Hi guys, I'm new to the forums but have been using Malwarebytes for about 3 years now, been a pro user now for two. Love the software, has helped me a lot in the past.
I have an issue with a program I have been using called, Bitmessage. Here is a link to the wiki program page to anyone that might be unfamiliar: https://bitmessage.org/wiki/Main_Page
Basically Bitmessage is a P2P communication program. However, instead of sharing files, you just share messages, almost exactly like email, but it uses a client rather than a browser.
Bitmessage is very handy as it encrypts all communication, so that if I needed to email someone my credit card number, or passwords, or any personal info., that I did not trust sending over basic unencrypted channels like gmail or yahoo, I could send it in a way that only the recipient can view. It's very simple.
However, since it uses P2P technology, and lets in a lot of incoming and outgoing connections, I regularly get the pop-up from my real-time protection that malwarebytes has blocked a malicious website (either incoming or outgoing) from bitmessage.exe along with the IP address of that site. Now keep in mind, this only happens while I'm running BM. It often happens right after I open the program, and then I will get a pop-up again every once in awhile. Sometimes hours go by without one, sometimes I do not see them again, but usually they will randomly show up over the course of time running.
When I turn off real time protection this stops of course. I assume that mbam is just noting all the strange IP addresses trying to communicate with your computer and marking them as suspicious, as you are communicating on a worldwide network of mass encrypted P2P messaging. Which is now all P2P programs work to my knowledge (although this is the first I am really using myself), but instead of sending files to your peers, your just sending them basic email messages.
Anyway, my question is: Should I be worried about receiving the malicious website blocks from my real-time protection? It only happens every once in a while, and sometimes it's the same IP. Is this something I can just ignore and assume that mbam is just blocking them out of confusion (being safe rather than sorry), or do you think there is a real problem here where I should be really worried about using this software?
I run Windows 7 OS, 64 bit. I use Avast, as well as mbam, and all scans always show up clean. I have never had problems with viruses before, and usually only use software with good reps.
