You will see a window guiding you through the process of giving Full Disk Access to Malwarebytes Open Malwarebytes and attempt to turn on real-time protection This results in real-time protection being turned off, even though within System Settings it appears that Malwarebytes Protection actually has Full Disk Access.įor those affected, you can fix the issue by following these steps: open System Settings, click on Privacy & Security, then Full Disk Access.Ĭlick on Privacy & Security, then Full Disk Access (you should see something like the image below)Ĭlick once on the Malwarebytes Protection item to select itĬlick the minus (-) button at the bottom of the list to remove the item There is a bug in the release version of macOS Ventura that causes Full Disk Access for any security software to fail to work properly after the Ventura upgrade. we do have some cool stuff in the works! 🙂 Please reply here with any comments, questions, and problem reports!īTW, I know it's been a while with few betas, but not to worry. You can update to the beta within the app, with the Beta Application Updates feature turned on, or you can download the installer directly from here: for now, we just needed to get this out ASAP.) (Note that we are aware of issues with the screenshots for granting Full Disk Access not matching the new System Settings on Ventura. If you have updated to Ventura, please try running this installer to make sure that it functions properly. The primary change is the ability to install on macOS Ventura.

We've just released Malwarebytes for Mac version 4.17 in beta. It is due to a bug in Ventura that is affecting ALL security products (not just Malwarebytes). If you have trouble with real-time protection on Ventura, this is not a bug in the beta. Thanks to everyone who provided feedback! Please note, though, that this does not - and cannot - fix the macOS Ventura bug that is mentioned in the important note below. The beta has ended, and 4.17 is now released.

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