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Norton Safe Search

5,000,000 users Rated 2.67 from 374 ratings Last updated 15 Oct 2026

By Gen Digital Live in the Chrome Web Store mpnlkmlkncncpgnnkmkgoobfpnjmblnk Search Google ↗ Last checked 12 Nov 2026, 14:48 UTC

The listing

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

Search safely online by enabling Norton Safe Search as your default search provider for maximum protection on Chrome.Summary from the listing
Developer
Gen Digital
Enhanced Safe Browsing
Trusted. What this means →
Category
Productivity › Tools
First published
15 Feb 2018
Last updated
15 Oct 2026
Version
3.25.0.18
Size
6.12 MiB
Minimum Chrome
88
Languages
24 languages

Deutsch, English, Nederlands, Türkçe, dansk, español, français, italiano, magyar, norsk, polski, português (Brasil), română, suomi, svenska, čeština, Ελληνικά, русский, עברית, العربية, 中文（中国）, 中文（台灣）, 日本語, 한국어

Website
norton.com
See Chrome Web Store page ↗ View its code or download CRX ↗
Users over time As shown on the Chrome Web Store
4.9M5M5.1MTracking began 27 Sep 202627 Sep4 Oct11 Oct18 Oct25 Oct1 Nov8 Nov2026-09-27: 5,000,000 users2026-09-28: 5,000,000 users2026-10-05: 5,000,000 users2026-10-11: 5,000,000 users2026-10-16: 5,000,000 users2026-10-23: 5,000,000 users2026-10-29: 5,000,000 users2026-11-05: 5,000,000 users2026-11-12: 5,000,000 users2026-10-16: new version5,000,0004.9M5M5.1MTracking began27 Sep18 Oct8 Nov2026-09-27: 5,000,000 users2026-09-28: 5,000,000 users2026-10-05: 5,000,000 users2026-10-11: 5,000,000 users2026-10-16: 5,000,000 users2026-10-23: 5,000,000 users2026-10-29: 5,000,000 users2026-11-05: 5,000,000 users2026-11-12: 5,000,000 users2026-10-16: new version5M
Average rating
2.502.6027 Sep11 Oct25 Oct8 Nov2.672.502.6027 Sep18 Oct8 Nov2.67
Number of ratings
37037538027 Sep11 Oct25 Oct8 Nov37437037538027 Sep18 Oct8 Nov374
New version One point per check. Source: the extension's public Chrome Web Store listing.
Show the numbers
CheckedUsersRatingRatings
2026-11-125,000,0002.67374
2026-11-055,000,0002.67374
2026-10-295,000,0002.67374
2026-10-235,000,0002.61373
2026-10-165,000,0002.61373
2026-10-115,000,0002.42373
2026-10-055,000,0002.43372
2026-09-285,000,0002.43372
2026-09-275,000,0002.43372
Users, 7 days
No change
since a week ago
Users, 30 days
No change
+0.0%
Rank
#67
by users, of 292,130 extensions
In its category
#10
of 115,640 in Tools

What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first

  1. New version 3.25.0.18, replacing 3.25.0.16.

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 27 Sep 2026.

We know contact emails only by a keyed hash, so they're never shown. Recent account and contact changes →

What it can access

From the extension's manifest, in plain language

Every websiteIt can read and change your data on all the sites you visit.
Sites
  • *://nortonsafe.search.ask.com/nortonsafe.search.ask.com
  • https://*.norton.com/*norton.com and its subdomains
  • https://ss-sym.search.ask.com/*ss-sym.search.ask.com
Sites where it runs scripts
  • <all_urls>Every website
  • http://*/*Every website
  • https://*.norton.com/*norton.com and its subdomains
  • https://*.syndicatedsearch.goog/*syndicatedsearch.goog and its subdomains
  • https://*/*Every website
  • https://search.nortonsafesearch.com/serp*search.nortonsafesearch.com
Browser features
  • alarmsRun tasks on a schedule
  • declarativeNetRequestBlock or change network requests, using rules
  • scriptingRun scripts on sites it can reach
  • storageSave settings and data in your browser
  • tabsRead the addresses and titles of your tabs
  • webRequestWatch network requests on the sites it can reach

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 12 Nov 2026, 14:48 UTC; next check around 19 Nov 2026.

How we collect the data

Cite this page

Citation
Extension Tracker. “Norton Safe Search” (mpnlkmlkncncpgnnkmkgoobfpnjmblnk). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-12. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/mpnlkmlkncncpgnnkmkgoobfpnjmblnk. Accessed 2026-11-13.
BibTeX
@misc{extensiontracker_mpnlkmlkncncpgnnkmkgoobfpnjmblnk,
  title   = {Norton Safe Search (mpnlkmlkncncpgnnkmkgoobfpnjmblnk)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-12},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/mpnlkmlkncncpgnnkmkgoobfpnjmblnk},
  urldate = {2026-11-13}
}

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