Norton and avg are both gen digital I would disable avg as you get the same intelligence source already in osprey
Osprey Browser Protection Reviews
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It is advised to take all reviews with a grain of salt. In extreme cases some reviews use dramatization for entertainment purposes.
this am Osprey issued what I think is a false+, I was using mullvad vpn and entered URL for connection check and I I got
Warning: This website is unsafe
Osprey has blocked access to this website. It is unsafe to continue.
If you are the owner of this website, please contact the security provider to resolve the issue.
URL: Connection check | Mullvad VPN
Reported by: Emsisoft Web Protection
Reason: Malicious
I find this atypcial as I get very few false+ from emsisoft (EAM) and assume their web protection would be the same, or someone compromised mullvad...??
Warning: This website is unsafe
Osprey has blocked access to this website. It is unsafe to continue.
If you are the owner of this website, please contact the security provider to resolve the issue.
URL: Connection check | Mullvad VPN
Reported by: Emsisoft Web Protection
Reason: Malicious
I find this atypcial as I get very few false+ from emsisoft (EAM) and assume their web protection would be the same, or someone compromised mullvad...??
this am Osprey issued what I think is a false+, I was using mullvad vpn and entered URL for connection check and I I got
Warning: This website is unsafe
Osprey has blocked access to this website. It is unsafe to continue.
If you are the owner of this website, please contact the security provider to resolve the issue.
URL: Connection check | Mullvad VPN
Reported by: Emsisoft Web Protection
Reason: Malicious
I find this atypcial as I get very few false+ from emsisoft (EAM) and assume their web protection would be the same, or someone compromised mullvad...??
Same for me, it was blocked.
Thank you for your testing @Shadowra
@Foulest Is there any way to customize the settings of the extension with a GPO by chance? Thanks!!
I believe it's a is false positive here as it was also blocked by Osprey -> Emsisoft Web Protection.I find this atypcial as I get very few false+ from emsisoft (EAM) and assume their web protection would be the same, or someone compromised mullvad...??
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I got a false positive from Bitdefender and G Data. I reported it and chose to continue anyway. Had no trouble accessing the site, and a few hours later I got emails from both confirming it was a false positive and saying the site would be removed from their detections.
Great but still curious to me as the mullvad check site has been around for awhile, so I assume something changed on that page triggering red flags...
Emsisoft doesn't flag it malicious rather potentially unwanted and osprey should be fixed to not count potentially unwanted as malicious
But yes I don't agree on the classification of emsisoft either as that site isn't potentially malicious
Seems like the community of osprey users benefit back the providers with false positives reports and it's nice to see osprey benefiting everyone
It's a false positive. I've been using the Emsisoft Browser Security & BD TrafficLight extensions for many years, and they've never blocked a single page as a false positive, this is the first time I've seen this happen. @simmerskool first reported the Mullvad site being blocked and then @Trooper as soon as I saw his post, I didn't think twice about it and immediately visited the Mullvad page to check what they were claiming, and as soon as I opened the Mullvad page Osprey blocked it, but my Emsisoft Browser Security extension was disabled in my browser so I activated it and then the Emsisoft extension blocked it, I visited other categories like downloads from Mullvad's website were also blocked by the Emsisoft extension. I edited my post twice, you can see that it was edited, because I hadn't attached the screenshot of the block confirming that it was a false positive. Just a reminder for those who use Osprey Browser Protection you can report false positives through the Osprey extension itself there it takes you straight to the AV developer @Foulest did a great job and he thought about that too before launching the Osprey Browser Protection extension.
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I need to update the tutorials on Group Policy. Check out the GitHub Wiki page for more information. If you manage to get it set up, let me know!
did Bitdefender get removed? don't see it on the latest version?
Yes, it did. Legal reasons.
well hopefully the others wont be so harsh love your project.
so then I wonder how many extensions can I (should I) run. Eg, is it feasible to run BD TrafficLight separately, or do you just end up with browser that crawls along...? Or same question, what's the best extension for web protection that is not in Osprey that happily runs with Osprey. I'm currently running Eset Ultimate and it more or less forces its Eset extension, so I do have it running alongside Osprey (along with ublock origin... ...) Or reverse question: which extensions should you not run together... Or is that a different thread.
Or is that a different thread.
Bitdefender's extension noticeably slows down browsing. Osprey and ESET should be fine.so then I wonder how many extensions can I (should I) run. Eg, is it feasible to run BD TrafficLight separately, or do you just end up with browser that crawls along...? Or same question, what's the best extension for web protection that is not in Osprey that happily runs with Osprey. I'm currently running Eset Ultimate and it more or less forces its Eset extension, so I do have it running alongside Osprey (along with ublock origin... ...) Or reverse question: which extensions should you not run together...
@Foulest Thank you very much for your excellent work on Osprey. I am sorry that the engines have been removed from your extension for legal reasons. I will miss Osprey very much when it is no longer available. It was the only extension that blocked 100% of phishing and malware URLs. I don't know how to fork your extension, and even if I did, I would never do so because I respect your work. Never give up and don't listen to the critics; every place always has one or two critics. I will keep Osprey in my browser as long as your extension exists.
Osprey will always be available especially now that every provider is approved@Foulest Thank you very much for your excellent work on Osprey. I am sorry that the engines have been removed from your extension for legal reasons. I will miss Osprey very much when it is no longer available. It was the only extension that blocked 100% of phishing and malware URLs. I don't know how to fork your extension, and even if I did, I would never do so because I respect your work. Never give up and don't listen to the critics; every place always has one or two critics. I will keep Osprey in my browser as long as your extension exists.
Yes, I tried setting the extension folder in the browser profile to read-only to update it, but it didn't work. I liked it better when I had BD and Symantec, but what can you do? We have to accept it as it is.
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@Foulest I have a suggestion. It seems that whenever the Osprey extension is updated, every provider is checked. I only use a few of them, so it would be nice to have the option to just keep the existing selection, so I don't have to go through and unselect every one that I don't use again.
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