Malwarebytes Toolset 1.5.0.1276 released on February 28, 2019.
Changes/Improvements
- Updated Inform component with the following changes:
- Added Inform Actions feature with the following capabilities:
- Refresh - This will force a re-scan of the device and update all applicable areas of Inform
- Export to Clipboard
- Export to Text File
- Added Details view for the Programs tile in Inform (Inform > Applications > Programs and Features)
- Clicking the link that states the number of installed Desktop programs will launch a Details window with the following information for each program:
- Name
- Publisher
- Date (of install)
- Platform (e.g. x86, x64, etc.)
- Clicking the link that states the number of installed Desktop programs will launch a Details window with the following information for each program:
- Added Details view for the Windows Features tile in Inform (Inform > Applications > Programs and Features)
- Clicking the link that states the number of installed Windows Features will launch a Details window with the following information for each feature:
- Display Name (aka Friendly Package Name)
- Feature Name (aka Package Name)
- Clicking the link that states the number of installed Windows Features will launch a Details window with the following information for each feature:
- Added Details view for the Application Problems tile in Inform (Inform > Applications > Programs and Features)
- Clicking the Details link will launch a Details window with the following information on each crash and/or hang (grouped by process name):
- .EXE
- Module
- Time
- Error
- Message
- Clicking the Details link will launch a Details window with the following information on each crash and/or hang (grouped by process name):
- Added Details view for the Blue Screens tile in Inform (Inform > History > Blue Screens)
- Clicking the Details link will launch a Details window with the following information on each crash:
- Date (of crash)
- Bugcheck Code (AKA BSOD Error Code)
Note: See https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/debugger/bug-check-code-reference2 for more details on specific Bugcheck Codes - Description (of BSOD/Bugcheck code)
- File Path (to crash dump file)
- Clicking the Details link will launch a Details window with the following information on each crash:
- Added Command Line Interface options to silently perform an Inform Export from MBTSLauncher.exe or MBTS.exe
- /scan:inform /logfile:"PATH TO FILE" - Silently runs an Inform operation and outputs the results in plain text to the file specified.
- If /LogFile is not specified, then the Inform Export text file is saved to %UserProfile%\Desktop\Inform_%COMPUTERNAME%_%DATE&TIME%.txt
- If only a file name is specified for /LogFile (e.g. "Inform Log File.log"), then the specified file will be saved to %MBTS_ROOT% (aka the directory where MBTSLauncher.exe is stored).
- Combined the Application Crashes and Application Hangs tiles in to a shared Application Problems tile
- Updated the Operating System tile to report if Windows 10 Version 1809 (17763.253 or higher) is not installed on a Windows 10 device (Inform > System > Operating System)
- Added Inform Actions feature with the following capabilities:
- Added Quarantine Manager to the Malwarebytes Portable Scanner with the following features:
- List, Restore, and Delete objects stored in the Quarantine of the Malwarebytes Portable Scanner on the local device
- List, Restore, and Delete objects stored in the Quarantine of the an installed instance of Malwarebytes on the local device. The following products are supported:
- Malwarebytes for Windows 3.6.1 and higher
- Malwarebytes Endpoint Protection
- Malwarebytes Breach Remediation 3.6.1 and higher
- The Quarantine Manager is accessed by clicking Manage Quarantine in the settings drop down menu (gear icon) under the Malwarebytes Portable Scanner area of Scan
Note: Quarantined items are grouped by family name and time the group was quarantined.
- Updated Malwarebytes Breach Remediation for Windows (MBBR for Windows) in the following areas of the Malwarebytes Toolset:
- Added Malwarebytes\MBBRv3\x64 - 64-bit version of Malwarebytes Breach Remediation v3.6.1.243 (mbbr.exe) and related files
- Included with MBTS Full package (https://toolset.malwarebytes.com/file/mbts_full), downloaded on-demand via the Toolbox, or downloaded manually from MBTS Updater (Toolbox > MyTools > Check for Updates)
- Added Malwarebytes\MBBRv3\x86 - 32-bit version of Malwarebytes Breach Remediation v3.6.1.243 (mbbr.exe) and related files
- Included with MBTS Full package (https://toolset.malwarebytes.com/file/mbts_full), downloaded on-demand via the Toolbox, or downloaded manually from MBTS Updater (Toolbox > MyTools > Check for Updates)
- Updated MBBR Command Prompt and MBBR CLI Scan (Toolbox > Remediate) to do the following:
- On Windows 7 and higher: MBBR for Windows version 3.6.1.243 and higher is utilized
- On Windows Vista and XP: MBBR for Windows Legacy version 2.7.2.1655 is utilized
- Added MBBR for Windows Batch File (Malwarebytes\MBBRv3\mbbrv3.cmd) to help with CLI automation of MBBR for Windows (v3.6.1.243 and higher).
- Includes support for the following optional parameters/switches:
- /key YOUR-MBTS-KEY-HERE - Allows you to specify an MBTS or MBBR license key to use with the batch file
- /auto - Performs a Threat Scan after automatically updating and registering the device. Requires use of the /key parameter.
Note: Windows 7 or higher is required for using MBBR for Windows (v3.x and higher)
- Updated MBBR for Windows Legacy (v2.7.2.1655) component with the following changes:
- Added support for the following optional parameters/switches to mbbr.cmd batch file:
- /key YOUR-MBTS-KEY-HERE - Allows you to specify an MBTS or MBBR license key to use with the batch file
- /auto - Performs a Threat Scan after automatically updating and registering the device. Requires use of the /key parameter.
- Updated mbbr.cmd to provide better error handling
- Added support for the following optional parameters/switches to mbbr.cmd batch file:
- Includes support for the following optional parameters/switches:
- Added Malwarebytes\MBBRv3\x64 - 64-bit version of Malwarebytes Breach Remediation v3.6.1.243 (mbbr.exe) and related files
- Updated the Default Services Issue Scanner of the Malwarebytes Issue Scanner with the following features:
- Added support to detect and repair the Print Spooler Service on all versions of Windows
- Added support to detect and repair the Printer Extensions and Notifications Service (PrintNotify) on applicable versions of Windows
- Added support to detect and repair the Interactive Services Detection Service (UI0Detect) on applicable versions of Windows
- Updated MBTS Updater (Toolbox > MyTools > Check for Updates) with the following changes:
- Added MBBR for Windows (v3.x) package download and update support
Note: MBBR database definitions are not updated via the MBTS Updater. - Added MBBR for Windows Legacy (v2.x) package download and update support
Note: MBBR database definitions are not updated via the MBTS Updater. - Added logic to improve download performance of updates
- Added support to include a small reason/note for an update where the major version doesn't change
- Added logic to utilize LastUpdate.json to support improved component package updating experience, performance, and stability
- Added logic to cleanup temporary package files used during the component update process
- Added MBBR for Windows (v3.x) package download and update support
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a bug that caused SMART Attribute Error 197 (Current Pending Sector Count) to use the description content of SMART Attribute Error 187 (Reported Uncorrectable Errors)
- Fixed a bug that caused Inform to not display the Windows Defender icon on Windows 10
- Fixed a bug that caused Inform to display "Samsung" on Silicon Power (SPCC) based disk drives (reported by Andrew Marcelli of Ohio TechWorks)
- Fixed a bug that caused MBBR CLI Scan and MBBR Command Prompt to fail when certain characters are present in the path of mbbr.exe (reported by Carlos Mack)
- Fixed a bug that caused the Default Services Issue Scanner not to detect issues with the Print Spooler Service (reported by Sean McCormack of Magnify247.com)
- Fixed a bug that caused the final download speed of an update to report as 0 KB
- Fixed several bugs that caused the MBTS Updater to fail to download or update several components of the Malwarebytes Toolset.
- Fixed a bug that could prevent the Malwarebytes Toolset from updating itself.
- Fixed a bug that could allow an extra instance of MBTS.exe to launch if CLI options are used.
- Fixed a bug that could cause Inform Export and launching Toolbox items from CLI to fail if the system was offline.