amazon.co.za blocked by Malwarebytes

[Neville]

Malwarebytes on Firefox: Is this ligit or just the plug-in going wonky?

 

[longboy]

Takealot probably giving cooldrink money to MalwareBytes.

 

[WAslayer]

False positive..

 

[backstreetboy]

Stop using an Anti virus. They haven't been relevant for years now.

It might be time to stop using antivirus

Update your software and OS regularly instead, practice skeptical computing.

arstechnica.com

 

[CrypticZA]

Takealot probably giving cooldrink money to MalwareBytes.

i had a good lol at this

 

[Vorastra]

Stop using an Anti virus. They haven't been relevant for years now.

It might be time to stop using antivirus

Update your software and OS regularly instead, practice skeptical computing.

arstechnica.com

av-comparitives

Antivirus:



Malware:

 

[Gnome]

av-comparitives

Antivirus:

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Malware:

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Malwarebytes is missing from this table, so not sure what conclusion to draw?

 

[UB40]

Use a Mac

 

[UB40]

Use a Mac

Apologies, forgot to switch accounts when I typed this

 

[Vorastra]

Malwarebytes is missing from this table, so not sure what conclusion to draw?

Because it hasn't been tested since late 2022 and is no better than other AVs. My comment was aimed more at @backstreetboy comment on AVs as a whole rather than Malwarebytes specifically.

Antivirus:



Malware:

 

[KleinBoontjie]

Remove that crap, all you need on a browser is Ublock Origin and Decentraleyes (or ddg privacy essentials)

 

[Mirai]

With co.za sites chances are good they're scams.