John A Posted November 22, 2014 ID:911512 Share Posted November 22, 2014 How does MBAE operate with Windows store apps? Is there any way to add shields? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff pbust Posted November 23, 2014 Staff ID:911668 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Someone posted how to do this in the Questions & Comments sub-forum (or maybe it was Wilders). If you can find the reference I would appreciate it if you can post it here so we can document it in the official MBAE FAQs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
puff_m_d Posted November 23, 2014 ID:911808 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Hello Pedro,That may have been my post here: https://forums.malwarebytes.org/index.php?/topic/150501-what-custom-shields-are-you-using-with-mbae-premium/#entry841710 For those that may be interested if you are on Windows 8/8.1/8.1.1 and would like to try shielding your Metro apps, you can try the following: Since almost all Metro apps run via WWAHost.exe, add a custom shield for it. I have been doing this since the Premium version of MBAE was released and it is working well here on my system...I used the browser profile and have not had any issues so hopefully this would work for all... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff pbust Posted November 24, 2014 Staff ID:911894 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Thanks Kent, I'll add your guidance to the FAQs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John A Posted November 24, 2014 Author ID:911898 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Thanks Kent I have added that shield in Windows 10TP9879. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
puff_m_d Posted November 24, 2014 ID:912005 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Hello, You are both very much welcome. Just remember, most Metro style apps will be protected this way but some do run via a different method. One example is the Metro PDF Reader. It uses the process "glcnd.exe" to run. I have also added this as a custom shield using the PDF reader profile. The only advice that I can give in these cases is to watch your task manager as you run Metro apps to see what process they use. Adding the process "WWAHost.exe" does cover most though... HTH... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff pbust Posted November 24, 2014 Staff ID:912132 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Added this to the FAQ. Thanks again Kent! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
puff_m_d Posted November 24, 2014 ID:912134 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Hello Pedro, You are most welcome ! I went a bit overboard in testing adding shields to MBAE when the first version that had this feature was released. At one point I had over 40 custom shields, many for apps that probably would never be exploited but did face the internet. Since my "overboard testing", I have lowered that number quite a bit though. FYI, I never had any issue with any app that I did add a custom shield for... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff pbust Posted November 25, 2014 Staff ID:912221 Share Posted November 25, 2014 Wow, that must be a record! Would have loved to see screenshots of all those custom shields. But it's awesome to get feedback that all those custom shields didn't cause any problems!! Thanks! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John A Posted November 25, 2014 Author ID:912256 Share Posted November 25, 2014 (I had posted this before but it hasn't appeared) I have two questions: 1. Are Store Apps just as vulnerable as exe files wrt Exploits, or are they more protected by a container of some type? 2. MBAE default shields includes "Internet Explorer" I think that many using Windows 8 would assume that this would include the Store app version of Internet Explorer as well, but it seems to me that the STore app version would not be shielded unless the WWAHost.exe" shield was added, and that can't be done on the free version of MBAE. (This isn't an issue with Windows 10TP9879 because the Store app version of IE doesn't exist, only the Desktop version) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
puff_m_d Posted November 25, 2014 ID:912257 Share Posted November 25, 2014 Hello Pedro, In giving the test version you sent me the once over, I have 36 custom shields on it at the moment, with no issues. I have attached a text file showing what I am testing at the moment as far as custom shields...MBAEcustom.txt Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John A Posted November 25, 2014 Author ID:912261 Share Posted November 25, 2014 You win! If only have 23! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff pbust Posted November 25, 2014 Staff ID:912262 Share Posted November 25, 2014 Nice !! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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