cooldude255220 Posted May 25, 2012 ID:554734 Share Posted May 25, 2012 I have both a suggestion and question regarding the IP Blacklist feature of Malwarebytes.First of all, once I have added an IP to the exclude list, why does it take a restard of my browser to be able to access it?Could we also find out a reason for the blacklist in the tooltip notification?Thanks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile360 Posted May 25, 2012 ID:554737 Share Posted May 25, 2012 Greetings First of all, once I have added an IP to the exclude list, why does it take a restard of my browser to be able to access it?That is because of DNS caching in Windows.Could we also find out a reason for the blacklist in the tooltip notification?We do plan to add such a feature eventually, but it requires us to compile an online database containing all of this information, which we haven't done yet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooldude255220 Posted May 25, 2012 Author ID:554751 Share Posted May 25, 2012 Greetings That is because of DNS caching in Windows.Oh, I see. Thanks for the information. We do plan to add such a feature eventually, but it requires us to compile an online database containing all of this information, which we haven't done yet.Okay, no worries. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile360 Posted May 25, 2012 ID:554753 Share Posted May 25, 2012 You're welcome, and thank you for the suggestion .If you have any further questions or ideas, please don't hesitate to post. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooldude255220 Posted May 25, 2012 Author ID:554759 Share Posted May 25, 2012 You're welcome, and thank you for the suggestion .If you have any further questions or ideas, please don't hesitate to post.Actually, I do have another idea. Instead of seeing a generic server not found page like this:Can we have a more informative, proffesional page like this: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile360 Posted May 25, 2012 ID:554762 Share Posted May 25, 2012 I'm not seeing any images in your post, but I do know what you mean.It's a good idea, unfortunately we probably can't do it because we aren't using a browser redirect or plugin to make this function work. Our malicious website blocking operates from within the Windows network stack and filters much more than just connections from your internet browser. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooldude255220 Posted May 25, 2012 Author ID:554764 Share Posted May 25, 2012 I'm not seeing any images in your post, but I do know what you mean.It's a good idea, unfortunately we probably can't do it because we aren't using a browser redirect or plugin to make this function work. Our malicious website blocking operates from within the Windows network stack and filters much more than just connections from your internet browser.http://puu.sh/wL6VTry that.That's a shame. I don't know much about web filtering, but I wouldn't say that it is impossbile. Take K9 web protection for example. (Unless that does things in a completely different way.) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile360 Posted May 25, 2012 ID:554767 Share Posted May 25, 2012 I can't see that image, that webpage appears to be blocked by my HOSTS file. Can you attach a screenshot? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maurice Naggar Posted May 26, 2012 ID:554788 Share Posted May 26, 2012 cooldude,What you would ask for the product to do is way out of reach. For nothing else, it would ask it to insert something into your browser page which is against all principles.Beyond all that, the "unable to connect" or similar in other browsers (it's page not found in IE) is all shown by the browser itself. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooldude255220 Posted May 26, 2012 Author ID:554883 Share Posted May 26, 2012 I can't see that image, that webpage appears to be blocked by my HOSTS file. Can you attach a screenshot?Sure thing, done.cooldude,What you would ask for the product to do is way out of reach. For nothing else, it would ask it to insert something into your browser page which is against all principles.Beyond all that, the "unable to connect" or similar in other browsers (it's page not found in IE) is all shown by the browser itself.I do even think it would need to insert anything into the browser. You could just intercept the traffic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile360 Posted May 26, 2012 ID:554982 Share Posted May 26, 2012 Yes, that is a possibility, though I don't know how difficult it would be for the developers to do so and I also wouldn't want to do it if it took too much of a performance hit on users' systems.That being said, I definitely like the idea and we'll keep it in mind, thanks . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooldude255220 Posted May 30, 2012 Author ID:555977 Share Posted May 30, 2012 Yes, that is a possibility, though I don't know how difficult it would be for the developers to do so and I also wouldn't want to do it if it took too much of a performance hit on users' systems.That being said, I definitely like the idea and we'll keep it in mind, thanks .Yeah, those would need to be taken into account.Thanks for keeping it in mind, and thanks for the great software. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile360 Posted May 31, 2012 ID:556293 Share Posted May 31, 2012 You're welcome, and thanks again for using our software and for making these great suggestions ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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