Malwarebytes will detect files like these on execution-only. It also does not target media files MP3, WMV, JPG, GIF, etc. It also does not target documents such as PDF, DOC, DOCx, XLS, XLSx, PPT, PPS, ODF, etc. That means MB will not target JS, HTML, VBS. Malwarebytes does not target script files during a scan.

The reason many of us members are pushing Keeping Defender on is the following. Is there anything I can do to stop it from turning off without removing MWB from the security center? Thanks. It's really puzzling because windows defender does seem to work with MWB when i turn it on, but it keeps turning off.

I just want both MWB and windows defender to play nice together in the security center. I'm not sure if it diminishes MWB ability to protect my PC or not. But if I do that, I get a worrying message in windows that virus protection has been turned off. I read somewhere that it might possibly be malwarebytes turning it off, the info I read online said to turn off 'always register malwarebytes in the windows security center' which is located in settings> security>windows security center. I can turn it on again but it just seems to randomly turn itself off again without warning me. But I noticed window defender keeps get turned off in the windows security. But I renewed my malwarebytes subscription, so I have MWB and windows defender now. Until recently I used bitdefender with premium malwarebytes, but I allowed my bit defender subscription to end and thought I'd try using windows defender instead.

Turning off windows defender