Soon, hopefully, Apple will release an update to Ventura that makes this workaround unnecessary. Okay, now that you know why all this happened, let’s look at how to fix it. How to Fix the MacOS Ventura Bug Crippling Your Malware and Other Security Tools Unfortunately, that fix caused other issues that never reared their ugly heads until after the macOS Ventura public release. Finally, he says, Apple opted to redesign the entire concept of how Full Disk Access worked. Fitzel told Wired that he and Apple worked on several potential fixes for the issue, but he was able to bypass all of them. It all happened as Apple tried to fix an exploit security researcher Csaba Fitzel found that allowed attackers to disable tools like Malwarebytes. But then we started seeing reports about other products, too, after people upgraded to Ventura, so we were like, “uh oh, this is bad.” We were getting bug reports from customers that something was wrong, and we were like, “crap, we just released a flawed beta.” We even pulled our beta out of circulation temporarily.

Thomas Reed, director of Mac and mobile platforms at Malwarebytes, says the realization hit just as the company was releasing a beta to extend Ventura compatibility. This holds especially true because apps don’t even realize they’ve lost the disk access they need to perform a comprehensive scan of your files and emails. It’s not the first troublesome change we’ve seen, but it is arguably the worst. Unfortunately, macOS Ventura has introduced a bug that revokes that access. Without Full Disk Access, real-time protection and other features simply can’t run. You may not remember, but you gave your antivirus or anti malware software that access when you first installed it. In order to scan your files and emails for potentially harmful software, apps like Malwarebytes require Full Disk Access. Malware and Other Security Apps Lose Full Disk Access

Apple says a fix is on the way, but here’s how to find out if you’re affected and “unbreak” what Apple has broken. A bug in the shipping version of macOS Ventura is breaking third-party security tools that protect you from malware. Along with the new features in macOS Ventura, there’s a pretty major security concern.

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