MWB won't open, won't uninstall, won't reinstall and worse

[Contontos]

It seems as if something keeps disabling my Malwarebytes Premium.

At first I noticed it just wouldn't open at all.

Then I discovered I could open MWB while the system was freshly booted, but soon after that I would get a pop-up message that says "Real -Time Protection turned off" along with options to "Manage Protection Settings" or "Turn On." However, clicking the options did nothing. It was unresponsive and once again I couldn't open, uninstall, reinstall or do anything with MWB.

Then I "allowed" MWB through Windows Defender MWB (mbam.exe) and any other MWB executable it would accept, and after a reboot it seemed like I was out of the woods. The scheduled scan even ran at the designated time last night.

THEN this afternoon I got one of those infernal "Windows Update" things that there's no option to refuse, and ever since that completed I'm back to a Malwarebytes Premium that won't open, won't uninstall, won't reinstall and won't do anything -- Only NOW I can't even open it while the system is freshly booted or booting. NOTHING.

Edited June 17, 2018 by Contontos

[Contontos]

UPDATE

Okay, I can only guess that the Windows Update must have removed Malwarebytes (mbam.exe) from the "allow" list in Windows Defender Firewall. I added it again, rebooted and so far everything seems to be working as it should.

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[Contontos]

mbst-grab-results.zip

[dcollins]

According to the logs, everything is working correctly. Are you still having issues?

[Contontos]

No, I'm not having issues. The last thing I posted on 17 Jun was "everything seems to be working as it should."

I supposed that the person must have read that before issuing the request yesterday. I followed directions in the spirit of cooperation, thinking he or she must have had a reason.

Anyway, so far so good.

[Contontos]

I don't know when it went wrong but I find that once again

Windows defender still shows mbam.exe as allowed through firewall.

It's hardly security if Malwarebytes can be disabled by malware and I don't know of it until I try to run it.

mbst-grab-results.zip

Edited July 1, 2018 by Contontos
to attach mbst-grab-results.zip

[Contontos]

AGAIN, JUST NOW! Why does this keep happening?

What use is Malwarebytes if something can just turn it off and render it inactive?

[dcollins]

Let's start by making sure you're on the latest version since your last log shows you're a little outdated. Please go to Settings -> Application and click on Install Application Updates. This should ask to restart Malwarebytes after updating. Then, if you continue to see any issues, please provide a new set of logs.