Not getting notifications for detections like blocked websites or IP’s, etc

[Badran]

Hi,

Today I discovered that I was no longer getting any notifications for things like blocked websites, or IP addresses.

These detections will still occur, and Malwarebytes will promptly block them since I can see them in the detection history, but I’ll never see a notification pop up now, and they won’t appear in the notification history bell either.

Ill still get notification pop ups for things like when a scan finishes, or the monthly security overview.

Was there a recent change to the way notifications work, or what they display, or would this be an error on my side?

My Malwarebytes version is 4.5.27.262

Edited May 5 by Badran
Added the version I’m on

[Badran]

I forgot to add, but I’m not sure when this started to occur, I only noticed that I hadn’t gotten these notifications today when the monthly security notification popped up and showed two blocked IP’s from the 1st and 3rd of May. The last notification for a blocked IP I got was back in March.

The detections are expected on my end, since hey mainly just come from an online game that has a server browser, and I was informed here on the way IP’s work, and in my case I was safe.

As a result it’s hard to pinpoint when this issue may have started, as I don’t do any unsafe browsing or general computer activity.

[Firefox]

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[Badran]

Here you go!

I was wondering if this may be an existing problem with notifications, which caused the company to roll back the version thats installed from the online installer?

Sorry if I'm wording this poorly.

Just realised that I lost approx 5gb in SSD storage when I gathered logs.This is something that’s been occurring for a while now whenever I run it. It’ll simultaneously free up, or take up storage. The other day I gained back 27gb when I gathered logs.

mbst-grab-results.zip

Edited May 5 by Badran
More information

[Firefox]

3 hours ago, Badran said:

problem with notifications, which caused the company to roll back the version thats installed from the online installer?

There are no problems with the installers and no roll back was performed.... Malwarebytes is testing something with the versions

 

[Badran]

I see.

Would the issue Im having be related to version 4.5.27.262? Or do you reckon it’s something wrong with my installation or PC?

[Porthos]

You should get a block if you click this test page. https://iptest.malwarebytes.com/

[Badran]

9 minutes ago, Porthos said:

You should get a block if you click this test page. https://iptest.malwarebytes.com/

Ok, that seems to have worked, and prompted a notification. All I did was disable and reenable notifications.

I have no idea what was going on with it earlier. For reference, this is the detection that was blocked before, and never prompted a notification.

I suppose if everything is fine, the thread can be closed. The only thing I'm concerned with now, is losing or gaining SSD space whenever the support tool ran, though that could be related to FRST.

Thank you for the assistance!

detection that never prompted a notification.txt

Edited May 5 by Badran

[Porthos]

Have you by chance added the game to play mode?

Quote

-Website Data-
Category: Compromised
Domain:
IP Address: 164.132.202.2
Port: 27018
Type: Outbound
File: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Team Fortress 2\hl2.exe

 

[Badran]

Play mode was enabled, but I never added any applications to it. Even when I turned off play mode entirely, I wasn’t getting notified.

It could be related to the application itself, and I may find out later tonight if that’s the case since I may play again if I have time.

[Badran]

Okay, so I played for a bit, and it might be related to the actual game itself, since I got notified for one detection, but every other one never prompted a notification.

I clicked that link again just now and it prompts a notfication, so I'm thinking it must be the game itself.

Edited May 6 by Badran

[Badran]

Do you reckon this thread should be closed for now, or should it wait until the next version of Malwarebytes rolls out?

I think I saw another thread where Malwarebytes had notification issues, so maybe it’s a similar problem. I did have false notification last month for the security advisor which told me to check something, despite nothing actually being wrong. 

I haven’t had any detections since I last posted, mainly because I haven’t opened the server browser at all, which is the thing that would prompt these detections as I imagine the server browser is reaching out to all these IP’s to get server information I imagine.