Malwarebytes 3.3 Released: What’s New

Malwarebytes version 3.3 has been released today. This version seems to fix many issues, especially problems where real-time protection turns off automatically, as well as the issue of Malwarebytes Tray Application appearing on the Alt + tab screen. And the notification design looks great in this version.

Besides that, here is the official list of changes and improvements in Malwarebytes 3.3.1.

Performance/protective capability

• Improved remediation in Chrome browser
• Numerous enhanced protection techniques and remediation capabilities

Usability

• Improved notification design for better readability
• Added new quick tour module in Free and Trial versions
• Added informational modules to the bottom of Scan Progress page in Free and Trial versions
• Improved update process to allow more dynamic updating of user interface components
• Other minor user interface improvements

Stability/issues fixed

• Fixed issue where the Malwarebytes tray application showed in ALT+Tab list
• Improved Web Protection compatibility with third-party applications
• Improved driver management
• Added dynamic hooking to Exploit Protection to better manage compatibility with third-party applications
• Fixed issue where certain notifications would not display properly after waking from sleep
• Fixed issue on XP where certain files were not fully uninstalled
• Fixed a crash related to rootkit scanning
• Addressed other miscellaneous user interface improvements and defects

You can upgrade to v3.3 by clicking Install Application Updates in Settings > Application, or download the latest version from Malwarebytes Website. Looks like the version upgrade is not being pushed out to everyone now, so you need to do that manually this time around.