# Trying to understand why some sites are (unappropriately) filtered by "Ethereum Phishing Detection"

**URL:** <https://community.brave.app/t/trying-to-understand-why-some-sites-are-unappropriately-filtered-by-ethereum-phishing-detection/103729>\
**Category:** Brave Browser\
**Tags:** macos\
**Created:** [January 24, 2020, 6:36pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/trying-to-understand-why-some-sites-are-unappropriately-filtered-by-ethereum-phishing-detection/103729 "2020-01-24T18:36:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![phlasserre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7c8e57/32.png) [@phlasserre](https://community.brave.app/u/phlasserre)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2020, 6:36pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/trying-to-understand-why-some-sites-are-unappropriately-filtered-by-ethereum-phishing-detection/103729/1 "2020-01-24T18:36:09Z")

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**Description of the issue:**  
trying to address several very legal sites, I discovered Brave does not allow access because of some " Ethereum Phishing Detection" … I don’t understand why/how Ethereum is involved in some whitelist/blacklist site filtering (while, obviously, Ethereum claims it has recently put on whitelist many cryptocurrency sites, on which btw I have my own doubts …)

**Steps to Reproduce (add as many as necessary): 1. 2. 3.**  
try [https://www.axis.com/](https://www.axis.com/) or [https://www.avis.com/](https://www.avis.com/) as some very surprising examples.

**Actual Result (gifs and screenshots are welcome!):**

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/brave/original/3X/9/5/95d32cde946bbb5a4008ca0bf5a0ee8ff903e8d9.png)

**Expected result:**  
… well, should allow access to those sites …  
Until I understzant if misconfiguration is on my side, this forces me to use another browser …  
if not due to misconfiguration on my side, this could devastate image of our Brave community

**Reproduces how often:**  
100% reproductible

**Operating System and Brave Version(See the `About Brave` page in the main menu):**

**Additional Information:**

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**Author:** ![phlasserre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7c8e57/32.png) [@phlasserre](https://community.brave.app/u/phlasserre)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2020, 6:58pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/trying-to-understand-why-some-sites-are-unappropriately-filtered-by-ethereum-phishing-detection/103729/2 "2020-01-24T18:58:39Z")

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I found that “MetaMask” extension was running, and responsible for this.  
I did throw away the MetaMask extension.  
Problem solved - you can close my request  
Thanks

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**Author:** ![eljuno](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brave/user_avatar/community.brave.app/eljuno/32/150436_2.png) [@eljuno](https://community.brave.app/u/eljuno)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2020, 9:23pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/trying-to-understand-why-some-sites-are-unappropriately-filtered-by-ethereum-phishing-detection/103729/3 "2020-01-24T21:23:27Z")

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