A mystery Chromium browser recently made a sudden appearance, and is certainly proving popular. But what is it, and where did…
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Browser Guard combats privacy abuse, tracking, clickbait, and scammers
In July 2018, we introduced the Malwarebytes Browser Extension, a beta plugin for Firefox and Chrome aimed at delivering a safer,…
How to tighten security and increase privacy on your browser
Is my browser making an effort to keep my system safe and my online behavior private? This is usually not the…
Cookies: Should I worry about them?
We understand that the amount of information and warnings about your online privacy can be overwhelming or even confusing. With so…
Drive-by mining and ads: The Wild Wild West
There seems to be a trend lately for publishers to monetize their traffic by having their visitors mine for cryptocurrencies while…
Explained: user agent
If you are the kind of person that uses different browsers or different devices to access websites, you may have noticed…
Fireball Chinese malware and you
By now, you might have heard about an adware infection operation that has allegedly spread to 250 million systems called Fireball. The…
Rogue Google Chrome Extension Spies On You
The popular Google Chrome browser has some of the best security tools baked in with features such as Safebrowsing which protects…
A Brief Guide to FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION
This blog post explains what FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION is and why browser hijackers seem to love it. It also points out that this…
“INTUIT Security Warning” Emails Lead to Fake Browser Update Malware
Users of popular accounting software Quickbooks should keep an eye out for this fake “Intuit Security Warning” themed email currently in circulation,…