sites to enhance device safety and performance. It offers advanced protection against phishing and identity theft, while clearing your cache and history automatically to maintain your privacy. The extension also blocks tracking analytics requests, shielding your digital fingerprint from being exposed.

Designed for seamless integration, Urban Shield requires no additional software and operates without slowing your browser. It collects minimal browsing data with your consent to improve protection services, shared only in aggregated anonymized forms. Install Urban Shield today for safer, faster, and more private web surfing.

Add-on Privacy & Security Utilities Productivity

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Daily users:

Rating:

Version:

5.6.0 Last updated: 2023-04-27

Version code:

5556345

Creation date:

2019-10-10

Risk:

Permissions:

webRequestBlocking
tabs
webNavigation
webRequest
management
alarms
storage
scripting
browsingData
declarativeNetRequest

Host permissions:

https://*.bugsnag.com/*
https://*.urban-vpn.com/*
https://www.google-analytics.com/*
https://ssl.google-analytics.com/*
https://google-analytics.com/
https://www.google.com/favicon.ico
https://www.youtube.com/favicon.ico
<all_urls>
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/urban-shield/*
https://www.urban-vpn.com/thank-you-ext-shield/*

Size:

3.58MB

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Browser Add-ons

Data ingested on:

2025-07-17

Ranking

# 914 ▲ 36

Other rankings

#202 in Privacy & Security ▲ 4

#14 in field keyword 21 ▲ 1

#43 in cache keyword 42 ▲ 1

#45 in cryptocurrency keyword 8 ▼ 1

#50 in malware keyword 44

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User reviews

Users appreciate that Urban Shield is a free VPN with decent speed on some servers like Japan and find it useful for anonymous browsing with a simple interface. However, common issues include slow overall speeds, long startup times, limited server choices since the rebranding from Urban VPN, and serious privacy concerns about data collection and selling user information.

Pros

Free to use
Good speed on certain servers (e.g., Japan)
Useful for anonymizing browsing on the browser
Simple and nice user interface

Cons

Slow connection speeds overall
Takes a long time to load and start
Limited choice of free servers
Concerns about privacy and data collection

Recent reviews

by si*****, 2025-07-11

by Fi*****, 2025-07-10

by Bu*****, 2025-07-07

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Extension safety

Risk impact

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Urban Shield requires a lot of sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
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Urban Shield has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

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