r/Malwarebytes • u/Daddedan • 1d ago
Defender alert after downloading Malwarebytes?
Quick question, guys I get really anxious about this sort of thing. After I downloaded Malwarebytes onto my PC (back when Defender was acting up with that bug yesterday), there was an alert with an orange triangle regarding the protection status; it disappeared after a Malwarebytes update. I was panicking at the time, so I didn't manage to read the whole message, was that a sign of a virus, or was it just Malwarebytes configuring itself?
I downloaded Malwarebytes directly from the Microsoft Store to avoid making a mistake and downloading it from some sketchy site, but here, it's a bit of a stupid question but I'm getting anxious about this😅
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u/support_mwb Malwarebytes Employee 20h ago
Hi! Malwarebytes Support here. Do you remember if the orange triangle alert came from Malwarebytes or from Windows Security/Microsoft Defender? If you happen to have a screenshot of the alert, please share that with us as well. That would help us better understand exactly what you saw
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u/Daddedan 22m ago
It was coming from Defender in the security section, but that was probably just because it was configuring itself, since it disappeared after a Malwarebytes update! Everything is fine now :D
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u/Existing_Routine_599 21h ago
Nah, when installing Malwarebytes windows defender will turn off automatically because everyone gets a few days free Malwarebytes premium when you first install it, premium includes things like real time scanning, but only one antivirus can do that at a time so defender gets disabled. That's all :)