gaia Posted January 3, 2018 ID:1196060 Share Posted January 3, 2018 I am wondering if my computer has been breached OR something changed with MBAM. i just noticed that windows defender (Win 10 x64 1709) was disabled and it indicated that MBAM was the registered AV. this has never been the case, in fact WIndows Defender was active less than 24 hrs ago. the MBAM Settings>Application>Windows Action Center has ALWAYS been, since day 1 of using MBAM, set to the recommended setting. MBAM is now v 3.3.1.2183. i dont know what version was running before that, or when it got updated, but i use my computer all day everyday and it is set to auto update both app and AV definitions. THE QUESTION: did the latest MBAM change something related to how it registers with Windows Action Center that caused defender to deactivate or is there some other reason for this I should be worried about? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ContExpo Posted January 3, 2018 ID:1196071 Share Posted January 3, 2018 You can have only 1 active real-time antivirus, I guess that using MB deactivated Defender real-time defense but it still does periodic scans, and that's why it still results active Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaia Posted January 3, 2018 Author ID:1196074 Share Posted January 3, 2018 nope, if i tell mbam to not register with windows action center you can have, as I now do and always had before, two simultaneous AV Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porthos Posted January 3, 2018 ID:1196085 Share Posted January 3, 2018 1 hour ago, gaia said: THE QUESTION: did the latest MBAM change something related to how it registers with Windows Action Center that caused defender to deactivate or is there some other reason for this I should be worried about? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcollins Posted January 3, 2018 ID:1196105 Share Posted January 3, 2018 When set to recommended, Malwarebytes should not activate itself over Windows Defender. Do you have any other security software on your machine? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaia Posted January 3, 2018 Author ID:1196129 Share Posted January 3, 2018 i do not, Devin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcollins Posted January 3, 2018 ID:1196279 Share Posted January 3, 2018 Can you please grab the logs mentioned in the thread below: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaia Posted January 3, 2018 Author ID:1196321 Share Posted January 3, 2018 1 hour ago, dcollins said: Can you please grab the logs mentioned in the thread below: check your PMs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcollins Posted January 4, 2018 ID:1196596 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Thanks for the logs @gaia. I don't see anything jump out in the logs, but I do know that if Defender is turned off for more than 30 seconds, Malwarebytes will register. I wonder if perhaps Defender took too long to startup at some point so we registered in it's place. We'll dig into this to see what's going on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porthos Posted January 4, 2018 ID:1196608 Share Posted January 4, 2018 22 minutes ago, dcollins said: I do know that if Defender is turned off for more than 30 seconds, Malwarebytes will register. I wonder if perhaps Defender took too long to startup at some point so we registered in it's place. Devin that is why I always set my clients computers to never register. Even if you turn Defender off on purpose like some software installers ask, you can not turn it back on. And in 1709 since the system tray icon is all in one now it will still show green because MB is taken over and the computer is still "protected" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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