Reviews for Malwarebytes Browser Guard
Malwarebytes Browser Guard by Malwarebytes
Review by Firefox user 11640498
Rated 5 out of 5
by Firefox user 11640498, 7 years agoMy first impression was very bad, regarding the add-on size (+5MiB).
However, my second impression changed when I tested both, performance and detection. Compared to other similar add-ons (Bitdefender, Norton, Avast, Qihoo etc), Malwarebytes in my tests performed better.
Don't expect 100% detection or zero impact performance. All security layer is imperfect. But so far, Malwarebytes seems to me the best add-on in its kind.
The "advertising/tracker protection" was very interesting, definitely a competitive differential with similar add-ons.
And compared to other dedicated tracking blockers, in blocked quantity Malwarebytes performed equal or even better (the only problem is quality, there is not info about what is blocked).
Most important, Malwarebytes is the first tracking blocker not showing redundant info with other add-ons. For example, I use UMatrix, and when UMatrix is "on" or "off", the number of trackers blocked by Malwarebytes change. Very nice indeed.
Please, I would like to see in next versions, details about what the add-on detects (malwares) or blocks (trackers).
Also, I would like to see a better description of the add-on, with more info about how it works (cloud scanning?, behavior scanning?, real-time scanning?, etc?). The same for the tracking blocker, I would like info about what is and what is not blocked. And more info about privacy and what is collected by the add-on, also will be more than welcome.
Thank you!
PS: Lot of people in the web saying it could be a fake add-on.
Better to uninstall it immediately!... and to wait for an official announcement from Malwarebytes.
However, my second impression changed when I tested both, performance and detection. Compared to other similar add-ons (Bitdefender, Norton, Avast, Qihoo etc), Malwarebytes in my tests performed better.
Don't expect 100% detection or zero impact performance. All security layer is imperfect. But so far, Malwarebytes seems to me the best add-on in its kind.
The "advertising/tracker protection" was very interesting, definitely a competitive differential with similar add-ons.
And compared to other dedicated tracking blockers, in blocked quantity Malwarebytes performed equal or even better (the only problem is quality, there is not info about what is blocked).
Most important, Malwarebytes is the first tracking blocker not showing redundant info with other add-ons. For example, I use UMatrix, and when UMatrix is "on" or "off", the number of trackers blocked by Malwarebytes change. Very nice indeed.
Please, I would like to see in next versions, details about what the add-on detects (malwares) or blocks (trackers).
Also, I would like to see a better description of the add-on, with more info about how it works (cloud scanning?, behavior scanning?, real-time scanning?, etc?). The same for the tracking blocker, I would like info about what is and what is not blocked. And more info about privacy and what is collected by the add-on, also will be more than welcome.
Thank you!
PS: Lot of people in the web saying it could be a fake add-on.
Better to uninstall it immediately!... and to wait for an official announcement from Malwarebytes.
756 reviews
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 12062104, 5 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18573606, 13 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Harald Dahlke-Sladek, 15 days ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 13660642, 17 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by leggy, 25 days agoNow youtube is not playing because the ads are blocked, I would like to add an exception for the domain of youtube (by decision, I mean, an option to add domains)
Developer response
posted 25 days agoHere are some instructions for adding YouTube to the allow list for ads/trackers:
1. Click on the Browser Guard icon in your Browser's toolbar.
2. Click on the "..." top right of the page
3. Click Allow List
1. On the Allow list screen, click the +Add website button.
2. Enter the website's URL in the Add a URL or IP address field.
3. In the Disable protections drop-down, click Ad trackers.
4. Click Add to allow list. Browser Guard will no longer block ads from this site. - Rated 4 out of 5by KUMATICA, 25 days agoImpressions after about a week of use.
Individual pages seem to load faster, but the behavior of the browser itself before and after loading seems to deteriorate (especially when multiple pages are opened at the same time).
Also, some sites don't respond to reCAPTCHA authentication, which may have been blocked.
I think the ability to detect trackers and block malware domains is high, scam sites (phishing?) aren't counted yet, so I'll leave them out of the current reference.Developer response
posted 25 days agoThanks for the feedback, there are more performance enhancements coming soon - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18548902, a month ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Molly K, a month ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Morteus, a month ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Roswell_S4, a month ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 15734591, a month ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Indy Bob, 2 months agoI feel safer with this extension. I also have paid subscriptions with the Malwarebytes firm on every computer I have ever owned for many years now.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Yornah, 2 months agoNow I can trully use Firefox as my main browser, I always use malware guard.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13661202, 2 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by David Newman, 2 months ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Carlisle Mike Wick, 2 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Ismael Martinez, 2 months agoI love this extension. What I wish is that it could be compatible with Firefox Android and that would be the best.
Developer response
posted 2 months agoThank you :)
Check out https://www.malwarebytes.com/android, there's no browser extension available right now, but at least you can get some more protection. - Rated 5 out of 5by Romain, 2 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by xtrox, 3 months ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Briadd-on, 3 months agoHaven't really encountered any big issues with it, it works like expected from what I can see. I've been using it since November 2022 on Firefox and before then on Chromium.
- Rated 2 out of 5by wietop, 3 months agoThe extension works most of the time, but every time I go to weather.com, it freaks out and I just keep getting redirected, with the numbers on the icon going up like crazy. I've cleaned my cache, I have the latest version of the extension, so I don't know what the issue is.
Developer response
posted 3 months agoPlease reach out at support.malwarebytes.com, so we can gather more details to debug this issue. - Rated 5 out of 5by cpta1203, 3 months ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 12502717, 3 months ago