Compare Edge add-ons: McAfee® WebAdvisor vs Open in Chrome™ Browser

Stats McAfee® WebAdvisor McAfee® WebAdvisor Open in Chrome™ Browser Open in Chrome™ Browser
User count 34,305,308 67,927
Average rating 3.40 3.90
Rating count 1,146 28
Last updated 2024-02-08 2023-09-28
Size 3.19M 76.56K
Version 8.1.0.4798 0.3.2
Short description
McAfee® WebAdvisor Open current page, link, or all tabs in the Chrome browser.
Full 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.

"Open in Google Chrome" extension is a browser extension that opens the current tab or links in the Google Chrome browser. Using this extension you can send links to Google Chrome without the need to manually copy and paste links. It is even possible to define keyboard shortcuts for easier access (Check the options page for more info).

Features: Send the current page to Chrome by pressing the action button Send a link in a page to Chrome from right-click context menu Send a link to Chrome that matches the provided list of hostnames, URLs, or words. Optionally close the source tab when push to Chrome Optionally open the link in both browsers Optionally redirect even the top-level navigation

Notes:

  1. For this extension to open links in the Google Chrome browser you will need to install a minimal native client. The instruction to install the native client is displayed once a link opening is requested. Notes:
  2. This extension supports managed storage which means some preferences can be configured by the domain administrator
  3. This extension can send links on left-click, a combination of the left-click and a keyboard meta key, and top-level navigation
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