malwarebytes.nl website blocked

[jaccies]

i had the outlook365 blocked problem also and i installed  the latest version 3.1.2.1733 and it fixed the outlook365 website block,

but now this latest version blocks the website of www.malwarebytes.nl 

strange malwarebyes block his own website in the netherlands !!!

 

Edited May 18, 2017 by jaccies

[Aura]

I'm not even sure this domain is owned/managed by Malwarebytes. At the bottom of the site it says this:

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Ga voor de officiele malwarebytes site naar malwarebytes.org

 

Go to malwarebytes.org for the official malwarebytes site

 

[jaccies]

i dont know, but  if i close malwarebytes the website www.malwarebytes.nl  is working normal , so what could be wrong with

this website? 

 

google search for  malwarebytes shows me website www.malwarebytes.nl 

 

[Aura]

Does the website have a little "Ad" tag on Google when it's listed in the results?

@celee

[jaccies]

see yourself :

[Aura]

From what I can see, the first website listed is nl.malwarebytes.com and not Malwarebytes.nl. I'm not at my desk at the moment so I cannot check wether one redirects to the other.

[jaccies]

the second one in google search is www.malwarebytes.nl

https://nl.malwarebytes.com/    is not redirected  to www.malwarebytes.nl 

https://nl.malwarebytes.com/ is not blocked by malwarebytes 3.1.2   only   www.malwarebytes.nl  

so maybe it is right that you block  www.malwarebytes.nl

Edited May 18, 2017 by jaccies

[Aura]

And if it's blocked, I can understand why. Since Malwarebytes is a registered trademark (I imagine), I also wouldn't be happy if someone else would register a domain with my name in it advertising it as I wouldn't know if the downloads on it are legit or not

[jaccies]

I understand,  but  it is confusing if  Dutch  people   download malwarebytes  form www.malwarebytes.nl  and download it  and after running malwarebytes

 and they go again to www.malwarebytes.nl  and see that is blocks this website , they might think that they installed malware   instead of malwarebytes version  

they got panic and uninstall it !!!!   a pity for Malwarebytes  so they will not get a new payed customer

Edited May 18, 2017 by jaccies

[exile360]

It's not ours.  It still lists the product name as "Malwarebytes Anti-Malware" but the official name is just "Malwarebytes" now.

They're also still using the old product/company logo rather than the current one which was changed with the launch of version 3.

Edited May 18, 2017 by exile360

[jaccies]

well you can download malwarebytes from that site  if i click on download free version it goes to

https://buy.malwarebytes.com/get-trial/?dSC=nl

and it downloads mb3-setup-SEMFD.100SEM-3.1.2.1733.exe 

so it must have a relationship with   malwarebytes.com    and now you are going to block it

[exile360]

I'm sure that you can, however I believe a website has to be authorized to host our software and if we're blocking these guys, it's most likely for a good reason.

Just because they're hosting our software does not mean we have any relationship or affiliation with them, as I assure you we do not.

[jaccies]

OK then the best thing to do then is make  contact with the owner of that website www.malwarebytes.nl   instead of blocking  it , i told you what could happen that you loose customers

 

the IP address see here: http://whois.domaintools.com/159.253.5.141

 

Edited May 18, 2017 by jaccies

[Aura]

I doubt Malwarebytes would lose customers over that. If users see that the website is blocked, they'll most likely have the same reaction as you, which is to wonder why this is happening, investigate a bit and eventually notice that this website isn't affiliated with Malwarebytes. 

The annoying part though is that the website is ranked 2nd, but that might be only in the Netherlands.

[jaccies]

they downloaded it from that website  and installed it  , and then malwarebytes tells them that website is blocked

they could be in a panic and dont trust it  so  uninstalled it  , that is also a possibility.

I am not a newbie  and i can find forums

but anyhow  i would go after it and contact that website owner  

good night

[exile360]

If we are blocking these guys deliberately for trademark violations or any other legal reasons, then I can assure you they were contacted long before we put the block in place.  Blocking a site is a last resort and generally reserved for malicious activity towards users, not legal/terms violations against our company.