Using Anti-Exploit beta with Malwarebytes 3 Free

[MalJ]

When I install the Free version of Malwarebytes, it uninstalls Anti-exploit beta--or at least prevents it from running.

Is there a way to prevent this, so I can use them together?

[dcollins]

You can install Anti-Exploit after installing MB3, but note that if you activate MB3 to premium, it will cause issues with Anti-Exploit. At this time, I would not recommend running Anti-Exploit Standalone with MB3, even in free mode.

[MalJ]

I realize that I can install Anti-exploit after installing Malwarebytes 3, and it works fine--until Malwarebytes updates. At that point, MBAE is uninstalled, or at least stops appearing as an icon in the Notification Area. Is there any way to prevent that from happening?

 

[dcollins]

Nope, the two programs are not designed to run next to each other

[MalJ]

What a shame!

Is there anything in the development roadmap that would mean that your answer will be different in the future?

In a related question, I noticed, in an answer to another post, that someone had said that at Version 1.10, MBAE beta would upgrade itself to the Premium version.

First, is that the case?

Second, if so, does that mean that there will no longer be a free version of MBAE available?

 

[dcollins]

I don't have an answer to the roadmap question at this time unfortunately.

For your second question, yes MBAE 1.10 will provide the premium protections to all users (even free users). The only thing to be aware of here is that the 1.10 free version cannot be used to upgrade to MB3 premium.

[MalJ]

Your answer raises two more questions.

After MBAE beta is upgraded to MBAE Premium, will it run successfully alongside Malwarebytes 3?

Approximately when does the company expect to release MBAE 1.10?

[dcollins]

As of now, there is no plan to make MBAE standalone compatible with MB3. If you want to continue using MBAE standalone, you'll need to use MBAM2.x

We currently have not released an ETA for the MBAE 1.10 build

[MalJ]

Is it possible to get configure MBAM2 so that it receives definition updates without updating itself to MBAM3?

[dcollins]

In MBAM2 under Settings -> Update Settings, disable the 'Check for program updates when checking for database updates' option. This will continue to update the databases, and not check for MB3 updates

[MalJ]

That's great!

Thanks very much for your help.