Malwarebytes 4.5 for Windows is showing Ad's on the screen

[Airin]

Several of my users have been getting this popup, even on Wifi networks that are using WPA encryption. While it is true that WPA encryption is not great these days, I think that there should be a way to disable these popups. I'd be fine with a registry setting if they don't want to have a setting in the GUI, but give me some way to get rid of ads. I probably have about 50-60 customers using the premium version of MBAM, and I've gotten complaints from 5 so far about this. I'd rather not resort to finding a different AV solution.

Some of my customers prefer a different solutions, and they also have ads, however they also have settings in the GUI to disable those ads.

My other pet peeve is when the subscription expires, they get a big screen that blocks all activity until you choose either Renew or Uninstall. MBAM has a free version, shouldn't it have an option to just deactivate the paid version part of it, and an option to activate using a product key. And definitely don't block all other activity on the computer until a choice is made. Other than these 2 bad UI decisions (in my opinion, however I bet a majority of people would agree), I am impressed with MBAM. 

Is there a solution on how to do this? Thank you.

[Porthos]

1 hour ago, Airin said:

I think that there should be a way to disable these popups.

This is basically a marketing dept decision. If you notice the main Malwarebytes site is heavily pushing the VPN with Premium.

https://www.malwarebytes.com/for-home

There is no way to turn it off.

Your post is more of a comment/suggestion, so I moved it to the appropriate section.

Also, If you look at the Malwarebytes Version 5 BETA the VPN is a part of the main GUI now.

Edited June 10, 2023 by Porthos