It may happen that the quality updates Microsoft releases on a monthly basis cause some malfunctions, both to the installed applications and to Windows itself. After the June 2023 Microsoft patch day, a large group of users of Chrome started reporting the inability to use Google browser on systems Windows 11. Chrome starts, browser processes are loaded on the system, but the interface does not appear never. This time the problem has to do with the usage of Malwarebytes and installing patch KB5027231.
Malwarebytes Antiexploit Wrestles With Update KB5027231
The problem that has emerged in these hours has its roots in the behavior of the module antiexploit Of Malwarebytes. The anomalous behavior of Google Chrome, therefore, is highlighted on systems that use the famous and appreciated antimalware.
In a support document, Malwarebytes engineers confirmed the anomaly introduced by the update KB5027231clarifying that it is caused by a conflict between Chrome and exploit protection.
Pending a patch, Malwarebytes users experiencing the Chrome Browser won’t start issue can fix it by opening the antimalware interface then accessing the settings.
Moving to the tab Safetyyou have to scroll through the options displayed until you find Protection against exploits. Here, by clicking on Manage protected applicationsyou can disable the anti-exploit protection in the case of Chrome and the corresponding plugins.
This way you can immediately go back to using Chrome without problems. However, Malwarebytes stresses the importance of re-enabling exploit protection for Chrome as soon as the issue introduced with Microsoft’s June 2023 updates is resolved.
What is Exploit Protection and how does it work
Exploit protection is one security measure designed to protect computer systems. A exploit is a particular type of cyber attack that exploits a vulnerability or weakness in the software or operating system in order to gain unauthorized access and the ability to perform malicious actions.
Il modulo antiexploit by Malwarebytes helps identify, prevent, and mitigate exploit-based attacks. The technology relies on several strategies and techniques to detect and block exploits before they can be successfully exploited.
The system is based on signature detection or on the recognition of known attacks, on the control of suspicious or inconsistent behavior by the installed applications, on the memory protectionon sandboxing mechanisms.