Malwarebytes: Difference between revisions

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However, Malwarebytes VPN used to be based on Mullvad VPN until June 2025 and various open source tools,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Voisin |first=Julien |date=10 Oct 2021 |title=Malwarebytes' privacy VPN is Mullvad in a shady trenchcoat |url=https://dustri.org/b/malwarebytes-privacy-vpn-is-mullvad-in-a-shady-trenchcoat.html |url-status=live |access-date=15 Mar 2025 |website=[[dustri.org]] |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251208201116/https://dustri.org/b/malwarebytes-privacy-vpn-is-mullvad-in-a-shady-trenchcoat.html |archive-date=8 Dec 2025}}</ref> and nothing is properly disclosed on the official website. On Mullvad site, Malwarebytes is mentioned as partner<ref>{{Cite web |title=Partnerships and Resellers |url=https://mullvad.net/en/help/partnerships-and-resellers |url-status=live |access-date=15 Mar 2025 |website=[[Mullvad]] |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260127023400/https://mullvad.net/en/help/partnerships-and-resellers |archive-date=27 Jan 2026}}</ref>. The software is based on open source code, used without contributing back:

*<code>7z.~~ddl~~</code>, licensed under [https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Lesser_General_Public_License LGPL] and {{Wplink|BSD licenses|BSD}}.

*<code>7z.dll</code>, licensed under [https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Lesser_General_Public_License LGPL] and {{Wplink|BSD licenses|BSD}}.

*<code>wintun.~~ddl~~</code>, version 0.13, from the [https://www.wintun.net/ Wintun project].

*<code>wintun.dll</code>, version 0.13, from the [https://www.wintun.net/ Wintun project].

These are the embedded dependencies:

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 However, Malwarebytes VPN used to be based on Mullvad VPN until June 2025 and various open source tools,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Voisin |first=Julien |date=10 Oct 2021 |title=Malwarebytes' privacy VPN is Mullvad in a shady trenchcoat |url=https://dustri.org/b/malwarebytes-privacy-vpn-is-mullvad-in-a-shady-trenchcoat.html |url-status=live |access-date=15 Mar 2025 |website=[[dustri.org]] |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251208201116/https://dustri.org/b/malwarebytes-privacy-vpn-is-mullvad-in-a-shady-trenchcoat.html |archive-date=8 Dec 2025}}</ref> and nothing is properly disclosed on the official website. On Mullvad site, Malwarebytes is mentioned as partner<ref>{{Cite web |title=Partnerships and Resellers |url=https://mullvad.net/en/help/partnerships-and-resellers |url-status=live |access-date=15 Mar 2025 |website=[[Mullvad]] |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260127023400/https://mullvad.net/en/help/partnerships-and-resellers |archive-date=27 Jan 2026}}</ref>. The software is based on open source code, used without contributing back:
-*<code>7z.ddl</code>,  licensed under [https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Lesser_General_Public_License LGPL] and {{Wplink|BSD licenses|BSD}}.
+*<code>7z.dll</code>,  licensed under [https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Lesser_General_Public_License LGPL] and {{Wplink|BSD licenses|BSD}}.
-*<code>wintun.ddl</code>,  version 0.13, from the [https://www.wintun.net/ Wintun project].
+*<code>wintun.dll</code>,  version 0.13, from the [https://www.wintun.net/ Wintun project].
 These are the embedded dependencies: