Performance/protective capability
* Multiple enhancements result in reduction of memory usage
* Faster load time and responsiveness of third-party applications
* Improved performance of Web Protection
* Faster Malwarebytes 3 program startup time and responsiveness of user interface
* New detection and protection layer with machine learning based anomaly detection (to be deployed gradually even if it shows “enabled” under Settings)
* Improved Self-Protection by requiring escalated privileges to disable protections or deactivate a license
* Enhanced malware protection techniques and remediation capabilities
* Added an automatic monthly scheduled scan in Free mode
Usability
* Added ability to control the priority of manual scans on the system
* Added setting to turn off ‘Real-Time Protection turned off’ notifications when protection was specifically disabled by the user
* Added ability to exclude the last website blocked by Web Protection via the tray menu
* Fixed several defects related to configuring Custom Scans, including selecting child folders and fixing issues with touch screens
* Fixed problem where a right-click context scan appeared broken after scheduled scan due to misleading "Cannot start a scan while another one is in progress" message
* Fixed issue where you could not add or edit a scheduled scan in Spanish and some other languages
* Fixed issue where scan could appear stuck on Heuristics Analysis when it had actually completed successfully
* Fixed issue where Self-Protection setting would fail to toggle correctly after an upgrade
Stability/issues fixed
* Fixed several crashes in the Web Protection module
* Fixed issue where Ransomware Protection would be stuck in ‘Starting’ state after a reboot
* Fixed a conflict with Norton that caused web pages not to load and plug-ins to crash in Chrome
* Fixed issue with WMI protection technique in Exploit Protection that could cause Office applications to crash
* Fixed several crashes related to the service and tray
* Fixed many other miscellaneous defects and user interface improvements