Exploit protection won't start

[JNelson]

The Exploit Protection is off and won't start, I have turned it on manually, I have clicked the warning telling me it should be on. In both cases it doesn't start, remains off. 

I have exited and restarted, I have rebooted the machine. 

So, what now??

[Terkoz]

It's happening to me too. There is something seriously wrong with the way they made version 3 I think. This is the second time it has happened in a month. I'm starting to wonder if I should be looking elsewhere. The annoying part is this has always been the first program I recommend my clients to download but I am now questioning this as whenever something goes wrong they call me rather than check with the vendor. 

[Porthos]

@JNelson and @Terkoz

Let's try a clean install first.

** Download MB-Clean Here **

How to use it?

1. Download the latest version of MB-Clean by clicking the link above
2. Close all open applications
3. Double-click and run mb-clean.exe 
4. A prompt with an option to clean up the system will appear:
   • Yes - will proceed with backing up the license key (Malwarebytes 3.x only) and initiating the cleanup process
   • No - will exit the utility
5. Once the cleanup process is completed, a prompt will appear:
   • Yes – will proceed and post reboot you will be prompted to continue with the downloading, installation and activation of latest version of Malwarebytes 3.x
   • No – will exit the utility and you will not be prompted (post reboot) to download, reinstall and re-activate (not recommended)
     • We recommend rebooting immediately. Additionally, stopping at this step is not recommended and will most likely not resolve your issue(s).
6. Upon reboot, a prompt will appear:
   • Yes - will download, install and activate the latest version of Malwarebytes 3.x
   • No - will exit the utility and the cleanup process is complete
     • Choose this option if you do not want to download, install and activate the latest version of Malwarebytes 3.x
   • A log file ("mb-clean-results.txt") will be on your desktop 

[emegeve]

In my case, the problem was solved by running MB-Clean and installing the latest version of Malwarebytes.