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I suggest you read about Malwarebytes Browser Guard and make your decision based on what it does.  See Browser Guard - Blocks ads, scams, and trackers. 

Let us know your decision. 

Thank you ky, that makes sense.

The only thing I could find when searching was that sometimes browser guard was too aggressive on blocking sites, but nothing about how it works together with the real-time MBAM.

Thanks for that.   So you can toggle it in the Browser Guard settings.

I'm kind of with you though.....two eyes watching seems better than just one.

Yes, I was offered the install of the browser guard on this most recent MBAM update.  I declined it.  I found this a bit confusing as  I already had installed it on Edge.   

 If I had allowed it during the update, would it have installed it on my other browsers that don't have the extension installed?

Thanks.  Yes, have Firefox and Chrome installed, also Palemoon and Brave, but  use them mostly for testing web design.

I know we give MBAM like super high level permissions to do its job. I guess this kind of illustrates that since they can install things in other programs.

I've decided not to enable browser guard to "manage" MBAM Pro.  It just seems wrong-- like the underling is ordering the boss around.

If you are saying disabling that feature is like you, the underling, ordering around the boss, Malwarebytes, I don't see it that way.

First, Malwarebytes is not the boss, you are. And one of your primary duties is to keep your computer's security current and effective without wasting resources (RAM, CPU cycles and disk space) on unnecessary tasks. This includes avoiding duplication of efforts.

Malwarebytes is your underling. Allowing it to do whatever it wants (by allowing all the default settings and options) is like allowing the underling to order you around. In this case, it is like Malwarebytes (your employee) forcing you to hire his cousin to do a job someone else is already doing!

If you already use an ad blocker in Chrome (or Edge or Firefox) like AdBlock Plus, uBlock Origin, or my new favorite, AdGuard, why duplicate the effort with Browser Guard?

The user (you) is always the weakest link in security. But the user is also the one responsible for ensuring the computer's security is current and effective. You're the boss.

What I was saying was the MB browser guard is the underling to MBAM Pro.

"Underling"? Ah! I see what you are saying now, but I don't agree with that assessment.

Browser Guard is totally separate and independent of Malwarebytes. You don't have to have Malwarebytes installed to use Browser Guard.

I would call Browser Guard and Malwarebytes "siblings", in the same way Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel are siblings. That is, they are just two programs made by the same software company.