Reviews of Malwarebytes Browser Guard

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List of user reviews and ratings for Malwarebytes Browser Guard

Total ratings

4.20 (Rating count: 922)

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Review summary

Users praise Malwarebytes Browser Guard for strong ad-blocking and safety benefits, with many calling it essential. However, repeated complaints about major performance impacts, excessive pop-ups, and limited configurability greatly affect usability. Some features like clipboard monitoring also cause disruption. Overall, it is valued by many as a protection tool, but reliability and user control need improvement.

Pros

Effectively blocks ads and unwanted content.
Enhances online safety by blocking malware redirects and suspicious pages.
Considered essential/invaluable by many users and highly recommended.
Generally user-friendly and easy to use.

Cons

Significant performance slowdowns and high memory/CPU usage.
Intrusive, frequent pop-ups/notifications that are hard to close or disable.
Limited user controls and configurability; difficulty pausing features or customizing behavior.
Clipboard monitoring feature causes disruption and false positives, difficult to disable.

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User Reviews

Recent rating average: 3.50

All time rating average: 4.20

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Date	Author	Comment
2026-07-18	ca*****	I really like malwarebytes I've been using it for years! One quick question, I'm working on a project that requires geojson data and was hoping to download the files from this repository which I believe to be an official repository from Natural Earth Data which hosts a range of datasets relating to geography and maps. Why is this repository or user flagged? (I can't post URL's so will post the user and project name from Github) Site: github User: nvkelso Repo: natural-earth-vector File: Any geojson file Is there anywhere we can report potential false positives?
I really like malwarebytes I've been using it for years! One quick question, I'm working on a project that requires geojson data and was hoping to download the files from this repository which I believe to be an official repository from Natural Earth Data which hosts a range of datasets relating to geography and maps. Why is this repository or user flagged? (I can't post URL's so will post the user and project name from Github) Site: github User: nvkelso Repo: natural-earth-vector File: Any geojson file Is there anywhere we can report potential false positives?
2026-07-09	Fi*****

2026-07-04	Fi*****

2026-06-02	Ru*****	This 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.
This 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.
2026-06-01	Fe*****

2026-05-22	Gi*****	Broken 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. Instead, users just continue browsing without paying attention to the quick disappearance of the banner, completely unaware that the extension has rejected cookies on their behalf and locked them out of some site features.
Broken 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. Instead, users just continue browsing without paying attention to the quick disappearance of the banner, completely unaware that the extension has rejected cookies on their behalf and locked them out of some site features.
2026-05-09	Dr*****

2026-04-10	Mi*****

2026-04-09	Fi*****	What 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.
What 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.
2026-04-09	Ja*****	I 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!
I 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!