# URL Guardian

> Checks for the '@' character and '.zip' and '.mov' in the URL and warns the user.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `url-guardian`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Tylox
- **Category:** privacy-security
- **Daily users:** 5
- **Weekly downloads:** 1
- **Version:** 1.0
- **Last updated:** 2023-05-28
- **First published:** 2023-05-27
- **Size:** 13 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-11
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/url-guardian/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/JarneClaesen/URLGuardian](https://github.com/JarneClaesen/URLGuardian)

## Description

URL Guardian is an open-source lightweight Firefox add-on designed to enhance your online safety. It actively monitors and alerts you when you are about to visit a potentially dangerous URL, keeping you protected while surfing the internet.

## Rankings

- #45,399 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

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

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- 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/url-guardian)