Solved Opinions on Mbam's Anti Exploit program.

[Lady Fitzgerald]

I have several of the programs listed by MBAE free as being protected (IE, Adobe Acrobat, M$ Word, M$ Excel, M$ PowerPoint, WMP, and VLC Player) but the General tab shows only one Shielded application; according to the logs, that is IE. The option to activate a shield is grayed out. Is this normal?

 

[MoxieMomma]

Acrobat, Office, Media Players require the paid, premium version:
Malwarebytes | Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit - Free Zero-Day Exploit Protection

(Note: it appears that the page linked above hasn't yet been updated to reflect changes in 1.06 (addition of certain browsers to Free protection). However, AFAIK, it is still true that MS Office and Acrobat and the various media players require the paid version.)

Those options would be enabled after activation to the Premium version with a paid license ID/key.

Please refer to the links in my earlier reply for additional details.

Thank you,

 

[Borg 386]

Each computer is unique, so it's hard to generalize about MBAE "not working" with IE or Flash or any other program or application.

Yepperz, each system is unique. I noticed it caused no problems on my Wife's laptop (7 64), it did cause problems on my PC's 7 32, 7 64....but not on my 8.1.

Gotta love diversity

 

[MoxieMomma]

Yepperz, each system is unique. I noticed it caused no problems on my Wife's laptop (7 64), it did cause problems on my PC's 7 32, 7 64....but not on my 8.1.

If you would like free, expert help with MBAE on your system, you might wish to start with the advice in this pinned topic: [README FIRST] >>> Posts here need to include MBAE logs <<<

Then @pbust or another staff member will be more than happy to assist you, for free, either in a new topic in the support section HERE, or at the Help Desk

Thank you,

 

[Borg 386]

If you would like free, expert help with MBAE on your system, you might wish to start with the advice in this pinned topic: [README FIRST] >>> Posts here need to include MBAE logs <<<

Thank you for the link. It's not so much of a PIA then more of a curiosity. One probable cause is that I have various monitoring/security programs running which might be interfering. I haven't heard of a whole lot of people encountering errors with it so it seems a pretty small percentage are effected.

@Lady Fitzgerald

I noticed that when I updated VLC, MBAE wouldn't allow it. Once I disabled it, I could update VLC. So you might have to turn MBAE off if you have probs updating that prog.

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

If you would like free, expert help with MBAE on your system, you might wish to start with the advice in this pinned topic: [README FIRST] >>> Posts here need to include MBAE logs <<<

Thank you for the link. It's not so much of a PIA then more of a curiosity. One probable cause is that I have various monitoring/security programs running which might be interfering. I haven't heard of a whole lot of people encountering errors with it so it seems a pretty small percentage are effected.

@Lady Fitzgerald

I noticed that when I updated VLC, MBAE wouldn't allow it. Once I disabled it, I could update VLC. So you might have to turn MBAE off if you have probs updating that prog.

Thanks for the heads up. So far, I haven't had any problems apparently caused by MABE.

 

[Golden]

This new version of Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit introduces protection for a lot of new browsers, which is something many of you have been asking for a long time. In addition to the main browsers, MBAE Free now also protects Maxthon, Seamonkey, Palemoon, IceDragon, Cyberfox, Tor Browser Bundle, Waterfox and some others.

https://forums.malwarebytes.org/index.php?/topic/166851-malwarebytes-anti-exploit-10611018/

Any ComodoDragon users out there? Does MBAE cover this Chromium fork?

 

[MoxieMomma]

This new version of Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit introduces protection for a lot of new browsers, which is something many of you have been asking for a long time. In addition to the main browsers, MBAE Free now also protects Maxthon, Seamonkey, Palemoon, IceDragon, Cyberfox, Tor Browser Bundle, Waterfox and some others. https://forums.malwarebytes.org/index.php?/topic/166851-malwarebytes-anti-exploit-10611018/

Any ComodoDragon users out there? Does MBAE cover this Chromium fork?

AFAIK, it was not added to the list of browsers shielded by the Free version 1.06.

I think one would need to set a Custom Shield with the "browser" profile, using the Paid, Premium version of MBAE, in order to shield that particular browser.

However, just to be sure, you could pose the question HERE, in the MBAE Questions sub-forum.

Thank you,

 

[DavidE]

I have several of the programs listed by MBAE free as being protected (IE, Adobe Acrobat, M$ Word, M$ Excel, M$ PowerPoint, WMP, and VLC Player) but the General tab shows only one Shielded application; according to the logs, that is IE. The option to activate a shield is grayed out. Is this normal?

I just installed MBAE free on a WTP Build 10049 VM.
I can click on activate and get a message showing the Premium version is needed.

 

[MoxieMomma]

What you describe is different from the issue LF reported.

If you click the "Buy Now" button, you should be taken to the Malwarebytes store to purchase a license.

If you click the "Activate" button, it should offer the ability to enter your paid license ID and key that you already purchased from the Malwarebytes store or a trusted reseller (see screen shot -- it is from 1.05, but it should be the same for 1.06). Once you have done that, the "open" padlocks on the default listed applications should change to a locked position.

If you click a Premium feature in the Free version that has NOT been activated to Premium, you will see the image you posted. In other words, one cannot use the Premium features until the program has been activated to Premium with the license ID and Key. It looks as if you were trying to activate a Premium feature without having activated the PROGRAM itself?

Thank you,

 

[DavidE]

I was replying to this statement by LF:

The option to activate a shield is grayed out

For me the activate shield button is not grayed out ...

 

[MoxieMomma]

Thanks for the clarification.

I suspect that you are both running different versions of MBAE (1.05 versus 1.06?) and/or different versions of Windows OS.
(I am running 1.05 Free under Win7/64 and my "feature" activate button is grayed out, as LF reported.)
As Win10 is not yet released, some inconsistent behavior is to be expected.
Perhaps it is a bug on that OS platform, or related to the VM environment?

However, this forum here is not the best place to troubleshoot.
Doing so requires at least some basic system logs, as requested here.
Then, it would be best to post those logs in a forum topic in the MBAE support forum here.
That's really the only way the product team can research, replicate, identify and fix bugs.

In any event, it still stands that one cannot use/activate a "premium" feature/shield until the program has been activated with a valid, paid license ID and key.

Thank you,

 

[DavidE]

Thanks

I agree, that's why i stated i'm using WTP.
I don't consider it a problem, i just commented on my first experience with MBAE, and mentioned a difference i see ...
I'm using MBAE version 1.06.
I just looked at the MBAE About tab, and it doesn't even display the version

 

[MoxieMomma]

The version is displayed under the "General" tab, at least in 1.05 Free.

I don't know why you are seeing the premium shields "activate" tab enabled in 1.06 Free under Win 10 TP in a VM.
It could be the expected behavior for 1.06 or it could be a bug.

Parsing that out would necessitate reporting what you're seeing to the product team, as suggested in my previous reply.

Thank you,

 

[DavidE]

You're right, the version is on the General tab.
I expected to see it on the About tab

I'd guess the activate shield button is working correctly in 1.06.
The message i get clearly explains what is needed to activate a shield.
With the button grayed out, the user might not know why, now they will know what is needed to activate a shield ...
It's probably an undocumented change they made in 1.06 ???

 

[MoxieMomma]

I'd guess the activate shield button is working correctly in 1.06.
The message i get clearly explains what is needed to activate a shield.
With the button grayed out, the user might not know why, now they will know what is needed to activate a shield ...
It's probably an undocumented change they made in 1.06 ???

I suspect it is this one:

Added Premium notifications in Free/Trial builds.
https://forums.malwarebytes.org/ind...lwarebytes-anti-exploit-10611018/#entry952209

I have not yet received 1.06 on my boxes via the auto-updater, and I do not have a test box or VM.
So I cannot confirm that just yet.

But you are welcome to post over at the MBAE product forum, and I am sure @pbust would be able to provide a fast "yes" or "no" answer.

Thank you,

 

[DavidE]

This new version of Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit introduces protection for a lot of new browsers, which is something many of you have been asking for a long time. In addition to the main browsers, MBAE Free now also protects Maxthon, Seamonkey, Palemoon, IceDragon, Cyberfox, Tor Browser Bundle, Waterfox and some others.

https://forums.malwarebytes.org/index.php?/topic/166851-malwarebytes-anti-exploit-10611018/

Any ComodoDragon users out there? Does MBAE cover this Chromium fork?

You might be in luck and it's now covered in the free version.
When i select a shield in v 1.06 the Activate and Deactivate buttons "flip" from enabled to disabled, per shield.
It seems if a shield is activated the Activate button is disabled, and the Deactivate button is enabled.
And vice-versa.

When I select the Comodo Dragon shield, Deactivate is enabled.

I don't have Comodo Dragon, and i've only got about 15 minutes experience with MBAE

 

[Golden]

Thanks David!

Looks like it wants me to buy a licence to activate it for Comodo Dragon ....or mayb its already activated? Whats the padlocks meaning?

Mmm....I think its already active? The GUI is a bit confusing....too many activate buttons.

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

I have several of the programs listed by MBAE free as being protected (IE, Adobe Acrobat, M$ Word, M$ Excel, M$ PowerPoint, WMP, and VLC Player) but the General tab shows only one Shielded application; according to the logs, that is IE. The option to activate a shield is grayed out. Is this normal?

I just installed MBAE free on a WTP Build 10049 VM.
I can click on activate and get a message showing the Premium version is needed.

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Curious. I can right click, left click, and wheel click on it and it just sets there and laughs at me.

 

[MoxieMomma]

Thanks David!

Looks like it wants me to buy a licence to activate it for Comodo Dragon ....or mayb its already activated? Whats the padlocks meaning?

Mmm....I think its already active? The GUI is a bit confusing....too many activate buttons.

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It's basically a "toggle".
If you see a "locked" padlock, then that particular shield *is* activated.
So, only the "Deactivate" button is enabled.

If you click "Deactivate" for that shield, the padlock should open, meaning that the particular shield is not active.
If you then click the "Activate" button, the padlock should "lock, and the "Deactivate" button should now be enabled.

SO, it appears that Comodo Dragon may, in fact, be included in the list of browsers shielded by 1.06 Free.
I was not aware of that and I stand corrected for my original statement where I said I thought it was NOT.
I do recall that the product team DID solicit suggestions from users about browsers a while back.
So it seems that this may have been one that was added to default list for version 1.06 Free.

(I have not yet been offered 1.06 via the auto-updater on my boxes, and have neither a test box nor a VM on which to test it.)

Thank you,