Quikfix Posted May 3, 2012 ID:548379 Share Posted May 3, 2012 It would be amazing if the mBAM team could include a link/url scanner in mBAM PRO. This would be a great addition because it would reassure people that the website they are traveling to is safe and reliabe. The link scanner could be on the user interface and a new tab could be made for it. It could kind of resemble the Norton URL scanner. But of course, whatever mBAM does, it does better, so there could be some unique changes but the overall design could come from the Norton URL scanner. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile360 Posted May 3, 2012 ID:548382 Share Posted May 3, 2012 Thanks for the suggestion We might do something like that in the future, but currently our malicious website blocking mechanism is much more important for me. It's something unique to our product, and there's plenty of URL scanners out there already (Norton, McAfee, Web of Trust, AVG etc., not to mention the capabilities built into newer versions of Internet Explorer). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountaintree16 Posted May 3, 2012 ID:548383 Share Posted May 3, 2012 I cannot speak for Malwarebytes and their plans on this matter or not, but there is a website dedicated to helping this cause:http://www.longurl.org/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkSnakeKobra Posted May 3, 2012 ID:548391 Share Posted May 3, 2012 There's dozens of sites and tools out there that offer this such as the ones Exile and MT provided as well as others like Virus Total, Url Void, wepawet, Trend Protect etc. The ip blocking feature of Malwarebytes Pro is especially powerful so I don't believe you would get much benefit out of a url scanner/blocker. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quikfix Posted May 3, 2012 Author ID:548422 Share Posted May 3, 2012 Yes, I guess. I just thought it would be a cool new feature. I don't trust VirusTotal with URL scanning after it said that "cursormania" has a 41:1 chance of being clean. That's absurd because everyone knows that cursormania gives people horrible viruses which eventually make their systems unusuable. All the big-time antivirus suites (including Bitdefender, Kaspersky, avast!, and Trend Micro) found it clean. That is what makes me uneasy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevivalTech Posted March 14, 2021 ID:1444685 Share Posted March 14, 2021 Or, built into the browser extension, free or premium.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root Admin AdvancedSetup Posted March 14, 2021 Root Admin ID:1444717 Share Posted March 14, 2021 We do have BrowserGuard for free. This topic was last posted to 8 years ago. https://www.malwarebytes.com/browserguard/ 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drake075 Posted March 18, 2021 ID:1445551 Share Posted March 18, 2021 Just awhile ago, while using your browserguard, I was attempting to find a way to scan a bitly link, or at least find out where it lead, so that I could tell what the contents of a spam email actually linked to. Sure, it's not necessary to include such a feature when you already do so much to keep people that are simply clicking links safe, but I avoided a review because of it. Preventing people from going to suspicious websites works well, but the shortened urls we have today may make people simply avoid clicking them. I decided to come here and voice my opinion rather than making a less than 5 star rating on the store and leaving it at that. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root Admin AdvancedSetup Posted March 18, 2021 Root Admin ID:1445654 Share Posted March 18, 2021 Thank you for the feedback. As this topic is 8 years old I'm going to close it. I would recommend that you post to the Browser Guard forum or other if you wish to discuss in a current topic. https://forums.malwarebytes.com/forum/252-malwarebytes-browser-guard/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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