# VirusTotal Website Security Check

> It opens a VirusTotal website scan page on the URL you are visiting right now, in just a click of a button, of course with your consent.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/vt\_web\_check](https://chrome-stats.com/d/vt_web_check)

## Overview

- **ID:** `vt_web_check`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** TheDoggyBrad Software Lab
- **Category:** privacy-security
- **Daily users:** 882
- **Weekly downloads:** 30
- **Rating:** 4.54 / 5 (13 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.14
- **Last updated:** 2025-03-18
- **First published:** 2024-02-02
- **Size:** 22 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/vt_web_check/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/thedoggybrad/vt\_web\_check/issues](https://github.com/thedoggybrad/vt_web_check/issues)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/vt\_web\_check/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/vt_web_check/privacy/)

## Description

The VirusTotal Website Security Check Chrome extension by TheDoggyBrad Software Lab lets you quickly scan the security status of the website you are currently visiting. By simply clicking the extension button and confirming, it opens the VirusTotal security scan page for that URL to display insights from multiple antivirus providers. This extension operates without requiring an API key by cleverly reverse-engineering VirusTotal's URL search functionality. It offers an easy, privacy-conscious way to ensure online safety while browsing. More details, source code, and privacy policy are available on its official GitHub repository.

## Rankings

- #3,525 — Overall
- #16 — security
- #26 — website
- #46 — secure
- #54 — trust
- #114 — course

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `management`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Low risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Manages other extensions, which allows oversight but might intervene with user configurations and choices.
- 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/vt_web_check)