[Lightning_]

Hi guys,

Not sure if this has been posted before, but as we all know, no Windows AV kit is complete without
Malwarebytes.

Turns out they have a beta of one of their up-and-coming releases, an anti exploit kit. Info cut directly from their site:

Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit BETA protects you from zero-day exploits targeting browser and application
vulnerabilities. Its proprietary technology protects you in that critical period between the release of a new exploit
and its subsequent security patch. And, unlike antivirus products, Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit BETA proactively
prevents the exploit from installing its payload. Before it can do damage.

I recommend everyone check out the page for this product, as it's safely defended me against two Java drive-by
installations that I purposely visited for the purpose of testing it out (I'll provide screenshots later when I'm on a
faster PC)

The page for it can be found by clicking here.

Hope this saves people from some trouble, and I'm sorry for any pro-RATers on HF whose plans this destroys 🤝

[adampelletgun]

Thanks for the news.

Downloading now.

[Lightning_]

You guys are all welcome :)

I was browsing a suspicious site earlier, the site tried to lock up my browser - it looked like the AFP Ransomware.. idk what that's called outside of Australia, but it shows the Australian Federal Police logo and wants you to pay $30 or something to some Russian account or you'll get arrested.

Out of the blue I got some message from AE before quickly being redirected to malwarebytes.org? and then Malwarebytes stepped up and said that a suspicious connection had been blocked - no suspicious files were detected though, so it clearly does something haha :P

[ΣฝίŁŁ]

Can I use Malware bytes anti malware and anti exploit together?

[Lightning_]

According to their page it's proactive - but how it's proactive I'm not sure. I'd really like to know how it works too, because it's pretty damn good at it's job, and I'm confused as to why no-one else has assumed a similar approach in the past? I thought Symantec were up there thanks to all that money they have.. but apparently not. 😶

Can I use Malware bytes anti malware and anti exploit together?

You can my friend, it's designed to be used this way.😉

I thought that MBAM pro blocked 0day exploits though? Why would they release a free program that does this, and lose potential pro buyers?

This is a Beta of a new program that's kind of like a feature when compared to MBAM - I'm assuming they're going to implement it later on. And it does, but it's definitely not this efficient - AE seems to take a different approach.

Spoiler (Click to View)
[img]http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/3217/qfk9.png[/img]


Doesn't even work for me. I think it might be that I have MBAM pro already (even though it says it's compatible) or that I'm on Windows 8.1. It only says Windows 8 is compatible, not 8.1 but I thought it would work.

I have MBAM pro and I'm running Windows 8.1 - it's probably something else. I got a very similar error when installing MBAM on one of my clients' systems that had DC on it, so maybe you should try running it in safemode or something?

It is only a BETA release after all.

[Lightning_]

I will give it a while before trying MBAM AE installation again.

That could work too :P If it's not already integrated by then, that is.

[Lightning_]

Nonetheless, you can just add exceptions right-clicking the MB icon in system trey and by clicking "Add to ignore list", then finding the corresponding IP for that website.

I wasn't aware you could do this! Thank you haha. Saves me a lot of time when browsing Anime sites, as they all seem to be flagged.

I'm an avid Baka member with an FTV subscription of course, I just sometimes can't be bothered waiting for new episode releases. 😖

[Lightning_]

Thanks for sharing this. Going to install it soon.

You're welcome bro :) Hope it saves you some trouble like it has me :)

[Lightning_]

I was using it but it blocks netflix silverlight so I turned it off.

Does it really?

I use an opensource alternative to silverlight, and I don't use netflix on Windows PCs, so I wouldn't know.

Shouldn't much matter in the future, silverlight is predominantly known for it's succeptibility to exploitation.

Bye-bye Silverlight says Netflix, hello modern standards.

[koolfrank]

thanks for this share!! downloading it now!!

[Lightning_]

thanks for this share!! downloading it now!!

You're completely welcome :)

The page was down for about 12 hours with the message 'Implementation in progress...'
Not sure what that meant, but it's back up now.