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Topic: Running M/Bytes and Windows Defender? |
Donny Hinson
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Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 28 Oct 2020 1:45 pm |
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I just got a new computer, and installed the ubiquitous Malwarebytes for protection. Seems to be working fine, but should I activate the W/Defender along with it, or will that cause issues?
(Acer desktop w/Win10 O.S.)
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Wiz Feinberg
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Mid-Michigan, USA
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Jack Stoner
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Kansas City, MO
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Posted 29 Oct 2020 2:14 am
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I run both on mine. Defender is an antivirus program, Malwarebytes is for malware. Two separate issues.
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Donny Hinson
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Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 30 Oct 2020 7:27 am
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Thanks guys. I bought the Malwarebytes Premium, and evidently that includes virus protection. At any rate, when I enable the MB Prem, the Defender real-time scanning is disabled, and only periodic scanning can be enabled for Defender.
Hope that's good enough.  |
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Wiz Feinberg
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Mid-Michigan, USA
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Posted 30 Oct 2020 3:31 pm
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| Donny Hinson wrote: |
Thanks guys. I bought the Malwarebytes Premium, and evidently that includes virus protection. At any rate, when I enable the MB Prem, the Defender real-time scanning is disabled, and only periodic scanning can be enabled for Defender.
Hope that's good enough. :( |
I have Malwarebytes Premium and Windows Defender and both run with full protection. I'm sure there was an optional setting I applied to get Defender to stay in the fight, likely found under the Windows Defender settings panels.
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Jack Stoner
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Kansas City, MO
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Posted 31 Oct 2020 2:20 am
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I too have premium and don't see any option in Malwarebytes for AV or to disable Defender. Maybe you bought something extra?
I just did a clean Win 10 2004 install (dual boot with old Win 10) and installed Malwarebytes and moved registration to this new install so I have the latest Malwarebytes version.
I agree with Wiz as its probably a Defender setting that needs enabled. Defender also includes Firewall that you also need.
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GFI Ultra Keyless S-10 with pad (Black of course) TB202 amp, Hilton VP, Steelers Choice sidekick seat, SIT Strings
Cakewalk by Bandlab and Studio One V4.6 pro DAWs, MOTU Ultralite MK5 recording interface unit |
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 31 Oct 2020 6:20 am
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Thanks Jack. I had no problem with the firewall staying active, but I couldn't find a Defender setting that would allow both to remain active. I finally found an option in the M/B security settings...(unregister) Malwarebytes in the Windows Security Center that allowed both to live in harmony.
I also found three more options that were not enabled:
Scan for rootkits
Use expert algorithms to identify malicious files
Block penetration testing attacks
Should these be enabled too? |
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Jack Stoner
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Kansas City, MO
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Posted 31 Oct 2020 7:01 am
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Here is my setup, which are the defaults.
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GFI Ultra Keyless S-10 with pad (Black of course) TB202 amp, Hilton VP, Steelers Choice sidekick seat, SIT Strings
Cakewalk by Bandlab and Studio One V4.6 pro DAWs, MOTU Ultralite MK5 recording interface unit |
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