HiSpeed Posted October 13, 2014 ID:889174 Share Posted October 13, 2014 HI, I've installed MBAM 2.0.3.1025 over 2.0.2.1012. My mistake was to recreate the MBAM menu during installation because it's impossible now to move or delete it. Why the MBAM menu is now protected? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefox Posted October 13, 2014 ID:889177 Share Posted October 13, 2014 Check your Settings -> Advanced Settings and make sure you do not have Enable self-protection checked. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiSpeed Posted October 13, 2014 Author ID:889179 Share Posted October 13, 2014 Yes it is, but it was with the old version. Nevertheless, I don't understand why MBAM is protecting these files. They are not important... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefox Posted October 13, 2014 ID:889181 Share Posted October 13, 2014 If it is a Malwarebytes file, its being protected with that option to prevent malware from deleting and or changing them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiSpeed Posted October 13, 2014 Author ID:889188 Share Posted October 13, 2014 OK, but that appears stupid to me. It's equivalent to put a padlock on a trash can... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefox Posted October 13, 2014 ID:889191 Share Posted October 13, 2014 Not sure why you feel that way, its a good thing to have Malwarebytes files be protected to prevent Malware from changing them, and then preventing you from being able to clean your computer. Malware has a habit of disabling tools and antivirus programs to self protect the malware from being removed. With Malwarebytes Self Protection enabled, the malware can not turn off your protection. Having a lock on my trash can makes sense where I live for two reasons... First, if the wind knocks down my track can, the trash stays inside and I don't have to clean up the mess. Second, it keeps others from putting stuff in my can and filling it up without my permission..... just saying.... everyone has their reasons... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile360 Posted October 13, 2014 ID:889199 Share Posted October 13, 2014 The shortcuts to launch the program in a user's START menu and/or desktop might be the only way a user knows of launching the software. If malware were to modify or remove those links, such a user might not be able to launch the program to attempt to remove the malware. We've seen the bad guys do things like this, so self-protection is our countermeasure against that. If a user is not comfortable navigating the Program Files folder (and indeed, Windows even warns users against even showing these files/folders when first visited after installing Windows itself/booting Windows for the first time), then we want to make sure that they are still able to launch our application when needed in order to remediate a malware infection. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayidunk Posted October 13, 2014 ID:889202 Share Posted October 13, 2014 Self protection of Malwarebytes program files is definitely a very, very good thing! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David H. Lipman Posted October 13, 2014 ID:889212 Share Posted October 13, 2014 OK, but that appears stupid to me. It's equivalent to put a padlock on a trash can... No. It is more like a PIN on the Parental Controls set on a Cable Set Top Box (STB). Thus preventing the children from modifying Parental Controls so they can watch Adult Content (ie., Porn). It only appears stupid to you because you do not understand what malware will do, what it does and what lengths it will go to such that its payload is deployed successfully. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiSpeed Posted October 13, 2014 Author ID:889217 Share Posted October 13, 2014 Sorry, but I don't have any padlock on my trash can because there is no misery where I live, or crazy person to use it... ;-)Keep in mind, that I'm speaking only about shortcuts.I don't care if they disappear because it's very easy to recreate them... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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