Avast Online Security & Privacy

Secure your Mozilla Firefox browser against real-time online threats, trackers, and scams. We’ll check every site you visit, from Facebook to your bank, so nothing puts you or your data at risk. Join a growing community of 400 million Avast users.
What is Avast Online Security & Privacy?
Avast Online Security & Privacy is an add-on developed to provide high security and privacy for Firefox users. It blocks phishing sites, intrusive trackers, and invasive ads. This extension optimizes privacy settings and requests sites to stop tracking user data. It safeguards your personal information and enhances the browsing experience by performing real-time risk analysis of visited sites.

Add-on stats

Rating: 4.47 (1,625)
Version: 22.12.189 (Last updated: 2024-05-14)
Creation date: 2013-11-27
Weekly download count: 945
Firefox on Android: No
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • https://*/*
  • http://*/*
  • tabs
Size: 191.03K

Other platforms

Avast Online Security & Privacy (BETA) (v22.11.178)
4.37 (57) 80,000
Avast Online Security & Privacy (v22.11.177)
4.70 (1,008) 2,441,612
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Add-on summary

Secure your Mozilla Firefox browser against real-time online threats, trackers, and scams.

Browse with confidence using Avast Online Security & Privacy. We’ll check every site you visit, from Facebook to your bank, so nothing puts you or your data at risk. Join a growing community of 400 million Avast users.

• Identify and block phishing sites trying to steal your data. • Quickly check the risk rating of any website just by hovering over the link. • Block invasive tracking cookies that collect data on your browsing activities. • Block online advertising and remove your details from advertisers’ databases. • Optimize your privacy preferences and settings across your favorite online platforms. • Automatically ask sites to stop tracking you and selling your data. Learn more at https://globalprivacycontrol.org.

The data we collect includes: • URL - to check if the website is safe or not • Usage data - to measure the user’s behavior on the interface and understand how the user interacts with the extension • Internal extension identifier (GUID) - to distinguish unique malware hits, to measure product telemetry and calculate aggregated statistics

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User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Firefox Browser Add-ons does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Used to have good performance and reliability
  • User satisfaction with the overall Avast security software
Cons
  • End of support for Firefox
  • Limited functionality with search engines
  • Not effective with DuckDuckGo
  • Lack of comprehensive scanning results
Most mentioned
  • Ending support for the Firefox extension
  • Limited search engine compatibility
  • Previous reliability of Avast software
Recent reviews

by nounouss, 2024-10-23

by Chauvel Sébastien, 2024-09-26
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Add-on safety

Risk impact

Avast Online Security & Privacy requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Avast Online Security & Privacy has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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