


RELATED: Not All "Viruses" Are Viruses: 10 Malware Terms ExplainedĮven if you found dozens or hundreds of viruses or PUPs, it should only take a few seconds for Malwarebytes to take care of them. You should take whatever actions Malwarebytes recommends unless you have an extremely good reason to ignore the recommendations. The Scan Results window will also let you pick what you do with all of the malware or potentially unwanted programs (PUPs) the scan revealed.

You can export the results of your scan to a text file by clicking “Save Results.” Some users have also found that updating Malwarebytes seems to fix the problem, and you can also just remove the app from your device altogether to fix the problem.Once Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware has finished scanning your computer, it will display the number of items scanned, the number of infected objects found, and the time elapsed. You’ll find that option under “Real Time Protection” in the lower right of the app. While Malwarebytes gets things back to normal, you can get access to Google back by turning off “Web Protection” within the antivirus app. The bad news? There’s no exact timeline on when this will be resolved. The good news? Google isn’t down, and this issue is actually pretty easy to fix. The cause of this error is not clear, but Malwarebytes has confirmed that it is looking into the “temporary issue” on Twitter. Other Google products, such as Gmail and YouTube, are also affected by this issue. The issue appears to have hit widely as of 11am ET on September 21, and causes users to be unable to access, as well as receiving notifications for malware alerts. But Google is not down today the issue rather seems to be coming from an error with Malwarebytes, a popular antivirus program.Īn issue with Malwarebytes is flagging and other domains incorrectly and blocking its users from accessing those domains. The company has yet to offer an exact explanation as to what caused this problem.Ī spike in users on DownDetectortoday are reporting that Google Search is down, with not loading on their devices. Update: Malwarebytes says this issue has been resolved, though the fix may take time to roll out to all users.

Having trouble accessing this morning? Google isn’t down, but it might have to do with Malwarebytes being used on your device.
