Why Does Malwarebytes Block Good Web Sites?
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From: poutnik on 27 Jun 2010 23:50 In article <33632576be3f65e6e117cd2ccad96249(a)anonymitaet-im-inter.net>, anonymous(a)anonymitaet-im-inter.net says... > > > Again, the children clothes site and MyWayNews are egregious examples > of Malwarebytes own ignorance of what is in their blocking file. My experience from MBAM forum is they are close to MS approach: "We do know the best, what users really want and need" :) -- Poutnik The best depends on how the best is defined.
From: Dustin Cook on 28 Jun 2010 11:40 Dave U. Random <anonymous(a)anonymitaet-im-inter.net> wrote in news:685d83318d217a69c5272c7a407871ce(a)anonymitaet-im-inter.net: > In article <Xns9DA4CD04A31EBHHI2948AJD832(a)69.16.185.247> > Dustin Cook <bughunter.dustin(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> > > >> >> At the end of the post it does say that you can add an IP to the >> ignore >> >> list, it also includes info about why good sites get blocked. >> > >> > >> > I do not have any such IP thingy in my version 1.46. > >> >> Right click the icon in your tray. :) >> > > Grayed out. But it says nothing about being an IP ignore dingy. It > merely says, "Add To Ignore List". It never occurred to me it meant > IPs instead of programs. How to I get this menu choice functional? Hmm.. Ahh.. Hold up, you have to re-enable the IP blocking module first, then it should ungrey itself and you can add whatever IPS you don't want it blocking to the don't block list. > As far as adding to the ignore list goes, the HELP file says: > > "To add items to this list, simply run a scan and click Show Results. > The detection list will appear. Right click on any item you would > like ignored and click Add to Ignore List." That's for programs, and I agree, probably not the easiest user friendly way to do it. > Mind you, I ain't arguing with you, I'm just trying to understand > this darn proggy. It seems very clumsy to me. No problem. Hopefully I can help you. -- The bear went over the mountain to see what he could see. Hey! The other side of the mountain was all that he could see! So he went back over the mountain to see what he could see. Hey! The other side of the mountain was all that he could see! - Green Jelly The Bear Song
From: Dave U. Random on 28 Jun 2010 20:34 In article <Xns9DA57718B54F7HHI2948AJD832(a)69.16.185.250> Dustin Cook <bughunter.dustin(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Dave U. Random <anonymous(a)anonymitaet-im-inter.net> wrote in > news:685d83318d217a69c5272c7a407871ce(a)anonymitaet-im-inter.net: > > > In article <Xns9DA4CD04A31EBHHI2948AJD832(a)69.16.185.247> > > Dustin Cook <bughunter.dustin(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> > > > > > >> >> At the end of the post it does say that you can add an IP to the > >> ignore > >> >> list, it also includes info about why good sites get blocked. > >> > > >> > > >> > I do not have any such IP thingy in my version 1.46. > > > >> > >> Right click the icon in your tray. :) > >> > > > > Grayed out. But it says nothing about being an IP ignore dingy. It > > merely says, "Add To Ignore List". It never occurred to me it meant > > IPs instead of programs. How to I get this menu choice functional? > > Hmm.. Ahh.. Hold up, you have to re-enable the IP blocking module first, > then it should ungrey itself and you can add whatever IPS you don't want > it blocking to the don't block list. It is still grayed out when the Website blocking is enabled. But something else is strange. On the protection tab settings, Enable Protection Module is checked but grayed out. I didn't think anything of it in the beginning because it was checked even though grayed out. I've checked all other settings and can find nothing that relates to the protection module, as far as I can determine. > > As far as adding to the ignore list goes, the HELP file says: > > > > "To add items to this list, simply run a scan and click Show Results. > > The detection list will appear. Right click on any item you would > > like ignored and click Add to Ignore List." > > That's for programs, and I agree, probably not the easiest user friendly > way to do it. > > > Mind you, I ain't arguing with you, I'm just trying to understand > > this darn proggy. It seems very clumsy to me. > > No problem. Hopefully I can help you. > > So, I guess the question is why is the protection module okay in the Website blocking setting, but checked and grayed out under the Protection Tab?
From: Dustin Cook on 28 Jun 2010 23:00 Dave U. Random <anonymous(a)anonymitaet-im-inter.net> wrote in news:1967c91560c895a7f4e29d7d17745a1f(a)anonymitaet-im-inter.net: > In article <Xns9DA57718B54F7HHI2948AJD832(a)69.16.185.250> > Dustin Cook <bughunter.dustin(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Dave U. Random <anonymous(a)anonymitaet-im-inter.net> wrote in >> news:685d83318d217a69c5272c7a407871ce(a)anonymitaet-im-inter.net: >> >> > In article <Xns9DA4CD04A31EBHHI2948AJD832(a)69.16.185.247> >> > Dustin Cook <bughunter.dustin(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> > >> > >> >> >> At the end of the post it does say that you can add an IP to the >> >> ignore >> >> >> list, it also includes info about why good sites get blocked. >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > I do not have any such IP thingy in my version 1.46. >> > >> >> >> >> Right click the icon in your tray. :) >> >> >> > >> > Grayed out. But it says nothing about being an IP ignore dingy. It >> > merely says, "Add To Ignore List". It never occurred to me it meant >> > IPs instead of programs. How to I get this menu choice functional? >> >> Hmm.. Ahh.. Hold up, you have to re-enable the IP blocking module first, >> then it should ungrey itself and you can add whatever IPS you don't want >> it blocking to the don't block list. > > It is still grayed out when the Website blocking is enabled. But > something else is strange. On the protection tab settings, Enable > Protection Module is checked but grayed out. I didn't think anything > of it in the beginning because it was checked even though grayed out. > I've checked all other settings and can find nothing that relates to > the protection module, as far as I can determine. > > >> > As far as adding to the ignore list goes, the HELP file says: >> > >> > "To add items to this list, simply run a scan and click Show Results. >> > The detection list will appear. Right click on any item you would >> > like ignored and click Add to Ignore List." >> >> That's for programs, and I agree, probably not the easiest user friendly >> way to do it. >> >> > Mind you, I ain't arguing with you, I'm just trying to understand >> > this darn proggy. It seems very clumsy to me. >> >> No problem. Hopefully I can help you. >> >> > > So, I guess the question is why is the protection module okay in the > Website blocking setting, but checked and grayed out under the > Protection Tab? It shouldn't be. Have you gone to the settings menu and made sure IP blocking and resident blocker are both enabled? It may take a few seconds for the icon in the taskbar to update, but when they are running, options for them shouldn't be greyed out. -- The bear went over the mountain to see what he could see. Hey! The other side of the mountain was all that he could see! So he went back over the mountain to see what he could see. Hey! The other side of the mountain was all that he could see! - Green Jelly The Bear Song
From: Pedro Hardhat on 29 Jun 2010 04:14
Dave U. Random <anonymous(a)anonymitaet-im-inter.net> wrote in news:e881b15f15c268682a5f12f857880734(a)anonymitaet-im-inter.net: > I now find that it is blocking MyWayNews. > > What in the heck is wrong with this program? Which idiot placed so > many good sites into it's block list? > > I have the paid version, and it is updated. > > This feature is so ridiculous that I had to uncheck Website Blocking > on my wife's machine. She wouldn't put up with it another day after > it blocked a children's clothes site. > > Ridiculous! > > That would be because the domain is owned by IAC and because the IP range hosts the unpopular IAC domains smileycentral, funwebproducts, iwon and zwinky. |