Add processes to the Process Killer Custom Whitelist in the Malwarebytes Toolset

The Malwarebytes Portable Scanner in the Malwarebytes Toolset provides an optional Process Killer to terminate unnecessary processes before performing a malware scan. The Process Killer does not terminate critical Windows, Malwarebytes, or remote management processes by default to avoid potential issues. If needed, you can exclude processes using the Process Killer Custom Whitelist.

Process Killer Custom Whitelist Default Scan

Default Scan settings, including the Process Killer Custom Whitelist, are stored in: \Malwarebytes\MBTS\Data\Configuration\mbts-settings.json and will persist across future usage of an instance of the Toolset. This file can be deployed to other instances of the Toolset to share settings.

Edit Default Scan Settings using the Malwarebytes Toolset UI

1. Open Malwarebytes Toolset. 
2. In the Malwarebytes Portable Scanner section, click the settings icon and select Edit Default Scan.
3. Click Custom Whitelist in the Default Scan window.
4. Enter the name of the processes without the file extension you want to whitelist. Separate each by new lines in the Edit Whitelist window. Wildcards are supported.
5. Click Save in the Edit Whitelist window.
6. Click Save and your Default Scan settings update automatically. 

Manually Edit Default Scan Settings stored in mbts-settings.json

1. Open \Malwarebytes\MBTS\Data\Configuration\mbts-settings.json in a text editor or code editor.
2. Go to the CustomProcessWhiteList array that is nested in the ProgramOptions object of the MalwareSettings parent object.
3. Using standard JSON formatting, add processes by name without the extension to the CustomProcessWhiteList array. Added items must be wrapped in quotes for example and separated by a comma, and excluding a comma separation from the last item in the array. For example: "processname"),
4. Save the changes made to \Malwarebytes\MBTS\Data\Configuration\mbts-settings.json

Process Killer Custom Whitelist Custom Scan

You can also specify a one-time use Process Killer Custom Whitelist when performing a Custom Scan:

1. Open Malwarebytes Toolset.
2. Click Custom Scan in Malwarebytes Portable Scanner section of the Scan component.
3. Click Custom Whitelist in the Default Scan window.
4. Enter the name of the processes without the file extension you want to whitelist. Separate each by new lines in the Edit Whitelist window. Wildcards are supported.
5. Click Save in the Edit Whitelist window.
6. Click Scan.