Review Browser Extension Access Around Wallet Activity

Identify the scope of browser access

Chrome’s extension documentation distinguishes API permissions, host permissions and content-script matching. These describe what an extension can request access to in the browser; they are not blockchain spending limits. Broad website access can be relevant to page content or injected interface behavior. Read the actual permission notice and official extension documentation instead of judging only by an icon, name or install count.

Understand the separate authority boundaries

An extension able to affect a page does not automatically possess an account’s private key. It can nevertheless influence what a person sees or which request the page presents for wallet review. Conversely, removing a browser extension does not automatically revoke previously granted onchain permissions. Keep browser access, provider choice, signing authority and token allowances as separate categories when describing a suspected problem.

Review unexpected changes deliberately

If an extension asks for newly expanded access, pause and investigate its origin, purpose and current release information through independently verified sources. Be cautious with installation links embedded in error messages or unsolicited support conversations. Do not disable safeguards merely to make an unexplained wallet request appear. Where multiple wallets inject providers, identify the selected provider separately; an apparent extension conflict is not proof of malicious behavior.

Use a controlled troubleshooting context

Record the browser version, wallet provider and relevant extension names or versions without exporting authentication data. A separate browser profile can help isolate interface observations, but it is not a security guarantee or evidence of successful wallet recovery. This guide installs, removes and reconfigures nothing. RunixCoin’s public runtime remains unchanged and execution unavailable. Browser and extension interactions described here were not tested on your device.

References and verification

Reviewed 10 November 2026. Product limits reflect inspected public interface code. These are educational checklists, not reports of tested mainnet transactions; browser behavior and execution were not verified.

• Chrome: extension permissions and host access
• Ethereum: security and scam prevention
• RunixCoin: current public limitations