# Wind Blocker

> Blow the ads away with the power of wind and enjoy uninterrupted viewing of your favourite videos!

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `wind-blocker`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Removed
- **Publisher:** Hattaway Santiago
- **Category:** privacy-security
- **Daily users:** 18,089
- **Weekly downloads:** 21
- **Rating:** 4.06 / 5 (52 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.0.1
- **Last updated:** 2021-10-11
- **First published:** 2021-09-23
- **Size:** 929 KB
- **Data as of:** 2023-02-07
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/wind-blocker/)

## Description

Wind Blocker is a fast and reliable Firefox add-on that blocks annoying ads, banners, tracking scripts, and more. It ensures uninterrupted viewing of content on your favorite websites. With its user-friendly design and autoupdate filters, Wind Blocker makes your browser absolutely ad-free, allowing you to enjoy videos without wasting time on unskippable promotions.

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `http://*/*`
- `ws://*/*`
- `https://*/*`
- `wss://*/*`
- `storage`
- `unlimitedStorage`
- `tabs`
- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`
- `webNavigation`

### Content script matches

- `*`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Very high risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High 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 is not longer available in the store

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