Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit

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  1. ZeroVulnLabs

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    Just released. Notes and changelog at
    https://forums.malwarebytes.org/index.php?showtopic=134888

    If you've had problems with the previous version please re-test with this one as it includes some bug fixes, specifically with IE10 and Chrome.

    Also you'll find "Exploit-Test" with this version, a kinda eicar but for exploits.


    Is this thread title OK now? ~ TAS
    ahh, only the name on this post changed, not the Thread Title, sorry.
     
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  2. Sampei Nihira

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    Re: Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit 0.09.4.1000

    Installed.
    TH:;)


    p.s. Test OK:

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  4. ZeroVulnLabs

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  5. Re: Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit 0.09.4.1000

    Thx, :thumb: from my testing additional memory overflow protection, does not seem to interfere with EMET. trying to find out what additional hooks are monitored, no sense asking I guess :oops:

    No Outlook protected yet :'(

    Impressive code optimising (a lot faster from a little extra CPU load, is relative huge improvement) :thumb:
     
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    Re: Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit 0.09.4.1000

    Thanks for noticing! :)
     
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    Re: Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit 0.09.4.1000

    I've noticed two things: The icon is now orange, and RAM usage is less than 1MB!
     
  8. Tarnak

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    Re: Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit 0.09.4.1000

    I refer to my earlier problems with the previous version of MBAE here

    I can say this latest version seems to have fixed that problem.

    ScreenShot_MBAE_v0.9.4.1000_Install_06.gif

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  9. Hungry Man

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    Re: Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit 0.09.4.1000

    New AE techniques used, supposedly that address the issue of RCE / in memory attacks. Their page provides zero details, except to say that it works to prevent 'stage one attacks'.

    When are we going to get details about how this actually works?

    My guess - it does something similar to what EMET's 3.5+ Anti-ROP mitigation techniques do; hooks function, checks function. That would be an improvement, I hope they did something cool, I'll look forward to reading the documentation (ie: when someone reverses it and releases the information).
     
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    Re: Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit 0.09.4.1000

    Cool, thanks for confirming!!! :thumb:
     
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    Re: Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit 0.09.4.1000

    YW! :)
     
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    Re: Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit 0.09.4.1000

    Also, can confirm the new test feature works. :thumb:

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    ScreenShot_MBAE_v0.9.4.1000_Install_11.gif
     
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    Re: Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit 0.09.4.1000

    Nice!

    As a test of your installed security software, stop MBAE and run the Exploit-Test to see if your Norton/Kaspersky/McAfee/Webroot/etc detects and blocks the exploit. You can even rename exploit-test.exe to iexplore.exe or firefox.exe to make it more obvious to them.

    We made a video of a similar test. You can find the link in the release notes.
     
  14. J_L

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    Re: Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit 0.09.4.1000

    Avast detects mbae-test.exe as "MX97:ShellCode-BA [Expl]". Temporarily disabled it to continue the installation. Otherwise, so far so good.
     
  15. Brandonn2010

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    Re: Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit 0.09.4.1000

    That's actually a good thing to me; it means Avast! is blocking exploits :D
     
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    Re: Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit 0.09.4.1000

    Yeah that's how I read it too :D
     
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    Re: Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit 0.09.4.1000

    Just an aside, but I was reading a post in the Malwarebytes forum. Probably, not a fault with MBAE. Just something peculiar to my system and other software running.
     
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    Re: Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit 0.09.4.1000

    That's actually a reactive sig detection and a false positive by Avast. The file is digitally signed by Malwarebytes so Avast should not be detecting it. The exploit test is completely harmless. It would be a good thing if Avast detected it when you click the "Exploit" button, not by detecting the .exe itself.

    It's nice that they detect it, but actually it means it is reactively detecting some piece of code within the exe. Exploit shellcode can be changed very easily to avoid signature detection. Also exploits run remotely so detecting these type of shellcodes in static files with signatures is not really the best way to detect exploits. Again the true measure is if they detect and block the action itself when you press the "Exploit" button, not the static file on disk.
     
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    Re: Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit 0.09.4.1000

    Is MAE 0.09.4.1000 now compatible with Win 8.1?

    Thank you.

    Later...
     
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    Re: Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit 0.09.4.1000

    Not yet. Next version will be.
     
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    Re: Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit 0.09.4.1000

    Hello Pedro:

    Where all had been well for my OEM W7 Pro SP1 64bit system with your previous MBAE v0.09.3.1000 beta, the following browsers now fail to accept keyboard input w/v0.09.4.1000 beta.

    Firefox 24.0
    Pale Moon 24.0.2
    Opera 12.16

    If protection is stopped through the system tray's MBAE icon -> "Stop Protection", all keyboard input immediately is permitted.

    I can easily fall back to v0.09.3.1000 beta, but I'll keep v0.09.4.1000 beta installed if you need more information.
     

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  22. Solarlynx

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    Re: Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit 0.09.4.1000

    Comodo IS even in paranoid mode and verbose popup alerts doesn't detect the exploit. It gives the same alerts for Exploit as for Normal. So CIS doesn't see the difference between them.
     
  23. Solarlynx

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    Re: Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit 0.09.4.1000

    When I cover the mbae-test.exe with EMET 4.0 it detects the EAF mitigation when I press "Exploit".
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    ZeroVulnLabs, do you cover Comodo Dragon?
     
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  24. ZeroVulnLabs

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    Re: Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit 0.09.4.1000

    I'm very interested in troubleshooting this further 1PW. I'll send you a PM asking for more info if you can help us out in figuring this out. Please allow sending of PM or PM me how to contact you offline.
     
  25. ZeroVulnLabs

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    Re: Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit 0.09.4.1000

    No, not yet. Search older threads for an explanation. After beta we might add more applications. Right now we're focused on finishing the anti-exploit engine.
     
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