Malwarebytes Toolset 1.8.0.1456 released on February 19, 2021. Each section details changes to high level components, utilities, tools, or specific features.
Inform
- Updated Operating System tile to report if Windows 10 Version 20H2 (19042.804 or higher) is not installed on a Windows 10 device (Inform > System > Operating System)
Malwarebytes Breach Remediation
- Updated Malwarebytes Breach Remediation in the Remediate area of the Toolbox to version 4.x
- Added Malwarebytes Breach Remediation version 4.x (x64 and x86) to Malwarebytes\MBBRv4
- 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 MBBR for Windows Batch File v4 (Malwarebytes\MBBRv4\mbbrv4.cmd) to help with CLI automation of MBBR for Windows (v4.x 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
- Includes support for the following optional parameters/switches:
Malwarebytes Issue Scanner
- Rearchitected Disk Drive Issue Scanner with the following enhancements:
- Improved output for SMART Error Log entries and SMART Attribute errors
- Rebuilt engine to utilize JSON based processing
- Refined SMART Attribute error detection logic
- Updated Disk Drive Issue Scanner SMART Attributes engine to version 7.2.1 with the following enhancements:
- Improved support and bug fixes for internal and external HDDs and SSDs
- Improved support and bug fixes for NVMe devices
- Improved support and bug fixes for USB bridge/passthrough devices
- Updated the following Issue Scanner components to support Windows 10 v20H2 (Build 19042.x):
- Default Services Issue Scanner
- Default Registry Values Issue Scanner
- File Associations Issue Scanner
- Installed Services Issue Scanner
- Safe Mode Services Issue Scanner
- Winsock Issue Scanner
Malwarebytes Portable Scanner
- Updated to the Malwarebytes 4.x engine which provides the following updates:
- Multi-layered engine that combines existing and new signature-less and signature-based technologies
- Improved zero-hour detection of malware
- Improved detection of malware families, including older malware
- Enhanced remediation engine with the following improvements:
- Improved removal of Chrome Browser infections
- Better removal of Shortcuts and Tasks infections
- Improved remediation of threats that have thousands of associated traces
- Updated logging logic with the following enhancements:
- Improved logging detail
- Log file persistence
- Fixed a bug that caused remediated malware to show a Result of Passed rather than Removed in the Repair Report
- Fixed a bug that caused the Text Summary Export to show an incorrect list of items
Malwarebytes Toolset Updater
- Added support for Malwarebytes Breach Remediation 4.x
- Added support for Malwarebytes Portable Scanner 4.x database updates
Network Devices Scanner
- Updated OUI database to support more device vendors and improve storage footprint
- Fixed a bug that caused some known manufacturers to appear as Unknown
Toolbox
- Updated MBBR Command Prompt and MBBR CLI Scan (Toolbox > Remediate) to do the following:
- On Windows 7 and higher: MBBR for Windows version 4.x and higher is utilized