Solved Has anyone tried Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit

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Has anyone tried this program, and if so does it work good?
 

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I've been testing Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit for a few days now an so far so good. It offers the same functionality as EMET from Microsoft. Although MBAE is a little easier to configure because it's basically automatic. Memory usage is also minimal, about 2.7MB which is very lightweight. I approve.
 

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    Windows 8.1 Enterprise
I've been testing Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit for a few days now an so far so good. It offers the same functionality as EMET from Microsoft. Although MBAE is a little easier to configure because it's basically automatic. Memory usage is also minimal, about 2.7MB which is very lightweight. I approve.

what exactly is emet
 

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    HP Ultrabook
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    8 gb DDR3 Ram
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    1366 x 768
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    320gb HDD, 120gb SSD
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    Opera
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    Avast/Malwarebytes
The Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) is designed to help prevent hackers from gaining access to your system.

Software vulnerabilities and exploits have become an everyday part of life. Virtually every product has to deal with them and consequently, users are faced with a stream of security updates. For users who get attacked before the latest updates have been applied or who get attacked before an update is even available, the results can be devastating: malware, loss of PII, etc.

Security mitigation technologies are designed to make it more difficult for an attacker to exploit vulnerabilities in a given piece of software. EMET allows users to manage these technologies on their system and provides several unique benefits:
1. No source code needed: Until now, several of the available mitigations (such as Data Execution Prevention) have required for an application to be manually opted in and recompiled. EMET changes this by allowing a user to opt in applications without recompilation. This is especially handy for deploying mitigations on software that was written before the mitigations were available and when source code is not available.
2. Highly configurable: EMET provides a higher degree of granularity by allowing mitigations to be individually applied on a per process basis. There is no need to enable an entire product or suite of applications. This is helpful in situations where a process is not compatible with a particular mitigation technology. When that happens, a user can simply turn that mitigation off for that process.
3. Helps harden legacy applications: It’s not uncommon to have a hard dependency on old legacy software that cannot easily be rewritten and needs to be phased out slowly. Unfortunately, this can easily pose a security risk as legacy software is notorious for having security vulnerabilities. While the real solution to this is migrating away from the legacy software, EMET can help manage the risk while this is occurring by making it harder to hackers to exploit vulnerabilities in the legacy software.
4. Ease of use: The policy for system wide mitigations can be seen and configured with EMET's graphical user interface. There is no need to locate up and decipher registry keys or run platform dependent utilities. With EMET you can adjust setting with a single consistent interface regardless of the underlying platform.
5. Ease of deploy: EMET comes with built-in support for enterprise deployment and configuration technologies. This enables administrators to use Group Policy or System Center Configuration Manager to deploy, configure and monitor EMET installations across the enterprise environment.
6. Ongoing improvement: EMET is a living tool designed to be updated as new mitigation technologies become available. This provides a chance for users to try out and benefit from cutting edge mitigations. The release cycle for EMET is also not tied to any product. EMET updates can be made dynamically as soon as new mitigations are ready

The toolkit includes several pseudo mitigation technologies aimed at disrupting current exploit techniques. These pseudo mitigations are not robust enough to stop future exploit techniques, but can help prevent users from being compromised by many of the exploits currently in use. The mitigations are also designed so that they can be easily updated as attackers start using new exploit techniques.

Source: Download Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit 4.1 from Official Microsoft Download Center :D
 

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  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Enterprise
The Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) is designed to help prevent hackers from gaining access to your system.

Software vulnerabilities and exploits have become an everyday part of life. Virtually every product has to deal with them and consequently, users are faced with a stream of security updates. For users who get attacked before the latest updates have been applied or who get attacked before an update is even available, the results can be devastating: malware, loss of PII, etc.

Security mitigation technologies are designed to make it more difficult for an attacker to exploit vulnerabilities in a given piece of software. EMET allows users to manage these technologies on their system and provides several unique benefits:
1. No source code needed: Until now, several of the available mitigations (such as Data Execution Prevention) have required for an application to be manually opted in and recompiled. EMET changes this by allowing a user to opt in applications without recompilation. This is especially handy for deploying mitigations on software that was written before the mitigations were available and when source code is not available.
2. Highly configurable: EMET provides a higher degree of granularity by allowing mitigations to be individually applied on a per process basis. There is no need to enable an entire product or suite of applications. This is helpful in situations where a process is not compatible with a particular mitigation technology. When that happens, a user can simply turn that mitigation off for that process.
3. Helps harden legacy applications: It’s not uncommon to have a hard dependency on old legacy software that cannot easily be rewritten and needs to be phased out slowly. Unfortunately, this can easily pose a security risk as legacy software is notorious for having security vulnerabilities. While the real solution to this is migrating away from the legacy software, EMET can help manage the risk while this is occurring by making it harder to hackers to exploit vulnerabilities in the legacy software.
4. Ease of use: The policy for system wide mitigations can be seen and configured with EMET's graphical user interface. There is no need to locate up and decipher registry keys or run platform dependent utilities. With EMET you can adjust setting with a single consistent interface regardless of the underlying platform.
5. Ease of deploy: EMET comes with built-in support for enterprise deployment and configuration technologies. This enables administrators to use Group Policy or System Center Configuration Manager to deploy, configure and monitor EMET installations across the enterprise environment.
6. Ongoing improvement: EMET is a living tool designed to be updated as new mitigation technologies become available. This provides a chance for users to try out and benefit from cutting edge mitigations. The release cycle for EMET is also not tied to any product. EMET updates can be made dynamically as soon as new mitigations are ready

The toolkit includes several pseudo mitigation technologies aimed at disrupting current exploit techniques. These pseudo mitigations are not robust enough to stop future exploit techniques, but can help prevent users from being compromised by many of the exploits currently in use. The mitigations are also designed so that they can be easily updated as attackers start using new exploit techniques.

Source: Download Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit 4.1 from Official Microsoft Download Center :D

Malwarebyes Anti-Exploit is better than it?
 

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    2.6 GHz Core i5-3317U
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    8 gb DDR3 Ram
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    1366 x 768
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    320gb HDD, 120gb SSD
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    Backlight Island Style Keyboard
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    Trackpad
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    18 MB/S DL Speed
    Browser
    Opera
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    Avast/Malwarebytes
It's definitely easier to setup because all you need to due is install MBAE and everything works. EMET offers a little more control but essentially does the exact same thing.
 

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    Windows 8.1 Enterprise
It's definitely easier to setup because all you need to due is install MBAE and everything works. EMET offers a little more control but essentially does the exact same thing.

Alright thinks gonna install it, also if you don't mind me asking, what all programs do you use to protect your computer from malware/viruses etc.?
 

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  • OS
    Windows 8
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP Ultrabook
    CPU
    2.6 GHz Core i5-3317U
    Memory
    8 gb DDR3 Ram
    Screen Resolution
    1366 x 768
    Hard Drives
    320gb HDD, 120gb SSD
    Keyboard
    Backlight Island Style Keyboard
    Mouse
    Trackpad
    Internet Speed
    18 MB/S DL Speed
    Browser
    Opera
    Antivirus
    Avast/Malwarebytes
It depends on the situation. For the most part, all the technologies built-in to Windows 8 IMO are good to use. They allow for the most user friendly experience.

On the other hand, if I take my laptop out somewhere I'm not familiar with, I usually install some extra's to make sure I am adequately protected. Thing's like VPN software, Malwarebytes an maybe a host file.
 

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Ah I'm familiar with vpn somewhat, but what's host files for? Sorry not very tech savvy.
 

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    Windows 8
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    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP Ultrabook
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    2.6 GHz Core i5-3317U
    Memory
    8 gb DDR3 Ram
    Screen Resolution
    1366 x 768
    Hard Drives
    320gb HDD, 120gb SSD
    Keyboard
    Backlight Island Style Keyboard
    Mouse
    Trackpad
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    18 MB/S DL Speed
    Browser
    Opera
    Antivirus
    Avast/Malwarebytes
The host file is most often used to deny any communications between any devices based on IP address. The reverse is also true, it can used to map static routes to known devices. More or less it allows for access control. :)
 

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It's definitely easier to setup because all you need to due is install MBAE and everything works. EMET offers a little more control but essentially does the exact same thing.

You are right on - I downloaded EMET and was "lost" - seemed very difficult. Installed MBAE and it's running fine with no problems and very little effort on my part. For someone not particularly technically inclined, like me, I recommend MBAE. Just be sure to check that all programs you have installed and running presently are compatible.
 

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    HP Pavillion p6230f
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    HP AMD Phenom II X4 810
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    FOXCONN ALOE
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    8 GBytes
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    ATI/AMD Radeon HD 42
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    Dell SE198WFP
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    1440 x 900
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    Seagate ST3750528AS
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    IE 11
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    Windows Defender
Hopping in,in this thread and confirming that MBAE is working smooth and has not used more than 2.7 MB of memory so far.Says it has blocked an attempt,would be nice to know which application it is reffering to,log doesnt seem to "answer".Everything looks still functional.
 

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    Home...made ®
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    Intel i7 2600k
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    GA-Z68X-UD3P-B3
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    Corsair Vengeance 4x4Gb 1600 Mhz
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    Chrome
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Hopping in,in this thread and confirming that MBAE is working smooth and has not used more than 2.7 MB of memory so far.Says it has blocked an attempt,would be nice to know which application it is reffering to,log doesnt seem to "answer".Everything looks still functional.

I think you can check in the logs, and it'll tell you which application it is referring to.
 

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System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP Ultrabook
    CPU
    2.6 GHz Core i5-3317U
    Memory
    8 gb DDR3 Ram
    Screen Resolution
    1366 x 768
    Hard Drives
    320gb HDD, 120gb SSD
    Keyboard
    Backlight Island Style Keyboard
    Mouse
    Trackpad
    Internet Speed
    18 MB/S DL Speed
    Browser
    Opera
    Antivirus
    Avast/Malwarebytes
One thing I did note about it, in some cases you might have to disable it to allow an upgrade of certain programs. When VLC came out with an update, Anti-Exploit wouldn't allow it, I had to disable it temporarily in order for the upgrade to proceed.
 
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Been trying it out, seems to work good
 

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  • OS
    Windows 8
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    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP Ultrabook
    CPU
    2.6 GHz Core i5-3317U
    Memory
    8 gb DDR3 Ram
    Screen Resolution
    1366 x 768
    Hard Drives
    320gb HDD, 120gb SSD
    Keyboard
    Backlight Island Style Keyboard
    Mouse
    Trackpad
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    18 MB/S DL Speed
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    Opera
    Antivirus
    Avast/Malwarebytes
Tried it when it first came out, would not let me open firefox.
 

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    8gb Gskill 1600 9-9-9-24 xmp
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    Razor Abyssus USB
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    Broadband
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    Chrome
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    Avast Premier & Malwarebytes

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  • OS
    Windows 8
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    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP Ultrabook
    CPU
    2.6 GHz Core i5-3317U
    Memory
    8 gb DDR3 Ram
    Screen Resolution
    1366 x 768
    Hard Drives
    320gb HDD, 120gb SSD
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    Backlight Island Style Keyboard
    Mouse
    Trackpad
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    18 MB/S DL Speed
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    Opera
    Antivirus
    Avast/Malwarebytes
So far no problems, it protects WMP, Adobe Reader and IE11 ;)
 

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  • OS
    Win 8.1
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    Acer Aspire E1-571
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    Acer Type-2
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    8GB DDR3 1333MHz
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    Intel HD 4000
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    High Definiton Audio Device
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    Generic
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    Samsung 850 Pro 256GB
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    Generic
    Keyboard
    QWERTY
    Mouse
    ELANTECH Touchpad
    Internet Speed
    12.68Mbps
    Browser
    IE11
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
So far no problems, it protects WMP, Adobe Reader and IE11 ;)

Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't Windows 8 got a built in reader?
 

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System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP Ultrabook
    CPU
    2.6 GHz Core i5-3317U
    Memory
    8 gb DDR3 Ram
    Screen Resolution
    1366 x 768
    Hard Drives
    320gb HDD, 120gb SSD
    Keyboard
    Backlight Island Style Keyboard
    Mouse
    Trackpad
    Internet Speed
    18 MB/S DL Speed
    Browser
    Opera
    Antivirus
    Avast/Malwarebytes
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