Reviews for Malwarebytes Browser Guard
Malwarebytes Browser Guard by Malwarebytes
Review by Ty
Rated 2 out of 5
by Ty, 5 years agoUnfortunately I encountered an issue with this extension that automatically cancelled my image downloads. There was no way to fix this, so I had to uninstall this altogether. If there was an option to turn that off, then I'd give this 5 stars.
Other than that, this extension served it's purpose of blocking access to shady websites which I really appreciated, but that download cancellation thing became too annoying to deal with.
Other than that, this extension served it's purpose of blocking access to shady websites which I really appreciated, but that download cancellation thing became too annoying to deal with.
Developer response
posted 5 years agoHey Ty, you're right, that is annoying and I'm sorry you had this experience! We've identified the source of this bug and we will get it fixed as soon as possible.
If you decide to reinstall the extension, you can workaround this bug till the fix is live. Click on the extension icon and temporarily disable "Scams Protection" on the page you want to download from.
If you decide to reinstall the extension, you can workaround this bug till the fix is live. Click on the extension icon and temporarily disable "Scams Protection" on the page you want to download from.
850 reviews
- Rated 5 out of 5by Bero105, 3 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 19003317, 8 days ago
Developer response
posted 2 hours agoHi there, sorry to hear that. Is there anyway you could share more details at support.malwarebytes.com please?- Rated 5 out of 5by Fitsneezy543, 15 days agoMalware bytes is my go to antivirus and now i can use it in my browser! (⊙o⊙)
- Rated 5 out of 5by Hieu T., 16 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18982496, 16 days ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 18971740, a month agomb browser guard after latest update, does not keep saving the 3 tabs (ads, malware and scams) in the tab current website..uninstall or clear cache doesn't fix it. Except this, it doesn't recognize my premium subscription (device security is installed but it says upgrade to premium)
Developer response
posted 2 hours agoHi there, can you reach out at support.malwarebytes.com, please? We can better support you there. - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14924645, a month ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 17762342, a month ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 18959063, a month ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18959346, a month ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by CKluse, a month ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Lenufka, a month ago
- Rated 3 out of 5by Greenstack, a month agoI love the privacy and security options it gives, but any site that uses ReCaptcha fails to let me log in because the plugin disables and blocks it, so I need to disable the ads/trackers setting for those sites.
Developer response
posted an hour agoIf possible, can you share the sites with broken recaptcha on it please?
(support.malwarebytes.com) - Rated 5 out of 5by MAURICIO, a month ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18639446, 2 months ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 15340678, 2 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18848060, 2 months ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 18925976, 2 months agoOverall, it’s good, but I’d like to see more details in the statistics—specifically, the types of malware that have been blocked, not just the numbers.
Also, the 'Access your data for all websites' option is listed as optional, but it’s necessary for the program to work. I know you’ve been pretty transparent about how the data is used, but this does raise some concerns about data security as the company isn’t open-source.Developer response
posted an hour agoThank you for the feedback, we'll take it into consideration.
With a premium subscription on Windows, you do get access to your detection history; not exactly what you asked for, but maybe you'll find it useful.
"Access your data for all websites" is indeed a required permission, and I do understand your concern. On Firefox, we don't collect any data. Full privacy policy is here: https://www.malwarebytes.com/privacy/policy-for-browser-guard.
If you are technically inclined, you can see all the requests Browser Guard makes by doing the following:
1. Navigate to about:debugging#/runtime/this-firefox
2. Next to Malwarebytes Browser Guard, click "Inspect"
3. Click "Network" in the new console that opens, from there you can see all network traffic Browser Guard is making. - Rated 1 out of 5by GlennS, 2 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Beatrice Veiga, 2 months ago
- Rated 3 out of 5by Disaster Area, 2 months agoThis add-on is pretty good and helps prevent malware from being downloaded, as well as helps to avoid unsafe websites. However, today it started causing a massive memory leak whenever I opened my browser. My memory utilisation goes from about 40% with the add-on off to staying at 100% with the add-on active and websites will barely load. Hopefully this is fixed soon and I can re-enable the add-on.
Developer response
posted an hour agoThat's a bug we'd like more details on. Can you share more at support.malwarebytes.com, please? - Rated 5 out of 5by Lethologica, 2 months ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by grahamperrin, 2 months agoBrowser performance (with many tabs) suffers terribly if both Malware and Scams are switched on in addition to Ads/Trackers. For Malware, and for Scams, global switches are terribly broken: after switching off globally at one tab, I find both features wrongly switched on globally at another tab. I'll gather debug logs and discuss in the forums.
Also, the release notes here at AMO are wildly inconsistent with the release notes at the Malwarebytes website.Developer response
posted 2 months agoWe're sorry to hear you're encountering this issue. Sending the exported log to our support team will greatly help us improve the user experience in the upcoming release.