Reviews for Malwarebytes Browser Guard
Malwarebytes Browser Guard by Malwarebytes
Review by VenD
Rated 5 out of 5
by VenD, 2 years 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.
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 2 years 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.
Please reach out via support.malwarebytes.com so we can gather more details.
856 reviews
- Rated 3 out of 5by Firefox user 12348131, 2 hours ago
- Rated 2 out of 5by Firefox user 13888099, 4 days agoIt's handy sometimes, but lately it's been far more annoying than helpful. It does this thing to prevent clipboard hijacking where it gives a popup whenever I copy something, and then prepends "[SUSPICIOUS CONTENT]" to the start of the clipboard, and I do a lot of copy-pasting; so the only thing hijacking my clipboard is this extension.
I removed its clipboard permission to stop this, and now once or twice a day it will hijack my browsing session (usually in the middle of watching a video) to open a new tab and ask for permission back.Developer response
posted 4 days agoThat is indeed annoying, we are aware of the bug and are working on a fix (it shouldn't be asked again like that). - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 16215098, 5 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18985475, 8 days agoè molto buono come browser guard blocca contenuti fastidiosi e pubblicità
- Rated 5 out of 5by Regisea, 9 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Bero105, 13 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 19003317, 18 days ago
Developer response
posted 10 days agoHi there, sorry to hear that. Is there anyway you could share more details at support.malwarebytes.com please?- Rated 5 out of 5by Fitsneezy543, 25 days agoMalware bytes is my go to antivirus and now i can use it in my browser! (⊙o⊙)
- Rated 5 out of 5by Hieu T., a month ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18982496, a month ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 18971740, a month agomb browser guard after latest update, does not keep saving the 3 tabs (ads, malware and scams) in the tab current website..uninstall or clear cache doesn't fix it. Except this, it doesn't recognize my premium subscription (device security is installed but it says upgrade to premium)
Developer response
posted 10 days agoHi there, can you reach out at support.malwarebytes.com, please? We can better support you there. - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14924645, a month ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 17762342, a month ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 18959063, a month ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18959346, a month ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by CKluse, 2 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Lenufka, 2 months ago
- Rated 3 out of 5by Greenstack, 2 months agoI love the privacy and security options it gives, but any site that uses ReCaptcha fails to let me log in because the plugin disables and blocks it, so I need to disable the ads/trackers setting for those sites.
Developer response
posted 10 days agoIf possible, can you share the sites with broken recaptcha on it please?
(support.malwarebytes.com) - Rated 5 out of 5by MAURICIO, 2 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18639446, 2 months ago
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- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18848060, 2 months ago