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  1. Malwarebytes flags this extremely useful software as dangerous: https://github.com/tobya/DocTo 31 out of 72 tests at VirusTotal.com call it dangerous, but I really doubt it is.
  2. Malwarebytes Anti-Bytes has just started blocking outgoing smtp.gmail.com through these IP addresses: 74.25.122.108 74.25.122.109 These do seem to be Gmail addresses. Do they now count as Malicious Websites? Really????
  3. Well, this is a serious disappointment. I think bundled installers are bad things. I don't like it when the Java updater keeps urging me to install this or that on Windows, and I don't like it anywhere else. I'm a reasonably alert user, but I support many users who aren't and am constantly clearing up things that they never intended to install. I've relied on Macupdate.com for years and years, and wasn't aware (though I should have been) that I was uploading items to a site that distributes bundled installers. I very much hope you're reconsider the policy of using such things, and instead, only use the installers or downloads provided by the original authors.
  4. Why not block specific pages rather than the entire site? I can't speak to current accuracy of your November 2015 blog post except to say that I've never experienced that behavior, and I sometimes download software from the site without bothering to sign in. For those of us who distribute software there, a whole-site block is basically telling the world that we're complicit in malware distribution. But we aren't. Our downloads are exactly the open-source downloads that we created. Edward Mendelson Contributing Editor PCMag.com/PC Magazine
  5. Thank you. It's been consistently annoying not to be able to access the site I use for distributing my own open-source software because Malwarebytes thinks the site is distributing malware.
  6. Actually, that guess is absolutely not correct at all. I know all about those shady sites that use bundled installers that drop malware. MacUpdate.com isn't one of them. It's a central location for finding commercial and other free software. I use it to distribute some open-source Mac applications that I've written myself, so I know exactly how it works and have been relying on it for years. Edward Mendelson Contributing Editor PCMag.com/PC Magazine
  7. Hi Aura, Here's a typical popup that I get when I visit or the site, or even when I view an e-mail notification that I get from Macupdate.com. It's a major annoyance, as Macupdate.com is the only site that you ever block on my system - and you always block it!
  8. Can someone explain why Malwarebytes keeps blocking Macupdate.com? It seems to be a completely innocent site, widely known, widely used, not blocked by anything else. It's very annoying to have all its pages blocked - and so thoroughly blocked that even a web-address exception doesn't seem to allow it. This seems to be a mistake. Is there any reason to believe it isn't? Exactly what is Macupdate.com supposed to be doing that makes Malwarebytes block it? Edward Mendelson Contributing Editor PC Magazine/PCMag.com
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