Claude Malwarebytes connectorWhat Claude can do in your Malwarebytes account.
The Claude Malwarebytes connector exposes 6 tools. 5 read tools check a link, phone number, email sender or domain, 1 write tool reports an indicator to Malwarebytes, 0 undocumented. Below: the verdicts, the report tool and its guardrails.
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Know who you're dealing with before you call back
An unknown number keeps calling, a sender poses as your bank, a short link hides where it leads. With Malwarebytes connected, Claude runs each item against the publisher's threat intelligence and returns one of four verdicts: malicious, suspicious, safe or unknown. Per Malwarebytes, you don't need an account with them.
Unmask a fake call. The phone check says whether a number is tied to scams or suspicious activity, with additional information on the number.
Break down an email in one pass. The message holds a link, a phone number and a sender address. The batch scan checks them together and returns one unified result. Malwarebytes adds that Claude can pull these items out of a screenshot too.
Size up a brand-new domain. reputation-whois returns registration data (registrar, dates, abuse contact). The service presents it as useful for spotting newly registered domains, common in phishing and scams.
What the connector won't do: it isn't a reverse phone directory or a web search engine. An "unknown" verdict doesn't mean "safe". Per Malwarebytes, only the items you share are sent for analysis. And nothing runs in the background, so Claude only checks what you show it. Always-on filtering is a different job, covered by the tools on the Integrations hub.
Words to know before connecting Malwarebytes
Five terms, explained once.
- Connector
- The bridge you set up once between Claude and a service you already use, so Claude can work with it while answering you.
- Tool
- A named capability the connector opens to Claude. Claude picks what it needs on its own; the directory sheet lists every one.
- Authorization
- The service's own screen where you hand Claude the access it will use. Granted once per person, and revocable.
- Approval
- The confirmation Claude waits for before an action that changes something in an account, shown in the chat at the right moment.
- MCP
- The open standard connectors are built on: it lets an assistant like Claude hold a conversation with an outside service.
Connect the Claude Malwarebytes connector
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Find Malwarebytes in Claude
In Claude, open Customize, then Connectors, and spot Malwarebytes. On a Team or Enterprise workspace, an Owner or Primary Owner enables it for the organization first; each member then connects on their own.
- 02
Start the connection
Click Connect on the Malwarebytes row, then follow the window the service opens. If the link ever breaks, hit Disconnect and connect again from the same row.
- 03
Read the authorization screen
Go through the authorization screen before you accept. It belongs to the service, not to Claude, and it sets what the access covers. You can also take that access back later from the service itself.
Malwarebytes' 6 tools: checks on one side, reporting on the other
Malwarebytes gives Claude 6 tools: 5 that read your account, 1 that change something in it.
Five checks and one report tool, all described by the tool list Malwarebytes' service publishes. Names stay in English, as Claude shows them.
- 5 read
- 1 write
What Claude checks (5)
5 toolsFive tools that query Malwarebytes' database without adding to it.
reputation-check_link
Runs a web address against Malwarebytes' threat database and returns one of the four verdicts. An unknown verdict only means the database has no data on that link.
reputation-check_phone
Tells you whether a phone number is linked to scams or shady activity, with additional information on the number.
reputation-check_email
Screens the domain of a sender's address against known phishing and fraud threats. You learn whether that domain has a bad reputation.
reputation-whois
Retrieves a domain's registration record: registrar, dates, name servers and, when listed, the abuse contact. Malwarebytes presents it as useful for spotting newly registered domains, and the abuse contact can be used to file complaints about fraudulent ones.
reputation-scan_all
Checks several links, email addresses and phone numbers in parallel, then returns one unified result. The service recommends it from 3 items to check.
What Claude sends (1)
1 toolOne tool that submits an item to Malwarebytes. No source describes a confirmation on Claude's side, so the general rule below applies.
reputation-report
Approval: see the ruleSubmits a link, email address or phone number to Malwarebytes' threat intelligence system for review. Per the publisher, only that item goes out, with no personal data or chat content.
What Claude asks before reporting
By default, Claude stops and asks for your go-ahead before each action it takes on an account for you. For reputation-report, the only tool that sends anything out, no source describes a specific confirmation on Claude's side.
On Team and Enterprise, workspace owners decide whether a member may let certain actions through without being asked again. They can also limit what Malwarebytes may do for the whole organization, keeping reading open and closing writes for example, with a setting nobody bypasses from their own account. Finally, Claude works with the connected person's rights: what that person can't reach, Claude can't reach either.
Which plans include it
None of the 819 directory sheets shows plan availability. Connector by connector, that information isn't published anywhere: it's a real gap in the catalogue.
The general rule is public: remote connectors are open to all users on Claude, Cowork, Claude Desktop and mobile, while desktop extensions install on Claude Desktop. On Team and Enterprise, an Owner or Primary Owner opens the connector for the organization first. The limits section quotes the publisher too. For the current status on your account, the only reference is the Malwarebytes sheet in the official directory, which the button on this page opens.
Where Malwarebytes stops inside Claude
A connector isn't an automation: Claude calls these tools while answering you, and none of them screens your calls or email continuously. Only Malwarebytes, the publisher, documents this connector.
The tool list is an observed floor, not a promise: an admin can open capabilities that appear on no public sheet. The directory badge isn't a security audit, and Anthropic notes on every sheet that it doesn't control a publisher's tools. A connected community connector has exactly the same access as any other. On data, Malwarebytes says it stores neither your messages nor your personal information. Other connectors are gathered on the Claude connectors page.
Can every Claude plan use the Malwarebytes connector?
- Claude Help Center, general connector rule ↗September 2026Remote connectors are open to all users; on Team and Enterprise, an Owner has to enable each one first.
- Malwarebytes help article ↗September 2026The publisher says the connector works for both paid and free Claude users, with no Malwarebytes account.
What this page followsBoth texts point the same way but cover different ground: Anthropic's rule applies to every connector, while Malwarebytes speaks about this one, as the publisher. Neither is stale, and neither settles it for your account: check the directory sheet on your own account.
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