---
title: "Microsoft Defender Browser Protection – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "3,000,000 users, rated 3.15 by 630 people. Version 1.664, updated 2025-02-16. Requests 4 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/bkbeeeffjjeopflfhgeknacdieedcoml"
---

# Microsoft Defender Browser Protection

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 3,000,000
- Rating: 3.15 from 630 ratings
- Last checked: 2026-11-12 20:58 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: No change
- Users gained in 30 days: No change (+0.0%)
- Rank by users: #99 of 292,131 live extensions
- Rank in Workflow & Planning: #36 of 49,293

## The listing

What the Chrome Web Store shows, as of the last check.

Summary from the listing:

> Protect yourself against online threats, like phishing and malicious websites, with real-time protection from Microsoft.

- Extension ID: `bkbeeeffjjeopflfhgeknacdieedcoml`
- Developer: [Microsoft Corporation](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/ufb97e85219cac7bc40a5427e3bb192e6)
- Enhanced Safe Browsing: Trusted ([what this means](https://extensiontracker.com/enhanced-safe-browsing))
- Category: [Productivity › Workflow & Planning](https://extensiontracker.com/category/productivity/workflow)
- First published: 2015-05-25
- Last updated: 2025-02-16
- Version: `1.664`
- Size: 240 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (1): English (United States)
- Website: `https://browserprotection.microsoft.com/`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/microsoft-defender-browse/bkbeeeffjjeopflfhgeknacdieedcoml>
- View its code or download CRX: <https://crxpeek.com/extension/bkbeeeffjjeopflfhgeknacdieedcoml>
- Search Google for the ID: <https://www.google.com/search?q=%22bkbeeeffjjeopflfhgeknacdieedcoml%22&tbs=li:1>

## Users over time

One row per check, newest first, as shown on the Chrome Web Store.

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-11-12 | 3,000,000 | 3.15 | 630 |
| 2026-11-06 | 3,000,000 | 3.15 | 630 |
| 2026-10-30 | 3,000,000 | 3.15 | 630 |
| 2026-10-23 | 3,000,000 | 3.15 | 630 |
| 2026-10-17 | 3,000,000 | 3.15 | 630 |
| 2026-10-09 | 3,000,000 | 4.15 | 629 |
| 2026-10-03 | 2,000,000 | 4.15 | 629 |
| 2026-09-26 | 2,000,000 | 4.15 | 629 |

## What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first.

No changes found since tracking began on 2026-09-26.

## Developer history

Moves to another publisher account and new contact emails, newest first.

No move to another account and no new contact email since tracking began on 2026-09-26.

We know contact emails only by a keyed hash, so they're never shown. Recent changes: [Account and contact changes](https://extensiontracker.com/owners/).

## What it can access

From the extension's manifest, in plain language.

### Sites

- `https://*.smartscreen.microsoft.com/*`: smartscreen.microsoft.com and its subdomains

### Browser features

- `storage`: Save settings and data in your browser
- `tabs`: Read the addresses and titles of your tabs
- `webNavigation`: Follow your browsing, page by page

## More from this developer

Other extensions from the same publisher account.

| Extension | Users | Rating | Ratings | Category |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- |
| [MSN + Bing for Chrome](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/jhikancdgcieieaapcjmbpjflikjgkpn) | 1,000,000 | 4.11 | 91 | Tools |
| [MSN New Tab](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/lklfbkdigihjaaeamncibechhgalldgl) | 500,000 | 3.51 | 199 | Workflow & Planning |
| [Microsoft Solitaire Collection with Search](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/acehchockcmgigjilbjhecnepiohkfld) | 100,000 | 3.69 | 51 | Just for Fun |

All 4 extensions by [Microsoft Corporation](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/ufb97e85219cac7bc40a5427e3bb192e6).

## About this data

Collected from the extension's public Chrome Web Store listing. It's checked every week, because it has 1,000 or more users, and again whenever a new version appears. Last checked 2026-11-12 20:58 UTC; next check around 2026-11-19.

How the data is collected: <https://extensiontracker.com/methodology>.

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “Microsoft Defender Browser Protection” (bkbeeeffjjeopflfhgeknacdieedcoml). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-12. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/bkbeeeffjjeopflfhgeknacdieedcoml. Accessed 2026-11-13.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_bkbeeeffjjeopflfhgeknacdieedcoml,
  title   = {Microsoft Defender Browser Protection (bkbeeeffjjeopflfhgeknacdieedcoml)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-12},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/bkbeeeffjjeopflfhgeknacdieedcoml},
  urldate = {2026-11-13}
}
```

---

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