Reviews for Malwarebytes Browser Guard
Malwarebytes Browser Guard by Malwarebytes
Review by Firefox user 14721471
Rated 2 out of 5
by Firefox user 14721471, 2 years agoHorrible, broke websites from loading certain sections, is not able to catch all trackers either.
646 reviews
- Rated 5 out of 5by Guilherme, 5 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by default-design, 8 days agoThis is the first time that I had to reinstall (uninstall / install) because it stopped (but not crash/ed!) the browser (Firefox). But! it protects browsers (Ffox, chromium, etc.) very nicely!
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14647989, 9 days agothis app needs to be actively managed - but if you know when to turn it off, its very useful to be in control and safe! Great app!
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 15973981, 9 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18164989, 10 days ago
- Rated 2 out of 5by Phil Chris, 10 days agoFor some reason this add-on for me, makes YouTube stops working for advertisement issues.
First photo is ON: https://imgur.com/J0fPzNv
Second Photo is OFF: https://imgur.com/kFSvzVL - Rated 5 out of 5by Monte, 14 days ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by GamerForFun, 14 days agoKeeps flagging government ID checks in my country as phishing attempts. Also blocked several pages I had triple-checked with other sources were completely safe
Developer response
posted 14 days agoHi there, can you please share the sites at support.malwarebytes.com please? We are always looking to tweak our logic. - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18156543, 14 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by VenD, 17 days agoUpdate 22 November 2023:
Apparently, YouTube have been slowing down Firefox users and especially users with adblockers enabled.
I thought it was a weird coincidence that both my Firefox and Mercury (a fork) browser experienced massive slowdown on YouTube. It wasn't just loading the YouTube pages, both of the browsers can't even load YouTube videos as fast as they should.
Both browsers were able to load YouTube videos at normal speeds again after disabling this plugin. I've tried disabling and enabling multiple times to be sure. Some Firefox users reported that they did not experience any of the slowdowns regardless of the news. It could be the usual experimental rollout that YouTube always do and perhaps my browsers' fingerprints changed the moment I disabled this addon.
As of now, YouTube is fast again even with this addon enabled.
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It has been a great companion to my Malwarebytes Premium. However, recent updates have killed its efficiency and performance, making Firefox extremely slow.
I've noticed huge slowdowns every time I open Firefox. Not only that, I lost the ability to watch videos above 1080p with this extension enabled as it is simply killing Firefox behind the scenes for no apparent reason.
I only found out this extension to be the cause of it by using Firefox's troubleshooting mode. As soon as I enabled this extension, Firefox became very sluggish and slow.
I'll write them an email about this but for now, avoid it at all costs. If you already have Malwarebytes Premium installed on your PC, I don't see a reason why anyone would need this companion extension.Developer response
posted 14 days agoPossibly related, https://www.androidauthority.com/youtube-reportedly-slowing-down-videos-firefox-3387206/ .
Please reach out via support.malwarebytes.com so we can gather more details. - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 5486129, 18 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18146851, 21 days ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 17998596, a month agothis is a terrible software its making my computer CPU usage go up so much to the point my PC is not usable so AM LEAVING THE MALWARE BYTES APP AND EXTENSION FOREVER. AND NEVER COMING BACK so please don't try this software
Developer response
posted 14 days agoThis is not the intended experience. Please reach out at support.malwarebytes.com. - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18131669, a month ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Ji Pé, a month ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18104809, a month ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18095144, a month agothis app is good its saved my computer from viruses and me having to reinstall windows. its so good and keep up these updates.
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 17890399, a month ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by kazunoko0008, a month ago
- Rated 3 out of 5by AMCarter3, a month agoI installed Malwarebytes Browser Guard on Firefox and Safari many months ago. It appears to work well in Firefox. However, in Safari the question is... how do I update it to the current version? There are 4 Browser Guard extensions added to Safari Settings. All 4 are ver 2.0.1, yet the App Store indicates the latest version released 10/25/23 is ver 2.1... and after opening it, it claims the new version is installed and active. However, it was NOT installed. The version in my Applications folder is still ver 2.0.1. This is very confusing.
Developer response
posted a month agoThis is a visual bug in the Safari Extension. You are on the latest version. It will be fixed in the next update. - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 15124803, a month ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Squtzy, 2 months agoI love this add-on. Sadly I can't have it enabled at all in my browser anymore because of Youtube/Googles witch hunt for adblockers. Even if I allow list youtube via the add-on Youtube stull blocks me from viewing any video at all. Completely disabling the add-on in Firefox settings and I can watch videos again :/
- Rated 5 out of 5by Hazel Leroy, 2 months ago