AVG Online Security
AVG Browser Security and Web Reputation Plugin. Offering protection against known phishing and malware sites, improving your browsing overall browsing experience with crowd sourced web reputation rating.
AVG Online Security - Advanced Protection for Firefox
"AVG Online Security" is a powerful Firefox extension designed to protect your online activities. It blocks phishing sites, rates websites based on security assessments from a 400 million strong community of users, warns against sites with bad reputations, and blocks intrusive tracking cookies. It ensures a secure browsing experience by integrating seamlessly with AVG's security framework.
Add-on stats
Manifest V2
By: AVG Technologies
Rating: 4.50 
(709)
Weekly download count: 318
Firefox on Android: No
Permissions:
- https://*/*
- http://*/*
- tabs
Size: 204.24K
URLs: Website ,Privacy policy
Full description: See detailed description
Ranking
Other platforms
Not available on Android
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spammy, or outdated.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
- Easy to use features
- Has provided satisfactory performance over the years
- Informative customer service
Cons
- Discontinued support for the extension
- Invasive nature compared to competitors like NoScript
- Automatic uninstallation without user consent
Most mentioned
- Discontinuation of the extension
- Invasiveness compared to other security options
- User dissatisfaction with AVG's reasons for support withdrawal
User reviews
by Firefox user 18853247, 2025-02-26
by 天灭中共退党团队保平安, 2025-02-10
by Old VeeRay, 2025-01-22
Add-on safety
Risk impact
AVG Online Security requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.
Risk impact analysis details
- Critical Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
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Risk likelihood
We don't have sufficient data to confidently determine the risk likelihood of AVG Online Security. Use it at your own risk.
Risk likelihood analysis details
- High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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