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Chrome extension by Malwarebytes · Make Chrome Yours · Privacy

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A Chrome extension in Make Chrome Yours · Privacy with 12 000 000 users, one of the largest listings in the store. Audience over the last 30 days: +1 000 000.

Every site you visit. This extension can read and change the content of any page you open.

What the developer says, and 5 screenshots

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Users
12 000 000
Rating
3.6 (1 563 ratings)
Users, last 30 days
+1 000 000
Rating, last 30 days
-0.22 in 30 days
Version
3.3.8
Updated in the store
2026-10-19
Published
2017-12-22
Manifest
V3
Browser access
12 permissions, 1 site pattern

How it has moved

Users
+1M since 03.10
11M-12M · 14 readings
2026-10-08: released 3.3.72026-10-20: released 3.3.8
  1. 2026-10-0412M
  2. 2026-10-0812Mreleased 3.3.7
  3. 2026-10-1312M
  4. 2026-10-1412M
  5. 2026-10-1612M
  6. 2026-10-2012Mreleased 3.3.8
  7. 2026-10-2112M
  8. 2026-10-2312M
  9. 2026-10-2412M
  10. 2026-10-2512M
  11. 2026-10-2812M
  12. 2026-10-2912M
  13. 2026-11-0112M
  14. 2026-11-0212M
Rating
-0.22 since 03.10
reviewsrating 3.62-3.87 · 14 readings
2026-10-08: released 3.3.72026-10-20: released 3.3.8
  1. 2026-10-04reviews1.6krating3.85
  2. 2026-10-08reviews1.6krating3.85released 3.3.7
  3. 2026-10-13reviews1.6krating3.84
  4. 2026-10-14reviews1.6krating3.72
  5. 2026-10-16reviews1.6krating3.70
  6. 2026-10-20reviews1.6krating3.67released 3.3.8
  7. 2026-10-21reviews1.6krating3.66
  8. 2026-10-23reviews1.6krating3.62
  9. 2026-10-24reviews1.6krating3.62
  10. 2026-10-25reviews1.6krating3.65
  11. 2026-10-28reviews1.6krating3.65
  12. 2026-10-29reviews1.6krating3.65
  13. 2026-11-01reviews1.6krating3.65
  14. 2026-11-02reviews1.6krating3.65
Users
+1M since 01.09
11M-12M · 22 readings
2026-09-10: released 3.3.52026-09-24: released 3.3.62026-10-08: released 3.3.72026-10-20: released 3.3.8
  1. 2026-09-0111M
  2. 2026-09-0211M
  3. 2026-09-0411M
  4. 2026-09-0611M
  5. 2026-09-1511M
  6. 2026-09-1711M
  7. 2026-09-2011M
  8. 2026-09-2511M
  9. 2026-10-0412M
  10. 2026-10-0812Mreleased 3.3.7
  11. 2026-10-1312M
  12. 2026-10-1412M
  13. 2026-10-1612M
  14. 2026-10-2012Mreleased 3.3.8
  15. 2026-10-2112M
  16. 2026-10-2312M
  17. 2026-10-2412M
  18. 2026-10-2512M
  19. 2026-10-2812M
  20. 2026-10-2912M
  21. 2026-11-0112M
  22. 2026-11-0212M
Rating
-0.22 since 01.09
reviewsrating 3.62-3.87 · 22 readings
2026-09-10: released 3.3.52026-09-24: released 3.3.62026-10-08: released 3.3.72026-10-20: released 3.3.8
  1. 2026-09-01reviews1.5krating3.87
  2. 2026-09-02reviews1.5krating3.87
  3. 2026-09-04reviews1.5krating3.87
  4. 2026-09-06reviews1.5krating3.87
  5. 2026-09-15reviews1.5krating3.87
  6. 2026-09-17reviews1.5krating3.87
  7. 2026-09-20reviews1.5krating3.87
  8. 2026-09-25reviews1.5krating3.87
  9. 2026-10-04reviews1.6krating3.85
  10. 2026-10-08reviews1.6krating3.85released 3.3.7
  11. 2026-10-13reviews1.6krating3.84
  12. 2026-10-14reviews1.6krating3.72
  13. 2026-10-16reviews1.6krating3.70
  14. 2026-10-20reviews1.6krating3.67released 3.3.8
  15. 2026-10-21reviews1.6krating3.66
  16. 2026-10-23reviews1.6krating3.62
  17. 2026-10-24reviews1.6krating3.62
  18. 2026-10-25reviews1.6krating3.65
  19. 2026-10-28reviews1.6krating3.65
  20. 2026-10-29reviews1.6krating3.65
  21. 2026-11-01reviews1.6krating3.65
  22. 2026-11-02reviews1.6krating3.65

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What it can reach

Every site you visit. This extension can read and change the content of any page you open.

  • Talk to an application installed on your computer nativeMessaging
  • See the address and title of every tab you have open tabs
  • Watch the network requests your browser makes webRequest
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The full permission history for this extension

Version history

  1. Version 3.3.8
  2. Version 3.3.7
  3. Version 3.3.6
Show the remaining 1
  1. Version 3.3.5 · Asked for fewer permissions (13, was 14)

What changed recently

  1. Package size changed
  2. Released version 3.3.8 (was 3.3.7)
  3. Package size changed
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  1. Released version 3.3.7 (was 3.3.6)
  2. Package size changed
  3. Released version 3.3.6 (was 3.3.5)
  4. Package size changed
  5. Asked for fewer permissions (13, was 14)
  6. Released version 3.3.5 (was 3.3.4)

The publisher

Malwarebytes publishes 2 listings we track, 12.0M users between them. Listed website: malwarebytes.com.

  1. Malwarebytes Browser Guard Beta Malwarebytes · Productivity · Workflow · published 2022-08-30 10k users ★ 3.7

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Listings the catalog judges closest in what they say they do.

  1. Malwarebytes Browser Guard Beta Describes nearly the same job, with an established audience 10k users ★ 3.7
  2. GetAdProtect Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 3 users (last published figure)
  3. Defendera Browser Protection Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 393 users ★ 5.0
  4. WebScannerPro – Online Privacy Essentials Describes nearly the same job, with an established audience 80k users ★ 4.2
  5. iShield Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 2 users

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