AVG Safe Search

Search safely online by enabling AVG Safe Search as your default search provider for maximum protection on Chrome.

Strengthen your online browser security by setting AVG Safe Search as your default search engine. That way, you’re warned of potentially dangerous websites, and get better protection against scams, identity theft, and potential malware. How it works: Safer Browsing and Shopping Online Avoid potentially fake websites, online scams, and identity theft. You’ll get alerts right away if you’ve landed on a dangerous website. Protection Against Online Threats Protect yourself online against phishing attacks and potential malware while browsing. AVG Safe Search will actively monitor for potentially harmful websites, ensuring you only interact with safe and secure websites. Browse with Peace of Mind Know when a site is potentially dangerous before you visit them, making it easier for you to know if a site is trustworthy. That way, you can browse with confidence. Terms This extension uses permissions that produce the following Chrome messages to perform necessary functions within the extension. “Read and change all your data on the websites you visit” Shown for permissions needed for detecting online risks on all types of pages you browse. “Read your browsing history” Shown for permissions needed for creation and management of tabs and information from the extension’s installation page. Displaying site safety rating information reliably during tab manipulations by Chrome or the user. “Display notifications” Shown for permissions needed for showing alerts when important changes happen for protection activity or when authentication is required for certain features. “This extension can read and change your data on sites. You can control which sites the extension can access.” Shown for permissions needed for exchange of configuration information for performing safety markup on search results. “Change your search settings to bing.com” Shown for permissions needed for delivery of search results through the AVG Safe Search service. This extension also uses permissions that are not displayed in Chrome for performing certain functions within the extension: “webRequest” permission Used to obtain search terms from the omnibar/address bar. “webRequestBlocking” permission Used to add data needed to perform safety markup on search results. “storage” permission Used to store and retrieve settings data used by the extension. --- By using this add-on, you agree to our End User License Agreement (https://www.avg.com/eula) and have read and acknowledge our General Privacy Policy (https://www.avg.com/privacy-policy). Gen respects the privacy of our users and carefully safeguards personal data. For more information: https://www.gendigital.com/privacy Copyright © 2024 Gen Digital Inc. All rights reserved. All trademarks, service marks, and tradenames (collectively, the “Marks”) are trademarks or registered trademarks of Gen Digital Inc. or its affiliates (“Gen”) or other respective owners that have granted Gen the right to use such Marks. For a list of Gen Marks, please see GenDigital.com/trademarks.