These days, the sheer amount of scams floating around online is cause for concern. Clearing away this kind of clutter can also help some web pages load a bit faster, which certainly never hurts. Malwarebytes blocks third-party adverts and trackers on the websites you visit, ensuring that your online activity isn’t monitored by the latter (and perhaps used to further target adverts). If a website has a malware payload – whatever type of malware is present, including the likes of crypto-jackers and other stealthy intrusions, or potentially devastating ransomware – as you might expect, Browser Guard will protect your PC from that threat. (Image credit: Malwarebytes) Malwarebytes Browser Guard: what features does it have?īrowser Guard boasts a range of different countermeasures designed to fend off any nasties you might stumble across on the web, including the following features: Note that if you have Malwarebytes Premium installed alongside Browser Guard, when you see the ‘Give Malwarebytes Browser Guard permission to manage blocked website warnings for Premium’ dialog pop up, be sure to select ‘Allow’, otherwise you might see multiple blocked site warnings from both the Malwarebytes extension and security suite. You can turn off any elements of protection using the sliders, and go to Settings (click the cog icon) to turn off those elements globally (i.e. Note that with Chrome, you can pin the Browser Guard icon to the right of the URL bar (by clicking on the puzzle piece icon), and once that ‘M’ icon is displayed, simply click it to access the Malwarebytes menu, complete with a panel showing any threats for the current website. Installing Browser Guard on ChromeĪt the Chrome store extension page for Browser Guard, simply click on ‘Add to Chrome’ and confirm you want to install it by clicking on ‘Add extension’.

Or, if you’re on Mac, use the ‘Download on the Mac App Store’ button to get Browser Guard going on Safari. On Windows, click on ‘Download for Chrome, Firefox, Edge’ which will take you to the Chrome Store (for Chrome and Edge) or Firefox add-ons. Installation is easy - just follow the links from this page (opens in new tab).

Malwarebytes Browser Guard works with Windows PCs and Mac computers, and is supported on Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari browsers.

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