ColleenJ Posted August 12 ID:1654473 Share Posted August 12 I am seeing this new error message in Chrome this morning. I am wondering why the Browser Guard would need to "Modify data you copy and paste." ??? Link to post
Porthos Posted August 12 ID:1654475 Share Posted August 12 @ColleenJ That is because of the new v3 update. You need to accept them. Link to post
ColleenJ Posted August 12 Author ID:1654480 Share Posted August 12 That really doesn't answer my question, Porthos. I understand that this is happening because of an update. What I don't understand is why the Browser Guard would need to modify data I copy and paste. Link to post
Porthos Posted August 12 ID:1654495 Share Posted August 12 14 minutes ago, ColleenJ said: What I don't understand is why the Browser Guard would need to modify data I copy and paste. Clipboard hijacking protection would be my guess. Link to post
ColleenJ Posted August 12 Author ID:1654525 Share Posted August 12 Hmmm.... well, I guess it is really just down to how much I trust Malwarebytes. Letting an app modify something I am pasting into a website seems like a hijacking in itself. If the modification is on something I copy FROM a website and paste into something on my computer, I would see that more as being protective, I guess. But it isn't clear from what the message says which of those I am giving permission for. Link to post
Porthos Posted August 12 ID:1654527 Share Posted August 12 @gatortail Can answer this question. Link to post
ColleenJ Posted August 12 Author ID:1654529 Share Posted August 12 I'm guessing you are saying you CAN'T answer this question. Is that correct? Link to post
Staff gatortail Posted August 12 Staff ID:1654532 Share Posted August 12 Hi @ColleenJ To be clear the permission wording is completely in the control and at the discretion of Google Chrome. The permissions are presented by them in their terminolgy. We have a new feature to share the extension with others. It requires us to use the clipboard. We additionally try to protect the clipboard from malicious use. We do NOT modify data you copy & paste. That's unfortunate wording by Chrome that we have no control over. 1 Link to post
Solution ColleenJ Posted August 12 Author Solution ID:1654536 Share Posted August 12 OK, well, thank you Matt, and thank you Porthos, for your assistance. I wish it weren't so difficult to trust Google. Does Malwarebytes have a Browser Guard for Firefox, and if so, how do I obtain it? Link to post
Porthos Posted August 12 ID:1654539 Share Posted August 12 1 minute ago, ColleenJ said: Does Malwarebytes have a Browser Guard for Firefox, and if so, how do I obtain it? Yes of course. This will install it with Firefox open. https://www.malwarebytes.com/browserguard 1 Link to post
Staff gatortail Posted August 12 Staff ID:1654552 Share Posted August 12 Note that the Firefox version of Browser Guard is still operating on Manifest v2, but that will also be upgraded to Manifest v3 in the next few weeks. Link to post
ColleenJ Posted August 12 Author ID:1654566 Share Posted August 12 LOL! OK, duly noted. Thanks again. Link to post
toolegittooquit Posted August 13 ID:1654641 Share Posted August 13 MV3 update is making the blocking feature too aggressive. It's blocking some sites where it was not blocking prior to the MV3 update. I've also got Adblocker Ultimate and uBlock Origin, but these do not block the sites that Browser Guard is blocking due to the Scam feature. Link to post
Staff gatortail Posted August 13 Staff ID:1654712 Share Posted August 13 @toolegittooquit could you please provide examples of the block pages for the sites in question? Link to post
leo3487 Posted August 29 ID:1657893 Share Posted August 29 On 8/12/2024 at 4:16 PM, gatortail said: Note that the Firefox version of Browser Guard is still operating on Manifest v2, but that will also be upgraded to Manifest v3 in the next few weeks. Why is it if Firefox will no drop support for Manifest v2? Also v3 limit your capabilities (if want offer malicious block and ad-blocking) Link to post
Staff gatortail Posted August 29 Staff ID:1657895 Share Posted August 29 Firefox has some unique requirements for Manifest v3 that we are working on before it can be switched over. Coming soon. Link to post
Staff gatortail Posted August 29 Staff ID:1657911 Share Posted August 29 We released v3.0.8 for Chrome today and have removed the Modify data you copy and paste permission. 2 Link to post
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