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> Thanks how do I turn off the notification please ? See: Settings - Notifications - Browser Security verifications

Hello, This is legitimate. You can read more about it here: https://blog.emsisoft.com/en/32517/new-in-2018-12-safe-web-browsing-with-emsisoft-browser-security/

Still no bloat I would say. The extension is not 100% needed but "only" recommended for EAM users since it adds to the phishing protection. The existing surf protection based on DNS-requests will still be available. (And of course is still needed to block network requests by malware.) The extension is also only ~90KBs. What would be bloat imho and much more invasive is adding some sort of MITM, deep packet inspection, intercepting SSL-certificates in the browser and stuff.

Got this update but no blog post? this other forum post raises concern as well https://support.emsisoft.com/topic/30341-is-this-legitimate/ My program is on stable channel i have never used beta

Yes, it is legit and from Emsisoft. I guess the blog post annoucing the changes with version 2018.12 has been delayed a bit. Here you can read some more information about it: https://malwaretips.com/threads/emsisoft-browser-security.88869/ (Written by Fabian Wosar who is Emsisoft's CTO.)

I have received 2 phone calls regarding this issue. Is this legitimate?

I just got this also. Windows 10 Pro. Pale Moon,Firefox & Chrome installed. Chrome default