Serious Discussion Malwarebytes 5.0 Open Beta available

[PlayerFromTheITtic]

Hello Malwaretipsians!

Look who showed up as an Open Beta earlier this week: Malwarebytes 5.0!
Here's a quote from the team: Malwarebytes 5 Beta is now available!

Greetings!

On behalf of our Malwarebytes product and engineering teams, I’m excited to announce that we have released a beta build of our next generation consumer protection and privacy product.

To provide a better overall user experience, we’ve been working on:

• A faster, more responsive user interface
• Reducing utilization of system resources
• Increased accessibility compliance
• Improved quality for hi-res displays
• Sharpened user experience

If you're interested in trying out the Malwarebytes 5 Beta, check out the following sections to get started!



MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• Windows 7 or greater (Please do not install on your work computer, personal computers are preferred.)
• Fluent in English – additional language support coming soon

GETTING STARTED

1. Download and install the Malwarebytes 5 Beta build from the following link: https://downloads.malwarebytes.com/file/mb5_win_preview
2. To report problems, bugs, comments, suggestions, or any other helpful feedback, please click the orange Feedback button at the top of the Malwarebytes 5 window. We ask that you do not create support tickets for problems with the Malwarebytes 5 Preview build at this time.
3. Helpful links
   • Known issues: https://forums.malwarebytes.com/topic/289441-known-issues/
   • FAQs and How-tos: https://forums.malwarebytes.com/topic/289442-faqs-and-how-tos/

In parallel of that beta, MB 4.5 Beta received another update! Maybe it means MB 5 will get a second Open Beta to ensure a smooth launch once it hits stable branch? Who knows...
With the product constantly getting better and better in most aspects, let's hope the trend doesn't stop with this version 5!
Maybe some brave folks among you will put this open beta to the test against malware? Would be interesting to see it in action.
Cheers

 

[brambedkar59]

Only thing I don't like about it is the very aggressive web filtering.

Edit:UI is not laggy, system performance is good, VPN is pretty fast.

 

[ScandinavianFish]

Only thing I don't like about it is the very aggressive web filtering.

Edit:UI is not laggy, system performance is good, VPN is pretty fast.

Malwarebytes as a whole is too aggressive, yet it's protection is sub-par, especially as it does not target scripts and does not really have an behavior blocker.

 

[HarborFront]

Nothing on new security/privacy features being mentioned? Looks more like an upgrade than a new version

 

[Harputlu]

I have a lifetime license. when we upgrade the program which versiyon will be upgraded to ?
Premium plus or premium ??? are there any new features?

 

[Ink]

Premium plus or premium ??? are there any new features?

May be a simple rebrand of the ’Premium + Privacy VPN’ plan.

 

[Anthony Qian]

No update on BB? Malwarebytes' exploit blocker is relatively weak. Also, Malwarebytes' obsession with having the submitter use the forum to submit virus samples is not understandable.

 

[nickstar1]

Can't believe how much more responsive the UI is defiantly better then 4.0 hopefully they will add more detection capabilities to the product.

 

[codswollip]

Seems they gave up on the disaster of v4, and are hoping (and hoping) for salvation from v5.

It's time to put this dog out of its misery.

 

[ItsReallyMe]

Why kaspersky marked this download as Trojan.Win32.DllHijacker.gen

 

[Azure]

Why kaspersky marked this download as Trojan.Win32.DllHijacker.gen

It’s new and a beta, guess that’s the reason.

 

[Anthony Qian]

Why kaspersky marked this download as Trojan.Win32.DllHijacker.gen

It's obviously an FP. I've sent it to K for analysis. Will update here once I get a reply.

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Update 1:

Your request is processing. The issue can be resolved in 3 working days.

Due to the complexity of detection (Heuristic), it seems that K needs more time to process this FP.

 

[nickstar1]

With this beta it is important to note that Killswitch VPN is not currently available in this beta.

 

[ItsReallyMe]

It's obviously an FP. I've sent it to K for analysis. Will update here once I get a reply.

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Update 1:

Due to the complexity of detection (Heuristic), it seems that K needs more time to process this FP.

where you submit files for kaspersky to be reviewed?

 

[Anthony Qian]

where you submit files for kaspersky to be reviewed?

Opentip

 

[eXDj]

need uninstall ver 4 and after install ver 5 ?

 

[marcopaone]

Flagged as Virus by Kaspersky. Wtf :O

 

[KevinYu0504]

need uninstall ver 4 and after install ver 5 ?

No idea , direct upgrade from ver.4 to ver.5 should be ok ,
but completely remove and reinstall isn't a bad idea .

Flagged as Virus by Kaspersky. Wtf :O

FP , see Anthony Qian's reply at #12 ,
Kaspersky has been notified and it's processing.

 

[brambedkar59]

With this beta it is important to note that Killswitch VPN is not currently available in this beta.

I am on v 5.0.1.24 it does have Killswitch option in VPN settings.

 

[pxxb1]

Hello Malwaretipsians!

Look who showed up as an Open Beta earlier this week: Malwarebytes 5.0!
Here's a quote from the team: Malwarebytes 5 Beta is now available!


In parallel of that beta, MB 4.5 Beta received another update! Maybe it means MB 5 will get a second Open Beta to ensure a smooth launch once it hits stable branch? Who knows...
With the product constantly getting better and better in most aspects, let's hope the trend doesn't stop with this version 5!
Maybe some brave folks among you will put this open beta to the test against malware? Would be interesting to see it in action.
Cheers

Is this only for license holders, do you know?
I thought i could tip others about it otherwise.