The fastest and safest web browsing experience.

Latest Version

Version
3.0.10
Update
October 22, 2024
Size
32.21MiB
Developer
www.malwarebytes.com
Category
Users
8,000,000+
Rating
3.86169 ★
Manifest Version
3
Web Store Status
Languages Support
Deutsch
English
Français
Nederlands
Español
Italiano
Polski
Português (Brasil)
Português (Portugal)
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Permissions
Alarms
Downloads
Storage
Tabs
DeclarativeNetRequest
DeclarativeNetRequestFeedback
UnlimitedStorage
WebRequest
ContextMenus
NativeMessaging
Offscreen
ActiveTab
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Malwarebytes Browser Guard Extension

Malwarebytes Browser Guard blocks malicious websites, credit card skimmers and trackers while filtering out annoying ads and other unwanted content. In fact, you can browse up to four times faster.

It is the world’s first browser extension that can identify and block new fake tech support scams. And Malwarebytes Browser Guard crushes pop-ups, browser hijackers, and browser lockers with ease. We take on the bad guys, so you don’t have to.

Download Malwarebytes Browser Guard for an awesome online experience now.

What it does for you:

Blocks ads & loads pages faster
Speeds up how fast web pages display by blocking ads and other unwanted content, providing a cleaner experience and increased bandwidth.

Puts the hurt on tech support scammers
Identifies and stops browser lockers, browser hijackers, and other scare tactics tech support scammers use to con you out of money.

Protects your privacy
Blocks trackers that follow you around the Internet and target you with the same ads over and over again.

Stops malware in your browser
Blocks web pages that contain malware, stops in-browser cryptojackers (unwanted cryptocurrency miners), and gives other malicious content the boot.

Features
• Advertising/tracker protection: Blocks third-party ads and trackers that monitor your online activity. The number of blocked ads & blocked trackers for a website will show beside the Malwarebytes logo in your browser.
• Scam protection: Blocks online scams, including technical support scams, browser lockers, and phishing.
• Browser-level malware protection: Blocks malicious programs or code that can damage your system.
• Protection against XSS Malicious Remote Script Injection.
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Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "action": { "default_icon": "app/assets/icon.png", "default_popup": "app/pop.html", "default_title": "Malwarebytes" }, "author": "Malwarebytes", "background": { "service_worker": "background.js" }, "content_scripts": [ { "js": [ "content-debugging.js" ], "matches": [ "https://www.malwarebytes.com/browserguard/*" ], "run_at": "document_start" }, { "all_frames": true, "js": [ "content-scripts.js" ], "match_about_blank": true, "matches": [ "" ], "run_at": "document_start" } ], "content_security_policy": { "extension_pages": "script-src 'self'; object-src 'self'" }, "declarative_net_request": { "rule_resources": [ { "enabled": true, "id": "mbgc.mv3.whitelist_1", "path": "db/mbgc.mv3.whitelist_1.json" }, { "enabled": false, "id": "mbgc.mv3.ads_1", "path": "db/mbgc.mv3.ads_1.json" }, { "enabled": false, "id": "mbgc.mv3.ads_2", "path": "db/mbgc.mv3.ads_2.json" }, { "enabled": false, "id": "mbgc.mv3.malware_1", "path": "db/mbgc.mv3.malware_1.json" }, { "enabled": false, "id": "mbgc.mv3.easylist_1", "path": "db/mbgc.mv3.easylist_1.json" }, { "enabled": false, "id": "mbgc.mv3.easyprivacy_1", "path": "db/mbgc.mv3.easyprivacy_1.json" }, { "enabled": true, "id": "mbgc.arw", "path": "db/mbgc.arw.json" } ] }, "default_locale": "en", "description": "__MSG_appDesc__", "externally_connectable": { "matches": [ "*://*.msn.com/*" ] }, "host_permissions": [ "" ], "icons": { "128": "app/assets/icon.png" }, "incognito": "split", "manifest_version": 3, "name": "Malwarebytes Browser Guard", "permissions": [ "alarms", "downloads", "storage", "tabs", "declarativeNetRequest", "declarativeNetRequestFeedback", "unlimitedStorage", "webRequest", "contextMenus", "nativeMessaging", "offscreen", "activeTab" ], "version": "3.0.10", "web_accessible_resources": [ { "matches": [ "" ], "resources": [ "*.eot", "*.ttf", "*.woff", "*.woff2", "app/assets/close-icon.svg", "app/assets/tooltip.svg", "app/eventpages/block.html", "app/eventpages/block-content-control.html", "app/eventpages/block-mv3.html", "app/eventpages/debugger.html", "app/eventpages/downloading.html", "app/eventpages/block-notification.html", "app/eventpages/breach-notification.html", "app/eventpages/block-notification.css", "app/eventpages/block-notification-dark.css", "app/eventpages/breach-notification.css", "app/eventpages/breach-notification-dark.css", "app/eventpages/monthly-notification.html", "app/eventpages/monthly-notification.css", "app/eventpages/monthly-notification-dark.css", "app/assets/check-icon.svg", "app/assets/check-icon-dark.svg", "app/eventpages/release-notification.html", "app/eventpages/release-notification.css", "app/eventpages/release-notification-dark.css", "app/eventpages/clipboard-notification.html", "app/eventpages/clipboard-notification.css", "app/eventpages/clipboard-notification-dark.css", "app/eventpages/empty.html", "injection-instart.js", "injection-tss.js", "injection-tss-notification.js", "injection-topics.js", "injection-tss-skimmer.js", "offscreen/offscreen.html", "vendor/*", "app/content-style.css" ] } ]}
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How to download and manually install Malwarebytes Browser Guard extension for Chrome

Looking for a way to install Malwarebytes Browser Guard extensions for Chrome, you can search for them in the Chrome Web Store, clicking the "Add to Chrome" button, and following the straightforward process.

However, you may need to install Malwarebytes Browser Guard extensions manually, this article outlines two simple methods to effortlessly install Malwarebytes Browser Guard extensions, whether they come as unpacked folders in compressed formats like .zip or as .crx files.

Method 1: Download Malwarebytes Browser Guard extension and manually install through Drag &Drop

If you ever need to manually install a Malwarebytes Browser Guard extension for Chrome, don't worry, it's a simple process. Just follow these easy steps, and you will have your extension ready to use in no time.

Step 1: Download the Malwarebytes Browser Guard Extension by clicking the "Download CRX" button on the website.

Look for the Malwarebytes Browser Guard extension you wish to install. Go to the website and download the Malwarebytes Browser Guard extension package, which is usually a .CRX file and comes in a zipped file. Here ".crx" file is the format for Malwarebytes Browser Guard extension that contains all the data.

Step 2: Extract &Arrange Files

Once the file is downloaded, extract that file into its own folder. Similarly, give that extension files a permanent home. In other words, keep it in a folder that you don't accidentally delete it because these files will be needed to make that extension work.

Step 3: Go to the Chrome Extensions Page

Open Google Chrome and in the address bar, type chrome://extensions; it will open the Google Chrome extensions page. Make sure that "My extensions" is selected in the sidebar.

Step 4: Drag and Drop the Extension

Now, go to the folder where you extracted the Malwarebytes Browser Guard extension and drag &drop the extension file from there anywhere onto the extension page within Google Chrome.

Step 5: Complete the Installation

Once you drag and drop the extension file, follow the steps that Google Chrome takes you through. Similarly, if the extension file is of .crx file format, you will be required to review the permissions and then add the extension.

Now, you can manage that added extension as you would like to with any other Chrome extension that you added through Chrome Webstore. Its icon will also appear in the Google Chrome Menu on the right side of the address bar once you activate it.

Method 2: Download Malwarebytes Browser Guard extension for Chrome and install in Developer Mode

This is another method to install Malwarebytes Browser Guard extension manually, but the twist is that here, you install by enabling the developer mode option provided in Google Chrome. This mode is commonly used for testing extensions or running unpublished tools.

Step 1: Download the Malwarebytes Browser Guard extension file

Select and download the Malwarebytes Browser Guard extension by clicking the 'Download CRX' button on the website.

Step 2: Extract the downloaded contents

Convert the file to a ZIP file if it is in CRX format then extract the Malwarebytes Browser Guard extension zip file or folder that you downloaded. Make sure you extract it using the same folder name and keep it safely in another folder, so you don't delete it by mistake. The extracted folder will be needed to keep your Malwarebytes Browser Guard extension running.

Step 3: Open Chrome Extension Setting Page

In the address bar of Google Chrome, type chrome://extensions and open the Chrome Extension Page.

Step 4: Enable Developer Mode

After opening the Chrome Extension page, look at the top right side, and you will find the toggle option of "Developer mode."Simply enable that developer mode option.

Step 5: Load the Unpacked Extension

Once you enable the developer mode option, you will see the menu of Load Unpacked, Pack Extensions and Update. From that, select the option "Load unpacked."

Step 6: Select the Extension Folder

Once the pop-up opens upon clicking Load unpacked, select the Malwarebytes Browser Guard extension directory and click on the "Select Folder "button.

Step 7: Confirm and Install

After you select an extension folder of a Google Chrome extension you're installing manually, confirm its installation for the final time and let the installation complete.

Conclusion

Here we've made a step-by-step guide on How to manually install Malwarebytes Browser Guard extension in 2 ways. We hope this guide proves helpful.

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User reviews

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Halil Halilov (ID: 0000002a40d19c1d) Voted 1 ★ - Updated 08/18/2024 It was good...After the last update something happened ....it brakes web pages it doesn't block properly ads..It block sponsored listing on Amazon and eBay (they are not advertisement) Start changed by 5 to 1...I tried to contact them to report that...it is impossible if you not subscribed to their service...so 1 star and removing it from the browser.

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Noël Jörg (ID: 000000fdec583c54) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 06/19/2024 Super Antiviren Programmersatz! Klar ist es nicht so gut wie das Programm selbst, es ist aber immerhin Gratis.

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Dr.Ne0Gen3tic (Forensic Buro of Quantum) (ID: 000000804fbaeac1) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 05/02/2024 Hier steckt wirklich "Technik" und Algorithmen dahinter, denn es ist eine riesige Erweiterung. Die Schutzwirkung ist erstklassig, das einzige was man hier sagen muss ist, dass euer Surfverhalten stark getrackt wird, denn jede Webseite wird an die Server von Malwarebytes übertragen, um sie mit einer Malwaredatenbank abzugleichen. Was dann, serverseitig damit passiert ist unklar und nicht ersichtlich, außerdem werden "Timestamps" Full und "Session IDs" übertragen, was "Anonym" sein soll, doch die Vergangenheit hat gezeigt, das allein durch diese Kombination, eine "Deanonymisierung" möglich sein könnte. Die Schutzwirkung ist aber ok, ein weiteres Plus ist ein "Heuristischer Adblocker", der anhand des Verhaltens der "Tracker" erkennt, ob es sich um Tracking oder Werbung oder ähnliches handelt. Auch die Schutzwirkung ist ok, es werden einige Datenbanken heruntergeladen und auch online abgeglichen und somit schädliche Webseiten blockiert. Was diese App nicht kann und auch nicht ist, ist ein Malwarescanner im eigentlichen Sinne, Downloads werden blockiert wenn sie schädlich sind, aber der Virenscan ist hier nur ein rudimentärer, einfacher Ansatz eventuell mit Hash Gegencheck wie es der Chromebrowser auch macht, aber einen richtigen Tiefenscan von heruntergeladenen Dateien mittels Carvingtechniken oder ein Entpacken von gepackten Dateien die heruntergeladen werden und ein Gegencheck aller im Archiv befindlichen Dateien sucht man hier vergeblich. Bei den Downloads werden hier nur einfache Ansätze zur Erkennung verfolgt, auch der Malwareschutz basiert eher auf präventiven als auf proaktiven Maßnahmen, d.h. es soll eher von vornherein sichergestellt werden, dass schädliche Webseiten besucht werden.

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Marcelo Gabriel Schuster (ID: 000000750fb39040) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 04/07/2024 amei de+ esta extensao ela detecta qualquer tipo de malware nao deixa passar nenhum e bloqueia rapidamente sites maliciosos antes que eles carreguem isso e bom pra gente como adulto mas otimo para crianças que so querem saber de entrar no friv ou poki pra jogar enfim otima extensao recomendo muito detecta ate malware em dowloads

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Filip Galetic (ID: 00000030a5f623bc) Voted 1 ★ - Updated 11/17/2023 As of October 2023, no longer blocks ads on YouTube, in fact, having it makes the skippable ads non skippable!