Security News > 2022 > September > Malwarebytes mistakenly blocks Google, YouTube for malware
Malwarebytes has addressed an issue that prevented users from accessing websites and services hosted on the google.com domain, including Google search and Youtube.
According to a large number of reports from people affected by this, their browsers were prevented from accessing Google sites after Malwarebytes flagged and blocked them as malicious.
"Malwarebytes pushed a bad update it seems. I couldn't access any Google websites and was getting constant malware notifications from Google websites," one impacted customer said.
Malwarebytes also provided a workaround for impacted users, which required them to disable the buggy module by opening Malwarebytes and toggling off the Web Protection option in the Real Time Protection card.
"The issue is now resolved, and the update should happen automatically," Malwarebytes told affected users via Twitter.
"If you are still experiencing issues, please ensure the Malwarebytes client is updated to the latest version."
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