Performance/protective capability
• Several improvements to malware detection and remediation capabilities
• Several performance improvements, including improving startup time, addressing memory leaks and reducing CPU usage after a scan has completed
• Added MS Publisher as a default Protected Application for anti-exploit protection
Usability
• Fixed issue where a previously activated Premium license could be dropped incorrectly
• Fixed issue where Malwarebytes version information would revert to default values of 3.0.0 in certain cases, such as when coming back from minimal safe mode
• Fixed issue where ‘Real-Time Protection turned off’ notifications would display incorrectly on initial startup
• Fixed problem where the 'Check for updates every' setting would get stuck at 14 days after changing frequency to ‘Days’
• Fixed Help question marks throughout the main user interface so that they work when clicked
Stability/issues fixed
• Addressed several crashes and blue screens, including the BSOD that could occur with Web Protection on Windows Insider Previews
• Fixed the issue with Exploit Protection that caused Edge to crash/hang on Windows Insider Previews
• Fixed issue when Exploit Protection was enabled that caused PowerPoint to not load
• Fixed conditions that could lead to an ‘Unable to connect to service’ error
• Fixed issue where exclusions did not work properly when there were associated threat traces detected
• Fixed issue where Web Protection would not start up properly
• Fixed numerous scan hangs or crashes, including one that could occur during heuristics phase
• Numerous other fixes to improve overall program stability and usability