McAfee® WebAdvisor

What is McAfee® WebAdvisor?

McAfee® WebAdvisor is a very popular Edge add-on by McAfee LLC.. This add-on has 11,564,583 weekly active users, an average user rating of 3.60, and is most similar to Open in Chrome Browser and Microsoft Bing Homepage. The latest version, 8.1.0.3218, was updated 8 days ago.

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By: McAfee LLC.

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Users: 11,564,583 ▲ 142.04K

Rating: 3.60 (959)

Version: 8.1.0.3218 (Last updated: 2023-03-16)

Creation date: 2022-01-20

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

alarms
tabs
scripting
activeTab
downloads
nativeMessaging
webRequest
storage
declarativeNetRequest
unlimitedStorage

Host permissions:

<all_urls>

Size: 3.71M

URLs: Website ,Privacy policy

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

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ChromeStats Rank

# 1

Other rankings

#1219 in Productivity ▲ 95

#12 in antivirus keyword ▼ 1

#82 in identify keyword ▼ 5

#88 in line keyword ▼ 1

#92 in security keyword ▲

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Summary

Search confidently, browse safely.

McAfee WebAdvisor for Microsoft Edge is your trusty companion that helps keep you safe from threats while you search and browse the web. This extension safeguards you from malware and phishing attempts while you surf, without impacting your browsing performance or experience.

Here’s how it works:

1.	Search safely. For supported search engines, WebAdvisor will place red, yellow or green safety ratings right in your search results so you can efficiently navigate to safe sites.
2.	Click with confidence. WebAdvisor blocks most potentially bad sites before they can do harm, displaying a page to warn you of potential risks.
3.	Breathe easy. Even genuine websites can unwittingly play host to malicious content, but don’t worry - WebAdvisor helps to identify and block these risks, while preserving legitimate content.

As one of the world’s leading independent cybersecurity companies, McAfee actively protects over 300 million consumer devices worldwide and uses this expertise to power the real-time protection that makes WebAdvisor your first line of defense for safer browsing.

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Risk impact

McAfee® WebAdvisor requires a number of risky permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this add-on. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install McAfee® WebAdvisor if you trust the publisher.

Risk impact measures the level of extra permissions an extension has access to. A low risk impact extension cannot do much harms, whereas a high risk impact extension can do a lot of damage like stealing your password, bypass your security settings, and access your personal data. High risk impact extensions are not necessarily malicious. However, if they do turn malicious, they can be very harmful.

Risk likelihood

McAfee® WebAdvisor has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood measures the probability that an Edge add-on may turn malicious. This is determined by the publisher and the Edge add-on reputation on Edge Add-on Store, the amount of time the Edge add-on has been around, and other signals about the Edge add-on. Our algorithms are not perfect, and are subject to change as we discover new ways to detect malicious extensions. We recommend that you always exercise caution when installing an Edge add-on, especially ones with higher risk impact and/or higher risk likelihood.

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User reviews

I can see from the reviews that I'm not the only one to keep getting these Annoying messages every day stating my subscription ends today. It also blocks me from sites I know are safe........

by Malcolm, 2023-03-23

I can see from the reviews that I'm not the only one to keep getting these Annoying messages every day stating my subscription ends today. It also blocks me from sites I know are safe........

by Malcolm, 2023-03-23

Have a two year subscription but constantly get messages stating that its ended or is ending and to renew. What is going on.

by David, 2023-03-21

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