Malwarebytes tool lets Claude check suspicious texts and links for you

Malwarebytes has made a connector for the Claude AI assistant that checks suspicious links, phone numbers and email addresses inside the chat. You paste a link or upload a screenshot of a message, then ask Claude to check it against Malwarebytes' threat database. It works with free and paid Claude plans and needs no Malwarebytes account.

How it works

The connector has six tools. They include looking up a domain's registration details, scanning several items at once, and reporting suspected scams. Each tool has its own permission. Ask makes Claude request permission before every use. Always allow lets it run without prompting. Block hides the tool from Claude.

What a test showed

Help Net Security tried two screenshots with every tool set to Ask. The first was a text claiming to be from Croatia's Ministry of the Interior, about an unpaid speeding fine and a third warning. Malwarebytes returned Unknown for the number, but Claude still called it a likely scam. It cited the Philippine country code and the pressure to act.

The second showed two IKEA delivery updates with shortened links. Both came back Unknown. The scan showed one link redirected toward an IKEA order page and the other was Offline. That gave the tester a detail to check in the IKEA app without opening the link.

Two messages is a small test. The material does not say how accurate the tool is overall, and Unknown is not a clear all-clear.