App Review Malwarebytes Browser Extension Test

[MoriartyOW]

Content source

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kp5MpVDuw8Q

 

[LDogg]

Looks like a good test for the extension. Rare to see too. Great addition to the YouTube community that does it.

~LDogg

 

[treisss]

I remember read somewhere here that it conflicts with uBlock.. Can anyone confirm?

 

[MoriartyOW]

I remember read somewhere here that it conflicts with uBlock.. Can anyone confirm?

i don't think so , tested it against some malware links and got no problem.

 

[Stas]

I remember read somewhere here that it conflicts with uBlock.. Can anyone confirm?

If you have uBlock you can disable advertising/tracker protection in Settings.

 

[Moonhorse]

If you have uBlock you can disable advertising/tracker protection in Settings.

also saves bit of memory, same with avira etc..

 

[RoboMan]

Good review. I'm equipping my browser with HTTPS Everywhere, LastPass, Canvas Defender, ScriptSafe and MalwareBytes Browser Extension.

 

[spaceoctopus]

Installed it on firefox. It's a well designed product. Not as good as Adguard against trackers, but in terms of phishing and malware protection, it's impressive. MB is going in the right direction.

 

[Lightning_Brian]

I have been using Malwarebytes browser extension along with Ublock and AdGuard (pro). With one or the other turned off with Malwarebytes browser extension and I haven't had any issues. I say its a nice addition!

 

[Evjl's Rain]

malwarebytes/hphosts is always not the best against phishing but it certainly the best against malwares (compare to other chrome/firefox extensions). ublock with 3 million filters can't even beat it

EDIT: malwarebytes does conflict with ublock when they are trying to block the same trackers/ads => disable MB's ad blocker can prevent that

 

[KevinYu0504]

I had a question ,
If i already had Malwarebytes premium on my system ,
than i don't need to install the browser extension but still have same protection for malwarebytes/hphosts ,
am i right ?

 

[Evjl's Rain]

I had a question ,
If i already had Malwarebytes premium on my system ,
than i don't need to install the browser extension but still have same protection for malwarebytes/hphosts ,
am i right ?

you are quite right
however, I don't know if MB3 has clickbait protection or not. Can't find any information about it in MB3
or clickbait protection is exclusive in malwarebytes extension

moreover, I don't know how updated MB3 is and if it uses cloud database or local database?
if my concerns are correct, MB extension is more up-to-date than MB3

 

[Bill K]

MB3 has been experiencing some serious issues causing NETIO.SYS BSOD which they have so far been unable to resolve. On their forum they have been suggesting turning off its real time protection and using the browser extension instead to replace that functionality. Unfortunately this issue has been known for some time yet still remains unresolved causing many users to uninstall MB3. :emoji_disappointed:

 

[KevinYu0504]

you are quite right
however, I don't know if MB3 has clickbait protection or not. Can't find any information about it in MB3
or clickbait protection is exclusive in malwarebytes extension

moreover, I don't know how updated MB3 is and if it uses cloud database or local database?
if my concerns are correct, MB extension is more up-to-date than MB3

Thanks for answer

 

[Brie]

Malwarebytes browser extension blocked legitimate sites. i uninstalled it.

 

[Burrito]

I had a question ,
If i already had Malwarebytes premium on my system ,
than i don't need to install the browser extension but still have same protection for malwarebytes/hphosts ,
am i right ?

From exile360 at the MBAM Forums:

The browser extension has several behavior-based blocking components and additional heuristics which are not built into the Malwarebytes 3 Web Protection component (they can't be because they must be able to access the pages/content from "inside" the browser to see it/detect it and the Web Protection component operates from the network stack at the same level as the Windows Firewall) so there will definitely be cases where sites are blocked by the browser extension that are not currently in the Malwarebytes 3 Web Protection database(s).

So if you identify a site being blocked by the browser extension(s) that is not blocked by Web Protection alone (and of course assuming it is not a false positive) then yes, you may report it to the Research team so that they may look into adding it to the MB3 Web Protection block list/black list.

This is one of the big advantages of this new technology. It provides additional blocking capabilities and works hand in hand with the Web Protection component in Malwarebytes 3, enhancing what it can do (though it's not required to have both, though more malicious content is blocked if you do have both obviously).

~and~

...the extensions rely more on signature-less behavior-based detection, so they are able to block new/unknown malicious sites that Web Protection won't until the Research team becomes aware of them. It also blocks certain categories, such as some ads and tracking servers that aren't targeted by the Web Protection component in MB3. The extensions are designed to work in tandem with the Web Protection in MB3, however, they can also function separately without it. When used with it, they can speed up browsing when web blocks from MB3 occur because they act sort of like a local server, speeding up the lookup (you'll often notice a delay in your browser when a site is blocked by MB3; this delay practically vanishes when using the browser plugins if the block was triggered by your browser and the block page tends to load much more quickly). So the browser extensions are standalone tools that serve a somewhat similar purpose but accomplish it in a very different way which makes them more proactive, at least against specific types of sites such as tech support scam sites, clickbait sites and certain other categories of threats, plus their targeting of additional items not normally blocked by M, malicious C&C servers or just sites that are hosting malware binaries or exploits but are structurally/behaviorally no different from any normal/safe site). B3. At the same time, other malicious sites that can't really be blocked behaviorally because they're not obviously different in any meaningful way (other than hosting malware, obviously) from normal websites need to be included in a database/block list like the tech in MB3's Web Protection component (for example, malicious C&C servers or just sites that are hosting malware binaries or exploits but are structurally/behaviorally no different from any normal/safe site).

Malwarebytes for Chrome vs Malwarebytes Premium detections

 

[KevinYu0504]

From exile360 at the MBAM Forums:



~and~



Malwarebytes for Chrome vs Malwarebytes Premium detections

Big thanks