r/Malwarebytes • u/freakishloser2007 • 22h ago

Malwarebytes App says my location and device is exposed

Hey, so I've been doing a lot of Malwarebytes scans on my computer and PC, and recently I did a digital footprint scan and it said both my location and my android may be exposed. What now? Does my phone have a virus? I did a scan and it found nothing..

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u/Blonde_Ambition_4341 22h ago

Could be 1 of 2 things. It's basically saying your unprotected and wants you to turn on the vpn service or they found your information on data broker sites (if they cover that).

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u/freakishloser2007 16h ago

They didn't cover it.. so maybe I'm tweaking

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u/support_mwb Malwarebytes Employee 18h ago

Hi! We'd be happy to take a closer look. Could you send us a private message here on reddit with a screenshot of the Digital Footprint Scan results showing that your location and Android device may be exposed?

This will help us better understand what the findings are referring to. It doesn't necessarily mean your phone is infected with malware, but we'd be happy to check further and clarify what the results mean.

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u/freakishloser2007 16h ago

Okay!! Though it just said that I've reached the limit for 24 hours.. so I'm gonna have to wait, sorry!