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No malware found

In code review

Our reviewer read this extension’s code and found no malicious behaviour. An automated risk flag was reviewed and overturned.

What our analysis found

Tab Auto Refresh, used by 100,000 people, showed no malicious code in Extension Auditor's review. It comes from a trusted publisher and was last updated in April 2026.

The extension's source code strictly implements tab auto-refresh using alarms and storage; there is no external network communication beyond pings to the publisher's own site, no code injection, no obfuscation, and all permissions are necessary for the stated functionality. The ML model likely overfitted on benign patterns (e.g., high appendChild from dynamic table rendering, unused chrome.scripting API).

Tab Auto Refresh

ID: jaioibhbkffompljnnipmpkeafhpicpd

Supported Languages

🇺🇸English

Extension Info & Metadata

Status

Active

Version

0.2.3

Size

0.05 MB

Rating

4.2/5

Reviews

Users

100,000

Type

Extension

Updated

Apr 30, 2026

Publisher Contextual Analysis

Trusted

Author: MeryDevView Profile
Privacy: Privacy Policy
Help: Help Center
MX records exist: Yes
Domain exists: Yes
Is disposable: No
Is role-based: No
Mailbox exists: Yes
Website: Visit

Extensions

Active

Obsolete

Listed

Unlisted

Users

600,321

Screenshots & videos

Install growth

User Growth

Showing data from Jan 01, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022

Versions

No change in user count

Compared to 3 months ago

2 versions released in this period

Rating Count

Total: 56 ratings

Average Rating

Current: 4.07 / 5.0-0.20

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React Flow

Internal permhash`f72d93b6c4…`
Too common to be evidence

358 other extensions carry this fingerprint, 43 of them known malicious. A permission set this common is not evidence on its own; the most installed members are listed for reference.

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Permhash (Mandiant)`40dcf5f49d…`
1 malicious

16 other extensions carry this fingerprint; 1 of the cluster are known malicious.

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Item	Type	Severity	Description
tabs	Permission	Medium	This permission enables tab management and monitoring. Rated Medium because it can track open tabs, access tab metadata, and monitor user browsing patterns.
storage	Permission	Medium	This permission allows storing data locally in the browser. Rated Medium because it can persist sensitive user data, track user activities over time, and potentially store malicious payloads.
alarms	Permission	Low	This permission schedules periodic tasks. Rated Low because it can only trigger events at specified times without access to sensitive data.
notifications	Permission	Low	This permission displays system notifications. Rated Low because it can only show user-visible notifications without accessing system data.

Each row lists a threat category the scanner evaluates. A checkmark means the review ran and found no matching issues in that category for this version.

Data Exfiltration
Code review completed; no malicious patterns detected for this category.
Unauthorized Data Collection
Code review completed; no malicious patterns detected for this category.
Network Interception
Code review completed; no malicious patterns detected for this category.
Code Injection
Code review completed; no malicious patterns detected for this category.
Credential Theft
Code review completed; no malicious patterns detected for this category.
Obfuscation
Code review completed; no malicious patterns detected for this category.
Tracking
Code review completed; no malicious patterns detected for this category.
Privilege Escalation
Code review completed; no malicious patterns detected for this category.
Phishing
Code review completed; no malicious patterns detected for this category.
Remote Code Loading
Code review completed; no malicious patterns detected for this category.
Other
Code review completed; no malicious patterns detected for this category.

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About this extension

Automatically refresh tabs based on custom time intervals

Read the publisher’s full description

Tab Auto Refresh is a browser addon that helps you automatically reload (refresh) tabs of your choice. To operate with this addon, please open toolbar popup UI while you are visiting a website. Adjust time interval in seconds (i.e. 120 sec) and you are all set. Selected tab will be reloaded based on the interval you just set. Please note reloading occurs based on tab URL not tab ID or domain. If you want to stop the current "reload" task, please press on the "stop" button at top left corner in toolbar popup UI. Alternatively you can set the interval to 0 which is equal to stop function. If you have many tabs reloading and do not want to visit each tab to clear the reloading task, please open toolbar popup UI and press on the "reset" (top right) button to do so. This button serves as a global reset button and clears the reloading task for all tabs. Note: The toolbar popup interface supports dark mode. To switch the popup interface theme to dark, please press the moon icon on the bottom left corner. To report bugs, please visit addon's homepage (https://mybrowseraddon.com/tab-auto-refresh.html) and fill the bug report form.

User reviews

4.2 out of 5 · 10 most recent reviews

Text reviews

Positive

Negative

It works well. I have only one tab I need refreshed more frequently but I do wish it would auto launch when chrome is opened the next day. Sometimes I forget to "start" it so I miss the refreshes I assumed were running.

Luke Shoemaker·23 Sept 2026

Very convenient, thank you!

C A L·20 Aug 2026

Doesn't work. I've entered the 10 second timer and it doesn't count. Every time I go back to it, it says it's at zero. No refreshing happening. And now it's gone crazy and it's refreshing every 3 seconds.

Extension files

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No network indicators were extracted from this version.

Version	Size	Verdict	Findings	Permhash
0.2.3 Latest	0.05 MB	No malware found	0	40dcf5f49d7c0c045218a735eeedcee998ff5bdb0090082bc361c5bcf65bdb97
0.2.0	0.04 MB	Not scanned	—	40dcf5f49d7c0c045218a735eeedcee998ff5bdb0090082bc361c5bcf65bdb97
0.1.9	0.04 MB	Not scanned	—	40dcf5f49d7c0c045218a735eeedcee998ff5bdb0090082bc361c5bcf65bdb97
0.1.8	0.04 MB	Not scanned	—	40dcf5f49d7c0c045218a735eeedcee998ff5bdb0090082bc361c5bcf65bdb97
0.1.7	0.05 MB	Not scanned	—	8b6e7a6ad238a37c07bc75c260f81d7ff6559de95b851dbd5274569611acaa35
0.2.2	0.05 MB	Not scanned	—	40dcf5f49d7c0c045218a735eeedcee998ff5bdb0090082bc361c5bcf65bdb97
0.2.1	0.05 MB	Not scanned	—	40dcf5f49d7c0c045218a735eeedcee998ff5bdb0090082bc361c5bcf65bdb97

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