Security Advisor warning - auto update off

[BillH99999]

Recently I have begun to get an error in security advisor saying that I have one or more problems.  The problem is that auto updates are turned off.

 

I've had auto updates turned off for a long time due to the problems upgrading to version 3 and then version 4.  I do have it set to tell me when there is a new version and I can decide if I want to update or not.

This is not a problem and has not been one for a long time.  Why now?  I really don't want to have it show up as an error every time I start up MB.

Can this be changed to not be an error.  I decided not to update so I know the situation.  If not, is there a way to turn security advisor off?

Bill

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[Porthos]

19 minutes ago, BillH99999 said:

Can this be changed to not be an error.  I decided not to update so I know the situation.  If not, is there a way to turn security advisor off?

Not at this time.

[BillH99999]

Actually I just discovered that I can hide this from security advisor by clicking on the x.

I hadn't noticed this before.  Now having auto updates off does not appear as an error.

Bill

Edited November 11, 2021 by BillH99999

[lmacri]

HI BillH99999:

Just note that your Security Advisor warning might return after 30 days. See Malwarebytes employee Katerina's 07-Dec-2021 post in my thread Security Advisor Warning Returns After Being Dismissed in MB v4.4.10 .

Wish I'd seen your 10-Nov-2021 post <above> before I started my thread.  Your solution to use the small "x" to dismiss Security Advisor warnings would have saved me a lot of time, although it wouldn't have fixed the problem where my Security Advisor warning to turn on my automatic application updates reappeared a month after I'd already dismissed it.
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Edited December 7, 2021 by lmacri