I have Malwarebytes Premium, not Malwarebytes Free. It's more than 48
hours since I submitted my ticket, but they haven't got back to me,
so I'm hoping maybe someone here knows the answer.

Malwarebytes complains about a PUM every time it runs. The "PUM" is a
Registry key I created, namely HKCU\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS
\CURRENTVERSION\POLICIES\ACTIVEDESKTOP|NOCHANGINGWALLPAPER. I want to
tell Malwarebytes to ignore it in scan, but I can't find a way to
tell it to ignore this one and still diagnose other PUMs.

The exclude list works great for files and folders, but doesn't let
me enter a Registry key. This article:

<https://support.malwarebytes.com/hc/en-us/articles/360038523134-
Malwarebytes-for-Windows-detected-a-Potentially-Unwanted-
Modification>

has a heading about halfway down, "Ignore a Potentially Unwanted
Modification", but the directions show changing settings to ignore
all PUMs.

Anyone know how to exclude one PUM from the scan without excluding
all PUMs?

--
Stan Brown, Tehachapi, California, USA https://BrownMath.com/
Shikata ga nai...

On 2/25/2022 8:28 PM, Stan Brown wrote:
> I have Malwarebytes Premium, not Malwarebytes Free. It's more than 48
> hours since I submitted my ticket, but they haven't got back to me,
> so I'm hoping maybe someone here knows the answer.
>
> Malwarebytes complains about a PUM every time it runs. The "PUM" is a
> Registry key I created, namely HKCU\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS
> \CURRENTVERSION\POLICIES\ACTIVEDESKTOP|NOCHANGINGWALLPAPER. I want to
> tell Malwarebytes to ignore it in scan, but I can't find a way to
> tell it to ignore this one and still diagnose other PUMs.
>
> The exclude list works great for files and folders, but doesn't let
> me enter a Registry key. This article:
>
> <https://support.malwarebytes.com/hc/en-us/articles/360038523134-
> Malwarebytes-for-Windows-detected-a-Potentially-Unwanted-
> Modification>
>
> has a heading about halfway down, "Ignore a Potentially Unwanted
> Modification", but the directions show changing settings to ignore
> all PUMs.
>
> Anyone know how to exclude one PUM from the scan without excluding
> all PUMs?

An example here, shows them carrying out a search,
flagging four registry settings, then you untick all
the tick boxes, and the button changes to "Next".

https://forums.malwarebytes.com/topic/261201-add-registry-key-to-the-exclusion-list-in-malwarebytes-v4/

https://forums.malwarebytes.com/topic/226680-cant-exclude-registry-entries/

Paul

On 2/25/2022 8:28 PM, Stan Brown wrote:
> I have Malwarebytes Premium, not Malwarebytes Free. It's more than 48
> hours since I submitted my ticket, but they haven't got back to me,
> so I'm hoping maybe someone here knows the answer.
>
> Malwarebytes complains about a PUM every time it runs. The "PUM" is a
> Registry key I created, namely HKCU\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS
> \CURRENTVERSION\POLICIES\ACTIVEDESKTOP|NOCHANGINGWALLPAPER. I want to
> tell Malwarebytes to ignore it in scan, but I can't find a way to
> tell it to ignore this one and still diagnose other PUMs.
>
> The exclude list works great for files and folders, but doesn't let
> me enter a Registry key. This article:
>
> <https://support.malwarebytes.com/hc/en-us/articles/360038523134-
> Malwarebytes-for-Windows-detected-a-Potentially-Unwanted-
> Modification>
>
> has a heading about halfway down, "Ignore a Potentially Unwanted
> Modification", but the directions show changing settings to ignore
> all PUMs.
>
> Anyone know how to exclude one PUM from the scan without excluding
> all PUMs?

When I run MWB it gives me the option to deselect each cleanup item.

On Fri, 25 Feb 2022 17:28:49 -0800, Stan Brown wrote:
>
> I have Malwarebytes Premium, not Malwarebytes Free. It's more than 48
> hours since I submitted my ticket, but they haven't got back to me,
> so I'm hoping maybe someone here knows the answer.
>
> Anyone know how to exclude one PUM from the scan without excluding
> all PUMs?

Paul, John, YK -- Thank you all for responding.

The mistake I made is that I thought when I bring up scan results I
get the same chance to exclude items as when they pop up
automatically at the conclusion of a scan. I was wrong.

After reading all three of your articles and links, I ran a new scan
manually. The registry key popped up with the tick box not ticked, I
clicked Next, and then Always Ignore was an option. Now the registry
key shows up in the Allow List, along with the three Nirsoft programs
that Malwarebytes frowns on.

Thanks to all three of you!

(I did check Malwarebytes' forums and Googled, but I must have done a
bad job of picking search terms in each case.)

--
Stan Brown, Tehachapi, California, USA https://BrownMath.com/
Shikata ga nai...

On 2/26/2022 5:23 PM, Stan Brown wrote:
> Paul, John, YK -- Thank you all for responding.

Thank you for thanking us but even more for coming back with your results!