blocking malicious sights

[95wagon]

Hello, I often get pop ups informing me that the program has blocked connection to a potential malicious sight.

Is this normal and I am being protected from the outside world, or is this an indication that malwarebytes is stopping my infected laptop from making connections?

Thanks for any help.

[Wide_Glide]

Hello 95wagon and

Hello, I often get pop ups informing me that the program has blocked connection to a potential malicious sight.

# What does IP Protection do?

IP Protection provides an additional layer of security for your computer, by preventing access to known malicious IP addresses and IP ranges, for example, NetDirekt, which is host to the Internet Service Team.

# How does it do this?

When you ask your browser to connect to a website, Windows uses DNS or the HOSTS file (depending on configuration), to convert that domain name into it's corresponding IP address (e.g. example.com <> 1.2.3.4). MBAM intercepts the packet communications, to determine whether or not the IP address is known for malicious activity, and if so, blocks the communication.

# How does it inform you?

MBAM informs you a malicious IP has been blocked by presenting a bubble notification at the bottom of the screen (next to the system tray), and it also writes a log file.

# What does this notification mean?

This notification means quite simply, that an IP address has been blocked. It does NOT necessarily mean you are infected, it simply means a program on your computer (e.g. your browser, IM program, P2P program etc), tried accessing a malicious IP address. If this notice was presented when you were not actually doing anything on the machine, then I suggest having your computer looked at.

For more information on the IP Blocker see HERE

Any more questions you might have, feel free to ask and someone will assist you

Thanks

[Firefox]

Just to add.....

If you use P2P software like Utorrent, bittorrent, limewire and the like, this could be causing your blocks. If you are not using this type of software and get these blocks even though you are not surfing the internet, then you may have a rootkit on your computer......

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