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Malwarebytes browser add-on 20/04/2020 at 09:27 #126048
postal
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I have the Malwarebytes free add-on running on Firefox. The add-on is supposed to warn you that you are visiting a web-site where you could be at risk from malware or other unwanted intrusions.

Since yesterday evening, clicking on my bookmark to the Forum, I am being greeted with


Website blocked due to riskware

Website blocked: www.SimSig.co.uk
Malwarebytes Browser Guard blocked this website because it may contain malware activity.
We strongly recommend you do not continue.

There is a box to tick to allow continued access to the site which Malwarebytes will not accept; if you over-ride the advice and click to continue to the site the Forum loads OK. Then when you get to the Forum and look at the Malwarebytes properties the site gets a green tick and no problems found.

Anyone else seeing anything similar?

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Malwarebytes browser add-on 20/04/2020 at 09:54 #126050
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I wonder if your bookmark is for http:// rather than https:// and that's causing it to throw a wobbler. The website will redirect you to the secure version, which might explain why the forum gets a tick after you override the first block.
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Malwarebytes browser add-on 20/04/2020 at 16:01 #126058
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headshot119 in post 126050 said:
I wonder if your bookmark is for http:// rather than https:// and that's causing it to throw a wobbler. The website will redirect you to the secure version, which might explain why the forum gets a tick after you override the first block.
Bookmark is https so don't know why M/bytes is reporting otherwise. Before I disabled it this morning I got the same block on another perfectly reputable website so it looks like there is a generic problem.

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Malwarebytes browser add-on 20/04/2020 at 17:09 #126059
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Without more specific information as to what it's objecting to, it's impossible to investigate. It may simply be the Google advertising. And, if you use an ad-blocker, then it could even be the ad-blocker itself.
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