Reviews for Malwarebytes Browser Guard
Malwarebytes Browser Guard by Malwarebytes
Review by Firefox user 19825817
Rated 2 out of 5
by Firefox user 19825817, 2 months ago922 reviews
- Rated 3 out of 5by Ruz, 2 days agoThis is a pretty good extension. However, I have had issues where firefox loses all network connection if loading pages with a lot of media, or scrubbing youtube videos fast. I now, after at least a year tried disabling the malwarebytes extension and that fixed the issue i was having.
Hopefully this is something you can solve in future updates. - Rated 5 out of 5by FeeshyHammy, 3 days ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Gianfranco, 13 days agoBroken cookie banners on multiple sites.
I wanted to report that this extension causes cookie banners to malfunction on various websites. The banners disappear after just a few seconds, without giving users enough time to manage their consent. I am experiencing this major issue also on my own WordPress site, which uses the Cookie Complianz plugin.
Since these banners are configured to automatically reject cookies when closed (keeping them disabled until explicit user consent), certain website functionalities break entirely. The only workaround is to disable the extension's ad/tracker protection, which the vast majority of users obviously won't do.
UPDATE - Reply to your answer:
Thanks for the reply, but there is a misunderstanding here.
I am using Complianz, not CookieYes (the link provided in your response belongs to a different plugin).
Complianz is strictly configured for prior consent (opt-in). This means that if Malwarebytes blocks cookieblocker.min.css, it doesn't cause trackers to load; instead, it completely breaks the banner layout.
The real issue is that the user is physically prevented from interacting with the banner because it vanishes immediately. If a user actually wants to consent to load a YouTube video, a Google Map, or a social widget, they simply cannot do it because the interface is broken by the extension.
This is a False Positive purely based on the filename string. Please consider forwarding this to the development team so they can whitelist or fix this specific filter. Thank you.Developer response
posted 6 days agoThanks for your report!
If users want, they can turn this setting off anytime for a specific page from Browser Guard's dashboard.
A quick heads-up: When someone uses Malwarebytes or another ad blocker, their consent is automatically denied. In those cases, your site should only use the essential cookies needed to keep things running smoothly.
Avoid blocking features for users with ad blockers — that could cause GDPR issues.
If you want to learn more, check out the Cookieyes knowledge base (https://www.cookieyes.com/knowledge-base/cookie-consent/what-is-cookie-auto-blocking/) or have a quick chat with your legal team. - Rated 1 out of 5by Drafer, a month ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Mirka, 2 months ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 15275833, 2 months agoWhat an utter shambles Malwarebytes are with their 3.1.5 version. It broke the functionality of Firefox Browser's right click, "Save Image as", feature. Malwarebytes pushed version 3.1.5 on me on the 9th April 2026, around two weeks after version 3.1.5 was released.
The absolute same day they had to bring out version 3.1.6 to fix the disaster of version 3.1.5. And what version 3.1.6 is according to Firefox is an, "Automatic rollback based on version [3.1.3]."
Sort yourself out Malwarebytes team, clearly better tech staff and Senior management are needed. - Rated 5 out of 5by Jacob, 2 months agoI love this app but just recently it wont let me save files using the "Save as" feature in the context menu or to copy files. In the downloads bar it lists the file as being cancelled. It will download the file if I select the "retry" in the downloads bar but thats an extra step.
Im running Windows 10 on a Surface pro 7, and there were no issues the day previous. I confirmed the App was the problem by turning it off. The only other app i have running is Ublock.
Again, love the program and the App!
EDIT: The update worked and fixed my issue! Thank you very much for the quick response. 5 stars!Developer response
posted 2 months agoHey Jacob, thanks for reporting this issue. The version of Browser Guard should now be 3.1.6, and the bug is resolved in this version.
Let us know if there are any other issues and thank you for your support! - Rated 5 out of 5by Egenrieder Hans Peter, 2 months ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 19829301, 2 months agoHello dear developers of Malwarebytes Guard,
I installed your Malwarebytes Guard extension on Android, but I can’t configure it. I want website tracking to be blocked, but not ads. I opened the extension settings, went to “All Protection Settings,” and tried to uncheck the ads option, but the checkbox won’t turn off. Please fix this issue.Developer response
posted 2 months agoHello, unfortunately our extension is not supported on Android. Some browsers on Android can install the desktop extension, but unfortunately it doesn't work in practice.
For Android related protection we recommend installing the dedicated mobile app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.malwarebytes.antimalware - Rated 3 out of 5by Otmar, 2 months agoI'm more or less satisfied, except that sometimes it doesn't detect that I have a premium plan and the ad blocking also sometimes doesn't work.
Developer response
posted 2 months agoThanks for your feedback! For help with premium plan detection and ad blocking issues, we can better assist at https://help.malwarebytes.com/hc/en-us/p/contact_support - Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 19811889, 2 months ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Boris, 2 months agoPlutôt efficace, ne demande pas forcement d'avoir un antivirus de la même société pour fonctionné.
Bloquera pas mal de petite chose notamment les pubs et se montre flexible et facile a prendre en mains.
Une extension a utilisé systématiquement. - Rated 3 out of 5by Dennis Reynolds, 2 months agoIt does its job well, but you seriously need to cool it with the popups/notifications!! I have them all turned off in settings, but I'm still getting several popups per session, I've just gone and disabled the whole addon now. It's doing my head in.
Developer response
posted 2 months agoThanks for letting us know. Anyway you can open a ticket, please? We shouldn't be notifying that much, and we'd like more details to figure out what is going on.
https://help.malwarebytes.com/hc/en-us/p/contact_support - Rated 1 out of 5by vhm, 3 months agoEvery time you open a Google page (which is unfortunately needed for my work) with this extension, things pop up on screen trying to verify my Google account. It won't even let me log on websites with my google account anymore. Malwarebytes is a good malware protection with good plans for everyone, but this extension is simply a bad tradeoff between protection and basic daily usability. Until it updates to give user more settings and control over the extension I can't recommend it to anyone.
Developer response
posted 3 months agoThanks for reporting, we have an opt out for this in our next upcoming release.
Unfortunately, in the mean time, you will only see this notification go away if you interact with the feature. - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 15153648, 3 months ago
- Rated 3 out of 5by KT, 3 months agoIt is good but really REALLY slows down certain pages with no option to temporarily pause it when interfering in some pages such as those dealing with AI prompts and image creations. If it was not for that I would rate it higher. The lag it is causing me currently is so bad that it is conflicting with Grammarly which I need since I am dyslexic with numb fingers from Chemo. I don't need the conflict and I am very knowledgeable on how to keep myself safe online and my browser as clean as possible. So in my case I have uninstalled it for now until there are improvements when it comes to browsers that also have other addons installed and how they play together.
Developer response
posted 3 months agoThank you for reporting. I have opened a ticket to investigate any conflict with Grammarly.
We have more performance improvements coming (in fact in the past few months we have improved performance by 10x across various metrics).
I totally understand the priority though. - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 16698359, 3 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 19736529, 4 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18198209, 4 months ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Lani, 4 months agoPop-Ups from a pop-up blocker... every few minutes!!! And you can't close them!!!!!!!!!!!!
No No No
aggravating doesn't come close to what I feel...
I even tried their
"help.malwarebytes.com/hc/en-us/articles/31589256837403-Customize-Browser-Guard-from-the-Settings-screen"
workaround, I don't even have that options at all! None of them!
I close more pop-ups with this extension than without it!Developer response
posted 4 months agoWoah, this is definitely not intended! I'm sorry you're having this bug.
If you can, can you share more by opening a ticket at support.malwarebytes.com please?
We'd be curious to know what websites you see it on, and the notification you are getting from Browser Guard.
Maybe related, but there are aggressive anti-adblockers that pop-up notifications that say Browser Guard is creating an issue (because they want to show you ads). These aren't from us.
There's more info here https://help.malwarebytes.com/hc/en-us/articles/41695202334747-Website-asks-to-turn-off-Browser-Guard. - Rated 5 out of 5by genej101, 5 months agoAbsolutely invaluable extension. I use Malwarebytes Pro on my desktop and this extension on all my browsers. It does flag some places that are ad based, and it's easy to back out of those, or if you know the site is safe, proceed. Just a great tool.
- Rated 5 out of 5by MR, 5 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by David Gall, 5 months ago