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Malwarebytes Browser Guard blocks securepubads.g.doubleclick "malware"


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Every time Tumblr is opened (and only Tumblr), the Malwarebytes extension shows this:

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It started happening today; first, this morning, it blocked the entire Tumblr website because of "reputation"; that was solved with a database update, seemed like a few people had the same issue. However, now, it's blocking just this every time I open the website.
I looked it up and it was described as a google advertising service, but on other places as a virus. Can't figure out if it's a false positive, precaution ("potentially" malicious activity), some kind of actual malvertising being blocked? Did scans and my system seems fine, but this is alarming.

I checked the logs (tried to); seems that what's actually being blocked is " https://securepubads.g.doubleclick.net/tag/js/gpt.js" - a script? 

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Try doing the following and see if that fixes it.

 

If you're having issues with Malwarebytes Browser Guard you may want to try to update the program manually.

  • Click on the extension icon 

    image.png.c3d1355b1668828e969c67a051b3c18b.pngIf you can not see the Browser Guard icon in the browser toolbar, click the puzzle icon and unhide or pin the icon.

  • Click the Kebab Menu -> then Support
  • Click the Check for database updates button
  • If still having an issue then click Clear Browser Guard Storage, Restart the Browser, and check for Database Updates again

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25 minutes ago, Porthos said:

Try doing the following and see if that fixes it.

 

If you're having issues with Malwarebytes Browser Guard you may want to try to update the program manually.

  • Click on the extension icon 

    image.png.c3d1355b1668828e969c67a051b3c18b.pngIf you can not see the Browser Guard icon in the browser toolbar, click the puzzle icon and unhide or pin the icon.

  • Click the Kebab Menu -> then Support
  • Click the Check for database updates button
  • If still having an issue then click Clear Browser Guard Storage, Restart the Browser, and check for Database Updates again

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Tried this; seems like clearing the storage helped, the warnings don't appear anymore. Thank you.

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