Is Alert safe to use?

Alert has a security risk score of 61.93/100 (MEDIUM risk). Our security analysis detected 155 findings. Review the detailed security assessment below to understand the specific risks before installation.

What are the security risks of Alert?

Based on our automated security analysis, Alert presents medium risk level. The extension is analyzed for malware patterns, secret exposure, network communications, permissions, and supply chain vulnerabilities.

How is the security score calculated?

Risky Plugins calculates security scores using weighted categories: severity of findings (25 points max), malware detections (35 points), secret exposure (28 points), network communications (10 points), and obfuscation (10 points). Scores range from 0-100, with higher scores indicating greater risk.

What does CRITICAL, HIGH, MEDIUM, LOW, MINIMAL risk mean?

CRITICAL (80-100): Severe security issues like malware. HIGH (60-79): Significant vulnerabilities. MEDIUM (40-59): Moderate security concerns. LOW (20-39): Minor issues. MINIMAL (0-19): Very low risk. Always review findings before installing any extension.

Is "Alert" on Chrome Web Store Safe to Install?

[email protected] · chrome · v0.0.1

Alert for Gmail is a Chrome extension that notifies you for any new emails that are in your inbox without having the need to constantly check your inbox. When a new email arrives in your inbox this extension gives you a notification where you can view the message. Also Alert offers many other features such as viewing the email in your inbox, deleting and marking the email as read. Alert also supports many accounts at once. Also if you are on your desktop Alert will send you a notification there too. Alert features a dark mode interface so it's easier to look at the messages you recieve.

Risk Assessment

Analyzed

61.93

out of 100

MEDIUM

155 security findings detected across all analyzers

Chrome extension requesting 7 permissions

Severity Breakdown

Critical

High

109

Medium

Low

Info

Finding Categories

Malware Signatures

Network

IoC Indicators

YARA Rules Matched

9 rules(46 hits)

postinstall file manipulation postinstall file download postinstall system command NoUseWeakRandom postinstall network communication postinstall obfuscation postinstall crypto operations postinstall persistence mechanism LocalStorageShouldNotBeUsed

Requested Permissions

7 permissions

webRequest

Intercept, modify, and block all network requests

High

tabs

Medium

*://mail.google.com/mail/

Low

*://mail.google.com/sync/

Low

notifications

Low

contextMenus

Low

storage

Low

About This Extension

Detailed Findings

56 total

YARA Rule Matches

9 rules

Indicators of Compromise

Network indicators, suspicious strings, and potential IoCs extracted during analysis

URLs

Domains

Strings

All Indicators · 99

Domain

detected Domain: mail.google.com

XIOC detected Domain: mail.google.com

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URL

detected URL: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/feed/atom',

XIOC detected URL: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/feed/atom',

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URL

detected URL: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/1/feed/atom',

XIOC detected URL: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/1/feed/atom',

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URL

detected URL: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/2/feed/atom',

XIOC detected URL: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/2/feed/atom',

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URL

detected URL: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/3/feed/atom'

XIOC detected URL: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/3/feed/atom'

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URL

detected URL: https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx

XIOC detected URL: https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx

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URL

detected URL: https://alertforgmail.netlify.app/

XIOC detected URL: https://alertforgmail.netlify.app/

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URL

detected URL: http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd

XIOC detected URL: http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd

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URL

detected URL: http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml

XIOC detected URL: http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml

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URL

detected URL: http://www.w3.org/2000/svg

XIOC detected URL: http://www.w3.org/2000/svg

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URL

detected URL: http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink

XIOC detected URL: http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink

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URL

detected URL: https://ezgif.com/resize

XIOC detected URL: https://ezgif.com/resize

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URL

detected URL: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0',

XIOC detected URL: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0',

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URL

detected URL: https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&view=cm',

XIOC detected URL: https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&view=cm',

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URL

detected URL: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/feed/atom/inbox

XIOC detected URL: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/feed/atom/inbox

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URL

detected URL: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/6/feed/atom/inbox,

XIOC detected URL: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/6/feed/atom/inbox,

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URL

detected URL: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/7/feed/atom/inbox

XIOC detected URL: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/7/feed/atom/inbox

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URL

detected URL: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/gmail-notifier-restartless/

XIOC detected URL: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/gmail-notifier-restartless/

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URL

detected URL: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/gmail-notifier/dcjichoefijpinlfnjghokpkojhlhkgl

XIOC detected URL: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/gmail-notifier/dcjichoefijpinlfnjghokpkojhlhkgl

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URL

detected URL: https://addons.opera.com/extensions/details/gmail-notifier/

XIOC detected URL: https://addons.opera.com/extensions/details/gmail-notifier/

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URL

detected URL: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/6/feed/atom/inbox

XIOC detected URL: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/6/feed/atom/inbox

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Domain

detected Domain: date.now

XIOC detected Domain: date.now

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Domain

detected Domain: text.map

XIOC detected Domain: text.map

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Domain

detected Domain: buttons.map

XIOC detected Domain: buttons.map

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Domain

detected Domain: c.xml.link

XIOC detected Domain: c.xml.link

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Domain

detected Domain: audio.play

XIOC detected Domain: audio.play

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Domain

detected Domain: clients2.google.com

XIOC detected Domain: clients2.google.com

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Domain

detected Domain: alertforgmail.netlify.app

XIOC detected Domain: alertforgmail.netlify.app

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Domain

detected Domain: gmail.post

XIOC detected Domain: gmail.post

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Domain

detected Domain: prefs.express

XIOC detected Domain: prefs.express

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Domain

detected Domain: links.map

XIOC detected Domain: links.map

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Domain

detected Domain: obj.at

XIOC detected Domain: obj.at

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Domain

detected Domain: app.storage

XIOC detected Domain: app.storage

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Domain

detected Domain: array.prototype.slice.call

XIOC detected Domain: array.prototype.slice.call

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Domain

detected Domain: slice.call

XIOC detected Domain: slice.call

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Domain

detected Domain: config.notification.sound.play

XIOC detected Domain: config.notification.sound.play

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URL

detected Domain: url.link

XIOC detected Domain: url.link

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Domain

detected Domain: config.email

XIOC detected Domain: config.email

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Domain

detected Domain: accounts.map

XIOC detected Domain: accounts.map

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Domain

detected Domain: o.id

XIOC detected Domain: o.id

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Domain

detected Domain: account.name

XIOC detected Domain: account.name

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Domain

detected Domain: gmail.at

XIOC detected Domain: gmail.at

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Domain

detected Domain: c.network

XIOC detected Domain: c.network

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Domain

detected Domain: a.xml.link

XIOC detected Domain: a.xml.link

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Domain

detected Domain: b.xml.link

XIOC detected Domain: b.xml.link

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Domain

detected Domain: tmp.map

XIOC detected Domain: tmp.map

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Domain

detected Domain: e.author

XIOC detected Domain: e.author

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Domain

detected Domain: config.notification.show

XIOC detected Domain: config.notification.show

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Domain

detected Domain: o.link

XIOC detected Domain: o.link

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Domain

detected Domain: mail.google

XIOC detected Domain: mail.google

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Domain

detected Domain: config.tabs.search

XIOC detected Domain: config.tabs.search

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Domain

detected Domain: tab.id

XIOC detected Domain: tab.id

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Domain

detected Domain: config.email.feeds.map

XIOC detected Domain: config.email.feeds.map

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Domain

detected Domain: server.email

XIOC detected Domain: server.email

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Domain

detected Domain: emails.map

XIOC detected Domain: emails.map

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Domain

detected Domain: o.network

XIOC detected Domain: o.network

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Domain

detected Domain: gmail.search

XIOC detected Domain: gmail.search

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Domain

detected Domain: ezgif.com

XIOC detected Domain: ezgif.com

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Domain

detected Domain: config.tabs.open.smart

XIOC detected Domain: config.tabs.open.smart

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Domain

detected Domain: newestentry.link

XIOC detected Domain: newestentry.link

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Domain

detected Domain: config.notification.sound.media

XIOC detected Domain: config.notification.sound.media

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Domain

detected Domain: c.author

XIOC detected Domain: c.author

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Domain

detected Domain: app.sound.play

XIOC detected Domain: app.sound.play

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Domain

detected Domain: e.link

XIOC detected Domain: e.link

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Domain

detected Domain: document.body.style

XIOC detected Domain: document.body.style

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Domain

detected Domain: request.data

XIOC detected Domain: request.data

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Domain

detected Domain: objs.map

XIOC detected Domain: objs.map

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Domain

detected Domain: e.id

XIOC detected Domain: e.id

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Domain

detected Domain: document.body.dataset.star

XIOC detected Domain: document.body.dataset.star

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Domain

detected Domain: o.labels.map

XIOC detected Domain: o.labels.map

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Domain

detected Domain: body.name

XIOC detected Domain: body.name

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Domain

detected Domain: selected.entry.author

XIOC detected Domain: selected.entry.author

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Domain

detected Domain: body.email

XIOC detected Domain: body.email

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Domain

detected Domain: stat.total

XIOC detected Domain: stat.total

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Domain

detected Domain: body.date

XIOC detected Domain: body.date

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Domain

detected Domain: sound.media

XIOC detected Domain: sound.media

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Domain

detected Domain: selected.parent.xml.entries.map

XIOC detected Domain: selected.parent.xml.entries.map

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Domain

detected Domain: selected.entry.id

XIOC detected Domain: selected.entry.id

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Domain

detected Domain: o.xml.link

XIOC detected Domain: o.xml.link

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Domain

detected Domain: selected.parent.xml.link

XIOC detected Domain: selected.parent.xml.link

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Domain

detected Domain: entry.id

XIOC detected Domain: entry.id

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Domain

detected Domain: old.link

XIOC detected Domain: old.link

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Domain

detected Domain: old.id

XIOC detected Domain: old.id

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Domain

detected Domain: selected.entry.link

XIOC detected Domain: selected.entry.link

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Domain

detected Domain: target.id

XIOC detected Domain: target.id

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Domain

detected Domain: notification.sound.media

XIOC detected Domain: notification.sound.media

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Domain

detected Domain: www.w3.org

XIOC detected Domain: www.w3.org

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Domain

detected Domain: req.open

XIOC detected Domain: req.open

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Domain

detected Domain: gmail.get.id

XIOC detected Domain: gmail.get.id

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Domain

detected Domain: span.style

XIOC detected Domain: span.style

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Domain

detected Domain: c.id

XIOC detected Domain: c.id

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Domain

detected Domain: inbox.google.com

XIOC detected Domain: inbox.google.com

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Domain

detected Domain: config.map

XIOC detected Domain: config.map

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Domain

detected Domain: paint.net

XIOC detected Domain: paint.net

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Domain

detected Domain: addons.mozilla.org

XIOC detected Domain: addons.mozilla.org

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Domain

detected Domain: chrome.google.com

XIOC detected Domain: chrome.google.com

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Domain

detected Domain: addons.opera.com

XIOC detected Domain: addons.opera.com

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Domain

detected Domain: e.target

XIOC detected Domain: e.target

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URL

detected URL: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/'

XIOC detected URL: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/'

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Security Analysis Summary

Security Analysis Overview

Alert is a Chrome Web Store extension published by [email protected]. Version 0.0.1 has been analyzed by the Risky Plugins security platform, receiving a risk score of 61.93/100 (MEDIUM risk) based on 155 security findings.

Risk Assessment

This extension presents high security risk. Significant concerns were identified during analysis. It is not recommended for use in sensitive or production environments without thorough review.

Findings Breakdown

High: 46 finding(s)
Medium: 109 finding(s)

What Was Analyzed

The security assessment covers multiple analysis categories:

Malware Detection: YARA rule matching against 2,400+ malware signatures
Secret Detection: Scanning for exposed API keys, tokens, and credentials
Static Analysis: Code-level security analysis for common vulnerability patterns
Network Analysis: Detection of suspicious network communications and endpoints
Obfuscation Detection: Identification of code obfuscation techniques

Developer Information

Alert is published by [email protected] on the Chrome Web Store marketplace. The extension has approximately 67 users.

Recommendation

This extension is not recommended for installation without thorough manual review. Consider alternatives with lower risk scores, or contact the developer to address the identified security concerns.

Source Code Viewer

Source Code Not Available

Source code is not available for this version of the extension.

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Severity Breakdown

Finding Categories

YARA Rules Matched

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Detailed Findings

NET-FETCH-data/popup/gmail.js-69

NET-XMLHTTPREQUEST-lib/gmail.js-19

NET-XMLHTTPREQUEST-lib/gmail.js-101

NET-XMLHTTPREQUEST-data/popup/gmail.js-15

NET-FETCH-data/popup/gmail.js-40

MANIFEST-SENSITIVE-PERM-TABS

NET-XMLHTTPREQUEST-lib/wrapper/chrome/app.js-57

NET-FETCH-lib/gmail.js-5

NET-FETCH-data/popup/plug-ins/labels.js-57

NET-FETCH-lib/gmail.js-57

YARA Rule Matches

postinstall file manipulation

postinstall file download

postinstall system command

NoUseWeakRandom

postinstall network communication

postinstall obfuscation

postinstall crypto operations

postinstall persistence mechanism

LocalStorageShouldNotBeUsed

Indicators of Compromise

All Indicators · 99

Security Analysis Summary

Security Analysis Overview

Risk Assessment

Findings Breakdown

What Was Analyzed

Developer Information

Recommendation

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