Is Malwarebytes Browser Guard safe?
Malwarebytes Browser Guard sends blocked URL details and referrer chains to Malwarebytes telemetry servers when threats are detected.
When the extension blocks a malware, scam, or phishing request, it transmits the blocked URL, the initiating page URL, and recent navigation history for that tab to a Malwarebytes telemetry endpoint. Additional features — a Google account security scanner and a clipboard-based shell injection detector — process data locally and do not transmit it externally. The extension provides web protection by intercepting network requests and matching them against threat categories.
Who publishes itMalwarebytes - no other listings under this identity, 22 shared hostnames
Malwarebytes - no other listings under this identity, 22 shared hostnames
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
Shared hosts - 22 hostnames
Hostnames hardcoded in this extension that few other listings call. That can mean one operator behind both, and it can equally mean a small shared vendor, so it is context rather than a conclusion. Hosts that many listings call are left out: they are services, not connections.
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What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 3.3.8. Asking for a permission is not a finding on its own - it is what the extension can do if it chooses to.
Read and change your data on every site you visit
<all_urls>
Schedule its own background tasks
alarms
Start, monitor and manage your downloads
downloads
Store data in your browser
storage
See the address and title of every tab you have open
tabs
Block and redirect the requests your browser makes
declarativeNetRequest
Store an unlimited amount of data in your browser
unlimitedStorage
Watch every request your browser makes
webRequest
Watch, block and rewrite every request your browser makes
webRequestBlocking
Add items to the right-click menu
contextMenus
Talk to a program installed on your computer, outside the browser's sandbox
nativeMessaging
Act on the current tab, but only after you click the extension
activeTab
Run its own code inside the pages you visit
scripting
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Malwarebytes Browser Guard contacting. Sending data somewhere is not a finding on its own - an extension that syncs your settings has to talk to its own server - but it is where your data can go, and who else it goes to.
- mbgc-c-3-2-0.telemetry.malwarebytes.com
Malwarebytes Browser Guard sends data to mbgc-c-3-2-0.telemetry.malwarebytes.com. No other extension we have analyzed sends data here.