MB v4.6.9 - Trusted Advisor Alerts for Tamper Protection Have Returned

[lmacri]

Since updating to Malwarebytes Premium v4.6.9.314-1.0.2276 on 25-Feb-2024 Trusted Advisor has been nagging me to enable Tamper Protection (General | Tamper Protection | Limit who can change your Malwarebytes security settings) even though that item was hidden (dismissed) in Trusted Advisor in previous versions of Malwarbytes v4.x.  I reported the same problem about a year ago in my topic MB v4.5.27 - Security Advisor Alerts for Tamper Protection Have Returned when that dismissed item re-enabled itself.

 

I've dismissed that Trusted Advisor warning about Tamper Protection again so the problem is resolved for now, but I'm still curious if Malwarebytes deliberately unhides that warning on occasion to remind users their Tamper Protection is disabled, or if there's a glitch in Malwarebytes where Trusted Advisor occasionally loses track of dismissed items after a version update.

Note that the attached logs were gathered after I re-hid (dismissed) the Tamper Protection warning in Trusted Advisor.

mbst-grab-results.zip
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Dell Inspiron 5584 * 64-bit Win 10 Pro v22H2 build 19045.4046 * Firefox v123.0.0 * Microsoft Defender v4.18.24010.12-1.1.24010.10 * Malwarebytes Premium v4.6.9.314-1.0.2276 * Macrium Reflect Free v8.0.7783

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[Porthos]

1 hour ago, lmacri said:

but I'm still curious if Malwarebytes deliberately unhides that warning on occasion to remind users their Tamper Protection is disabled,

Do you have the following on?

[lmacri]

Hi Porthos:

Yes, that notification setting is currently turned ON in my Malwarebytes v4.6.9.

I wasn't even aware there was a notification setting for Trusted Advisor recommendations in Malwarebytes v4.x, and there's no mention of that setting in the Malwarebytes v4.x support article Notifications Settings in Malwarebytes for Windows v4. 

 

I did find the following in the Malwarebytes Desktop Security v5.x support article Manage Desktop Security Settings on Windows Devices :

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Get notified when Trusted Advisor recommendations are available: If you enable this setting, you will receive notifications with recommendations for securing your device. Click here to learn more about Trusted Advisor.

Was this setting recently added to Malwarebytes v4.x to improve migration to Malwarebytes v5.x, or did I just not notice it before?

Based on the above description I assume that this Trusted Advisor notification setting could be used to control pop-up system tray notifications from Trusted Advisor in Malwarebytes v5.x, but it doesn't seem logical that having that setting enabled would allow Malwarebytes to silently re-enable dismissed items in Trusted Advisor without my permission.
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Dell Inspiron 5584 * 64-bit Win 10 Pro v22H2 build 19045.4046 * Firefox v123.0.0 * Microsoft Defender v4.18.24010.12-1.1.24010.10 * Malwarebytes Premium v4.6.9.314-1.0.2276 * Macrium Reflect Free v8.0.7783

[Porthos]

@lmacri Funny thing I do not have any items dismissed and have no indication of tamper protection. I refuse to use tamper protection.

[lmacri]

39 minutes ago, Porthos said:

Funny thing I do not have any items dismissed and have no indication of tamper protection. I refuse to use tamper protection.

Hi Porthos:

If I show my dismissed items in Trusted Advisor it confirms the item for Tamper Protection that I dismissed (again) yesterday is currently hidden. but I also noticed that the General section of your Tamper Protection dashboard is missing the item for Wi-Fi Protection that shows my Wi-Fi connection is secure.

I don't know if it's relevant but are you using a Win 11 OS and / or a VPN (which I don't use on my Win 10 machine) that might alter the behaviour of Trusted Advisor?

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Dell Inspiron 5584 * 64-bit Win 10 Pro v22H2 build 19045.4046 * Firefox v123.0.0 * Microsoft Defender v4.18.24010.12-1.1.24010.10 * Malwarebytes Premium v4.6.9.314-1.0.2276 * Macrium Reflect Free v8.0.7783

Edited March 5 by lmacri

[Porthos]

6 minutes ago, lmacri said:

I don't know if it's relevant but are you using Win 11 OS and / or a VPN (which I don't use on my Win 10 machine) that might alter the behaviour of Trusted Advisor?

Could be as MB4 is on 11.