Reviews for Malwarebytes Browser Guard
Malwarebytes Browser Guard by Malwarebytes
Review by Firefox user 14671984
Rated 5 out of 5
by Firefox user 14671984, 8 days ago797 reviews
- Rated 5 out of 5by Peg, 2 hours ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 16307580, 17 hours ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 16218329, a day ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Uacher, 2 days ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 15704348, 8 days ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by IM, 8 days agoI liked it until I realised that the fact I couldn't access about 1/3 of web forms was this blocking everything from cookie consents to "next" buttons. Disabled it and realised I don't need to keep using Chrome as a work round.
Developer response
posted 5 days agoThank you for letting us know, this should be addressed in the next release. - Rated 3 out of 5by Roenick, 9 days agoDoesn't let me login to pcpartpicker.com, I have to disable this add-on to go through
Developer response
posted 5 days agoThanks for letting us know, this is a known issue with this version of our Firefox addon.
It will be addressed in the next version. - Rated 1 out of 5by Sindermann, 11 days agoHabe dieses AD-on auf Firefox auf dem PC installiert, bin in Urlaub und hatte vergessen, dass ich Malwarebytes installiert hatte. Plötzlich funktionierte vieles nicht mehr, was in Chrome funktionierte, WEB.de, DocMorris, Booking.com und viele mehr. Ich wollte nach vielen verschiedenen Versuchen schon Mozilla vom PC werfen und wieder auf Chrome umsteigen, als ich ich Malewarebytes wieder entfernt habe. Seit diesem Zeitpunkt läuft mit Firefox und den übrigen Apps alles super.
Developer response
posted 5 days agoThank you for the feedback.
Please reach out at support.malwarebytes.com, where we can offer better support. - Rated 3 out of 5by Firefox user 14836140, 15 days agoGreat for blocking cookies and pop-ups, but really slows down browsing experience. Even had to tur off multiple times, especeally at online shoppings and when I was trying to sign up to website like Incogni or Gumroad.
I hope Malwarebytes improves it soon.Developer response
posted 5 days agoThank you for the feedback, we have a brand new version coming soon. - Rated 5 out of 5by ZammuFi, 15 days agoWorks great! It has blocked websites that i didn't even know was malicious or a scam! I recommend this to everyone!
- Rated 3 out of 5by Firefox user 18294556, 20 days agoIt works as far as I can tell and I appreciate the protection. What I can certainly do without is the large annoying pop up informing me every time this extension blocks something. It should work silently or at least have the option to disable notifications.
Developer response
posted 5 days agoThanks for the feedback.
To customize this behavior:
- Click on Malwarebytes Browser Guard icon in your browser's toolbar.
- Click on the Gear icon in the top right.
- Scroll down to Notifications
- In this section, you may toggle any notifications - Rated 3 out of 5by Firefox user 18123039, 22 days agocannot log into reddit with the ads/trackers block turned on.
it is also unfortunate the extension is not getting the updates other browsers are.Developer response
posted 5 days agoThanks for reaching out.
Since all browsers have moved to a new technology for extensions, we have been rewriting the extensions to support this requirement. Firefox has unfortunately taken longer to get right.
Rest assured though, we are still sending protection updates to our Firefox extension; up to 12 times a day. - Rated 1 out of 5by Clover, 24 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by photogman2000, 25 days ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 18247547, a month ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by sevendust, a month ago
- Rated 2 out of 5by charliemp, a month agoI'm sure that it does a good job for security, but it really slows down the page load speed so I have disabled it.
Developer response
posted a month agoThanks for letting us know, we have more performance updates coming. - Rated 4 out of 5by Sal, a month agoUsually good till youtube messes with things. The last while, it may have started causing massive memory leaks with youtube. Just like it youtube does with other popular adblockers. Even turning off the adblock function of this addon, there might still be memory leaks. I could be wrong though. Might be worth looking into? Maybe let us turn off storing client-side data?
Developer response
posted a month agoThanks for the feedback, we have a major update for Firefox coming soon.
Unfortunately client side data is needed to store the databases that protect you. - Rated 3 out of 5by Firefox user 15480928, a month ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by RavenBeard, a month ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by JZVS, a month ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by hamslamwich, a month agoAs adblockers go this thing is ridiculously overzealous. Blocks the purchase button from working if the website doesn't pass some kind of inscrutable vibe test.
Usually this is merely annoying but recently it made me miss reordering some prescription eyedrops for my dog.
Run away from here, ublock Origin on its own is fine! Run away!Developer response
posted a month agoThank you for the feedback. If you can, it would be great to know the sites that are not working with Browser Guard. You can reach us at support.malwarebytes.com. - Rated 2 out of 5by JD6T_P6, a month agoI've been using "Malwarebytes Browser Guard" for a couple of months, and I've noticed a few issues.
There's no doubt it does a great job blocking malicious sites, trackers, scams, etc. But it also slows down the browser when I have several tabs open or when loading more than one tab at the same time. After testing, I noticed a pattern (at least in my case): the more images a website has (Google Maps, ArtStation, Pinterest, etc.), the worse the browser's performance gets. So, I went into the extension's settings and disabled its three main features (Ads/Trackers = Off, Malware = Off, Scams = Off) for each of these sites, but to my surprise, it didn't work—the sites were still slow. I assume that Malwarebytes is still scanning all the links on the site, but the fact that this happens even after disabling those features feels like a big flaw. Hopefully, it's just me not knowing how to use the extension properly, but for now, I had to disable it.
At first, I thought the issue was related to my browser's cache or something similar, so I reset the browser, and that fixed it temporarily. However, once I reinstalled my extensions, the issue came back. After testing them one by one, I found out that the problem was caused by "Malwarebytes Browser Guard."
This wouldn't be such a big deal, but I use the aforementioned pages a lot and at least I think that many users also use Google Maps and from my experience, that's where the issue is the worst.Developer response
posted a month agoThanks for the detailed feedback. We are working on performance enhancements, keep an eye out for more updates.