Windows 10: Latest Version Malwarebytes Anti Exploit

Latest version 1.09.1.1235
No changes to changelog
See first post

 

Hi:

Not sure what's going on at MBAE product HQ.*Sad

They did indeed ship build 1232 a few days ago, silently, and with neither an announcement nor a changelog.
Then, just yesterday, after a forum helper inquired about it HERE, they announced HERE 12 hours later the release of build 1235, but only with a short list of changes.

As of the moment, there is STILL no changelog posted under the version history on the product page HERE.
(The full changelog *is* visible during the setup wizard. I did not think to take a screen cap on my Win10 box a while ago. I will try to remember to do so when I update my other 2, Win7 systems later.)

This ongoing confusion and lack of organization & communication from a company with a historically good track record on these matters is rather disconcerting.
The acquisition of many new products and company growth seem to be taking a toll at Malwarebytes.*Sad

MM

 

Hi MM,
Even though I get the update automatically, I always download the installer and run it to the point of the fixes & changes, then copy & paste into the first post. This time(between xx32 & xx35) they were identical.
It might have been either just a certificate fix or something else small, but important.

 

Hi:

Yes, I too always download and run the standalone installer a few days after each new version ships.
(I have auto-updates turned off -- it will still NOTIFY of a new build, but it will not automatically install it).

*Someone* shipped build 1232 (perhaps prematurely) and it took another 12 hours after a forum inquiry for them to finally announce the release of 1235.

Sadly, however, there has been a recent pattern of similar glitches with new product releases (not just MBAE).
Moreover, each product page should always include the change log for each new build (in the past, they included the full change log in their forum announcements). The product should only ship when the supporting announcements and documentation are ready.

This lack of organization, coordination and communication confuses users and damages the Malwarebytes brand.

Cheers,
MM

{{A week or so ago, they even closed and locked their own, longstanding product update/version history threads at their own forum. That seems odd. It's inconvenient for users, who now have to hunt in different sub-forum sections to look for new product announcements that may or may not even exist.}}

 

Yeah I saw that too.

 

FWIW, this new release build does appear to be buggy.

I had no problem updating on my Win10 box, but on my Win7 desktop I got the same error as reported here:

https://forums.malwarebytes.org/topi...long-to-start/

FWIW, for the fix, it was not necessary to reboot the computer.
I had paused MBAE protection from the system tray icon to run the installer.
So, all I had to do was to restart MBAE from the Windows start menu.
That promptly restarted the MBAE service and real-time protection.
(I have not yet rebooted either system since the MBAE upgrade to confirm if the workaround is stable or not. Nor have I yet attempted to reproduce the issue on my Win7 laptop.)

There are multiple other reports of issues at the MBAE forum, especially with users running Trusteer Rapport and IE11.
Thus far, there has been scant/if any response from MBAE devs or QA or other staffers.

>>YMMV but, for now, one might want to consider temporarily disabling the program auto-updater (Settings tab > Automatically Upgrade to New Versions) to postpone updating to 1.09.x until some of these bugs are resolved.

>>FWIW, the detailed changelog for 1.09.1.1235 is attached in the following 2 screen caps, as there is still no version history update at the MBAE product page or at the MBAE forum.

HTH,
MM

 

Latest MBAE BETA/"Preview" build (1.09.1.1243) has been released.

Announcement here:

https://forums.malwarebytes.org/topi...omment=1071045

>>As of yet, no changelog.

Cheers,
MM

 

Thanks for the heads up, MM*Smile
According to the installer*Wink

 

That list looks identical to the list for the previous build, which is the current release build (1235), que no?*Confused

We may have to wait until they post something more specific for this new beta version, or until it ships as a release build...

Cheers,
MM

 

New beta build: 1.09.1.1254: MBAE 1.09 preview - Experimental MBAE Builds - Malwarebytes Forums info as before, so it's just bug fixes.

 

Hi, @CliffS:

Actually, perhaps I am missing something, but that looks (again) like exactly the very same changelog they posted for the last 2 or 3 builds, including what is now the current release build and these last 2 betas?
(At least that's what I see when I compare all of them...)

So, it seems they are NOT updating the list of fixes with these recent builds, and that they keep posting the same changelog each time, and only within the GUI during the setup wizard.
(They have not posted the recent change logs in the beta forum.)
I'm not sure what's going on over at MBAE development team.
For a long time, they were quite compulsive about providing users (especially beta testers) with a clear list of changes with each new version.
Lately, they have shipped multiple builds in rapid succession with NO explanatory information.
They must be tweaking something with each new build, but it's impossible for us to know what that is.
Either that, or I am misreading all those fix lists.

The lack of attention to detail is disappointing and degrades confidence in the product.

MM

 

I think it's like you say, "tweaking".
Because now Edge doesn't crash or take too long to open on Insider builds like it used to(for example).