Blocked website source page?

[MeesterTea]

While browsing in Google Chrome I will occasionally encounter a distracting barrage of "Website blocked" popups.  The message provides domain & IP information, etc. on the malicious site, but does not indicate which open tab in the browser is responsible.  I would prefer to simply avoid sites which embed links to the malicious ones, but at this point I am reduced to a trial-and-error approach--tough when there are 30+ tabs open.  Am I missing something?  Does Malwarebytes/MBAM (Premium v.3.3.1) provide a way to view this information?  If not, would you consider this as a possible feature to be added?  Perhaps a function button such as "Identify Malware Source Page" on the popup window?

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[dcollins]

If it's a full webpage we're blocking, the page is redirected automatically to a full block page. You can test this by going to https://iptest.malwarebytes.com

If it's just an ad that gets blocked or a piece of javascript, you'll get a notification just letting you know it was blocked in the background.

[MeesterTea]

Well, the URL/domain listed in the popups almost never matches any site that I've consciously chosen to visit--so I'm guessing that these refer to ads & such coded invisibly within another page.   Is there a way to connect the two?  And curiously,  Malwarebytes is currently blocking the https://iptest.malwarebytes.com link you provided.  Wha???

[dcollins]

The iptest site is supposed to be blocked, it's a way to verify that website blocking is working properly.

And there's not an easy way to identify which website is causing the issue if you have multiple tabs open. You would need to look in the developer tools for the browser to see it.

[MeesterTea]

Okay, thanks for clearing that up.  Still, it would be a handy feature to have available, right?  When an onlslaught of "Website blocked" popups occurs, I would prefer to simply choke it off at the source (by closing a tab), since the popups themselves are not very helpful--and are quite distracting.  Just as I prefer to avoid sites that barrage me with multiple layers of annoying ads, video clips, sound bites, etc. while I'm trying to simply read an article; I would prefer to avoid sites that (knowingly or unknowingly) include hidden links to malicious third-party websites.  But thanks just the same for many years of protection via Malwarebytes/MBAM!

[dcollins]

I'll pass this information along to our product teams, thanks!