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Malwarebytes Toolset 1.7.0.1405 Release Notes

Malwarebytes Toolset 1.7.0.1405 released on January 10, 2020. Each section details changes to high level components, utilities, tools, or specific features.

Inform

  • Added Asset Scan capability (early access feature) to support detailed device information output (all of Inform plus additional categories) to JSON and other future functionality.
  • Added early access to Asset Scan to JSON output from Command Line (MBTS.exe or MBTSLauncher.exe):
    • /scan:asset /LogFile:"PATH_TO_FILE" - Performs a silent Asset Scan and outputs the results in JSON format to the file specified.
    • If /LogFile is not specified, then the file is saved to %UserProfile%\Desktop\AssetScan_%DATE&TIME%.json
  • Added support to acquire more details for the following Inform and Asset Scan Data Providers:
    • Programs (software_installed)
      • Version
      • Uninstall String (Asset Scan Only)
    • RAM/Memory:
      • Manufacturer
      • Part Number
    • Devices (Asset Scan Only)
      • PNP Device ID (Asset Scan Only)
      • Name (Asset Scan Only)
  • Rearchitectured Inform to use a native object oriented input and output methods.
  • Updated Inform Data Providers to improve performance, stability, and level of detail.
  • Updated Windows Protection and Additional Protection tiles to use improved logic when reporting content from Windows Security Center.
  • Updated Additional Protection to support detecting and reporting additional info when modern Malwarebytes products are installed.
  • Updated "Install Malwarebytes" link to use Malwarebytes 4.x (Inform > Security > Additional Protection)
  • Updated the Operating System tile to report if Windows 10 Version 1909 (18363.535 or higher) is not installed on a Windows 10 device (Inform > System > Operating System)
  • Updated Details window for Boot History to use grouping and improved columns.

MBTS.exe and MBTSLauncher.exe

  • Added new CLI option to perform an Asset Scan (early access feature)
    • /scan:asset /LogFile:"PATH_TO_FILE" - Performs a silent Asset Scan and outputs the results in JSON format to the file specified.
    • If /LogFile is not specified, then the file is saved to %UserProfile%\Desktop\AssetScan_%DATE&TIME%.json

Malwarebytes Portable Scanner

  • Fixed a regression bug that caused the Malwarebytes Portable Scanner to report scanning 1 object then finish when HFS metadata files are present in Toolset directories.
  • Updated the Process Killer internal allow list for the following products:
    • AMD/ATI GPUs
    • FABs AutoBackup
    • Intel Dynamic Platform and Thermal Framework
    • Malwarebytes 4
    • Nvidia GPUs
    • SentinalOne
    • SolarWinds RMM
    • Splashtop
    • Synaptics
    • VMWare
    • Windows 10 v1803-v1909 (various updated OS and app components)

Malwarebytes Issue Scanner

  • Updated the following Issue Scanner components to support Windows 10 v1909 (Build 18363.xxx):
    • Default Services Issue Scanner
    • Installed Services Issue Scanner
    • Safe Mode Services Issue Scanner
    • File Associations Issue Scanner
    • Default Registry Values Issue Scanner
    • Winsock Issue Scanner

Malwarebytes Toolset Updater

  • Added support for Malwarebytes 4.x for Windows Offline Installer.
  • Fixed a regression bug that caused the MBTS Updater to fail due when HFS metadata files are present in Toolset directories.
  • Fixed a regression bug that caused MBTS.exe to hang or operate slowly when performing a Toolset Upgrade when HFS metadata files are present in Toolset directories.

MyTools

  • Added support to require a Name when adding or editing a tool with the MyTools Editor.
  • Fixed a bug that caused Powershell scripts to attempt to execute without the expected ExecutionPolicy Bypass and NoProfile arguments (Thanks to CJ from onPhyia!!)
  • Fixed a bug that caused Tile Preview to fail when adding a new tool before saving.
  • Fixed a bug that caused Tile Preview to fail if Properties fields are empty.
  • Fixed a bug that allowed you to add a tool without a name that would not appear in the MyTools area of the Toolbox.

Network Devices Scanner

  • Updated OUI database to support more device vendors.

Toolbox

  • Updated Malwarebytes for Windows (Toolbox > Protect) to install Malwarebytes 4.x (Offline Installer)
  • Renamed Malwarebytes for Chrome to Browser Guard for Chrome.
  • Renamed Malwarebytes for Firefox to Browser Guard for Firefox.

User Interface

  • Fixed a spelling error in an error message when license validation fails.

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