Urban Shield Firefox

Urban Shield

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

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.

User Growth & Download Statistics

Manifest V2 Add-on Privacy & Security
By:
Urban VPN
Daily users:
7,893 -120
Rating:
3.79
(106)
Version:
5.6.0 Last updated: 2023-04-27
Version code:
5556345
Creation date:
2019-10-10
Risk:
Very high risk impact Low risk likelihood
Permissions:
Content scripts matches:
  • *
  • <all_urls>
Size:
3.58MB
URLs:
Website ,Privacy policy
Full description:
See detailed description
Source:
Firefox Add-ons Store
Data ingested on:
2026-06-19
Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 882 ▼ 3
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Other platforms

Chrome
Urban Browser Guard (v8.1.1)
200,000 4.48 (649)
Edge
Urban Browser Guard (v8.1.1)
16,037 4.40 (26)

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Contact the developer

Chrome-Stats does not own this Firefox add-on. Please use these information below to contact the Firefox add-on developer.
Developed by:
Urban VPN
Firefox Add-ons Store
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/urban-shield/
Website:
https://www.urban-vpn.com/

Permission Change History

2024-11-19: Version 6.4.3 → 7.1.0
Add Host permissions: https://api-pro.urban-vpn.com/rest/v1/redirect/*
Remove Host permissions: https://stats.urban-vpn.com/api/rest/v2/*
Remove Permissions: proxy
2024-05-09: Version 6.3.0 → 6.4.0
Add Host permissions: https://*.bugsnag.com/*
2024-04-08: Version 5.6.4 → 6.3.0
Add Host permissions: 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/* https://www.urban-vpn.com/uninstall-ext-shield/* https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/urban-vpn//* https://authentication.urban-vpn.com/* https://anti-mining-protection-toolbar.urban-vpn.com/api/rest/v2/* https://geo.geosurf.io/* https://authentication.urban-vpn.com/* https://config-toolbar.urban-vpn.com/rest/v1/configs/extensions/urban-shield/* https://stats.urban-vpn.com/api/rest/v2/* https://api-pro.urban-vpn.com/rest/v1/* https://api-pro.urban-vpn.com/rest/v1/* https://api-pro.urban-vpn.com/rest/v1/* https://authentication.urban-vpn.com/rest/v1/*
Add Permissions: scripting declarativeNetRequest
Remove Permissions: <all_urls> https://sessions.bugsnag.com/* https://notify.bugsnag.com/* https://*.urban-vpn.com/* https://google-analytics.com/* https://www.google-analytics.com/* https://ssl.google-analytics.com/*

User Reviews

Most reviews focus on two issues: frequent errors and reliability problems (e.g., 'Something went wrong'), and serious privacy concerns around data collection and scraping. A smaller group views it positively, praising its VPN capabilities on Firefox and calling it useful or even a 'masterpiece.' Overall, the add-on shows a split: notable VPN functionality for Firefox but significant reliability and privacy risks cited by multiple users.
Pros
  • VPN functionality on Firefox; one of the few/free VPN options available for Firefox, with users noting it can connect to regions like Japan.
  • Positive user sentiment in several reviews, with phrases like 'masterpiece' and 'good' indicating some users find it useful
Cons
  • Frequent errors and reliability issues, including 'Something went wrong' messages and initialization failures
  • Privacy concerns due to data collection or data stealing allegations, including scraping data and collecting chat logs
  • Some reviewers report it stopped functioning after disclosures about data scraping / privacy issues
Recent reviews
Не работает расширение показывает вечную установку сделайте нормальное расширение для Firefox
by Ro*****, 2026-04-19
Use Brave browser, Urban Shield still works there.
by Ro*****, 2026-04-01
by mM*****, 2026-03-12
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Is Urban Shield Safe?

Risk impact
Risk impact measures the level of extra permissions an extension has access to. A low risk impact extension cannot do much harms, whereas a high risk impact extension can do a lot of damage like stealing your password, bypassing your security settings, and accessing your personal data. High risk impact extensions are not necessarily malicious. However, if they do turn malicious, they can be very harmful.

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

Risk impact analysis details
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Risk likelihood
Risk likelihood measures the probability that a Firefox add-on may turn malicious. This is determined by the publisher and the Firefox add-on reputation on Firefox Add-ons Store, the amount of time the Firefox add-on has been around, and other signals about the Firefox add-on. Our algorithms are not perfect, and are subject to change as we discover new ways to detect malicious extensions. We recommend that you always exercise caution when installing a Firefox add-on.

Urban Shield has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details
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