Aruana — Scam Detector: WhatsApp, Phishing & Virus Links
19 users Rated 5.00 from 1 rating Last updated 14 Oct 2026
The listing
What the Chrome Web Store shows, as of the last check
Flags scams in WhatsApp, Gmail and Telegram, catches virus links, hides your ID and data before AI chats. 100% on-device.Summary from the listing
- Developer
- Aruana
- Enhanced Safe Browsing
- Trusted. What this means →
- Category
- Make Chrome Yours › Privacy & Security
- First published
- 22 Apr 2026
- Last updated
- 14 Oct 2026
- Version
2.6.183- Size
- 59.71 MiB
- Minimum Chrome
- 116
- Languages
3 languages
English, español, português (Brasil)
- Website
- https://aruana.maiaware.com/
- Support page
- https://aruana.maiaware.com/help.html
Show the numbers
| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-15 | 19 | 5.00 | 1 |
| 2026-10-08 | 19 | 5.00 | 1 |
| 2026-10-05 | 19 | 5.00 | 1 |
| 2026-10-01 | 15 | 5.00 | 1 |
| 2026-09-30 | 15 | 5.00 | 1 |
| 2026-09-27 | 15 | 5.00 | 1 |
What changed
Every change found on a check, newest first
New version
2.6.183, replacing2.6.168.The summary on the listing changed.
Minimum Chrome version raised from 88 to 116.
New version
2.6.168, replacing2.6.51.Added the sites
https://*.hf.co/*,https://huggingface.co/*.Removed the sites where it runs scripts
https://copilot.microsoft.com/*,https://outlook.live.com/*,https://outlook.office.com/*,https://perplexity.ai/*,https://poe.com/*and 1 more.New version
2.6.51, replacing2.5.370.Renamed from “Aruana — Scam Shield: Phishing, Fake Invoices & AI Leaks” to “Aruana — Scam Detector: WhatsApp, Phishing & Virus Links”.
The summary on the listing changed.
Removed the sites
https://*.hf.co/*,https://huggingface.co/*.Now listed in 3 languages, from 4.
Now trusted by Enhanced Safe Browsing.
New version
2.5.370, replacing2.5.342.New version
2.5.342, replacing2.5.233.Removed the site where it runs scripts
https://docs.google.com/*.The developer's contact email changed.
Developer history
Moves to another publisher account and new contact emails, newest first
The contact email changed.
What it can access changed the same day.
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
https://*.hf.co/*hf.co and its subdomainshttps://huggingface.co/*huggingface.co
https://chat.openai.com/*chat.openai.comhttps://chatgpt.com/*chatgpt.comhttps://claude.ai/*claude.aihttps://gemini.google.com/*gemini.google.comhttps://mail.google.com/*mail.google.comhttps://web.telegram.org/*web.telegram.orghttps://web.whatsapp.com/*web.whatsapp.com
clipboardReadRead what you copyclipboardWriteChange what's in your clipboardoffscreenOpen a hidden page for background workstorageSave settings and data in your browser
About this data
Collected from the extension's public Chrome Web Store listing. It's checked every month, and again whenever a new version appears. Last checked 15 Oct 2026, 05:52 UTC; next check around 13 Nov 2026.
Cite this page
Citation
BibTeX
@misc{extensiontracker_nhjaaneenmmplnncojfdhaliingghkfm,
title = {Aruana — Scam Detector: WhatsApp, Phishing & Virus Links (nhjaaneenmmplnncojfdhaliingghkfm)},
author = {{Extension Tracker}},
year = {2026},
note = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-10-15},
url = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/nhjaaneenmmplnncojfdhaliingghkfm},
urldate = {2026-11-08}
}The data is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0.
Browse
Top lists
Productivity
- Tools 114,373
- Workflow & Planning 48,766
- Developer Tools 30,166
- Education 12,698
- Communication 7,703
Lifestyle
- Shopping 9,435
- Just for Fun 8,551
- Social Networking 7,510
- Games 7,204
- Entertainment 7,068
- Art & Design 3,632
- Well-being 3,116
- News & Weather 1,702
- Travel 962
- Household 549
Make Chrome Yours
- Functionality & UI 11,638
- Accessibility 8,340
- Privacy & Security 5,611