I can not change active profile in Malwarebytes Windows firewall control

William654

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• Mar 18, 2026

• #1

Hi

All the profile options are disabled. How I can fix that ?

 

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Windows 115900x32 GB G.SkillRX 6800 XT

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Windows 11

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PC/Desktop

CPU

5900x

Motherboard

MAG X570S TOMAHAWK MAX WIFI

Memory

32 GB G.Skill

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RX 6800 XT

Sound Card

Creative Sound Blaster Z

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BENQ and AOC QHD 120Hz

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QHD

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2TB Intel 660p and 2TB Sabrent Rokect 4 plus nvme, 4TB HDD HGST

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Corsair RM750

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Bloody rage

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razer ornata

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William654

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• Mar 18, 2026

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found a solution. I right click on the icon and click "request elevation" After that, I find the profiles options are enabled again.

 

My Computer

At a glance

Windows 115900x32 GB G.SkillRX 6800 XT

OS

Windows 11

Computer type

PC/Desktop

CPU

5900x

Motherboard

MAG X570S TOMAHAWK MAX WIFI

Memory

32 GB G.Skill

Graphics Card(s)

RX 6800 XT

Sound Card

Creative Sound Blaster Z

Monitor(s) Displays

BENQ and AOC QHD 120Hz

Screen Resolution

QHD

Hard Drives

2TB Intel 660p and 2TB Sabrent Rokect 4 plus nvme, 4TB HDD HGST

PSU

Corsair RM750

Case

Bloody rage

Cooling

Water cooling gamdias 240

Keyboard

razer ornata

Mouse

razer da v2

Browser

FF and Chrome

Antivirus

Malwarebytes

OldMainframeGuy

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Windows 11 Professional 25H2

• Mar 18, 2026

• #3

William654 said:

found a solution. I right click on the icon and click "request elevation" After that, I find the profiles options are enabled again.

Click to expand...

That was added in a recent update; it had me puzzled too. There's no way that I can see to turn it off.

 

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Windows 11 Professional 25H2Intel Core i9 11900K64GBNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650

OS

Windows 11 Professional 25H2

Computer type

PC/Desktop

Manufacturer/Model

Digital Storm VELOX

CPU

Intel Core i9 11900K

Motherboard

ASUS PRIME Z590-P

Memory

64GB

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650

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Realtek onboard

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Acer R221Q 21.5"

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1920 x 1080

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2 x Samsung SSD 990 EVO Plus (1 TB)
2 x Seagate ST4000NE001 (4 TB)

PSU

None

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VELOX

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Cooler Master

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Logitech

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Kensington trackball

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Firefox, Chrome

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Windows Defender, Malwarebytes

Shamalow

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• Mar 23, 2026

• #4

You need to launch WFC in the Task Scheduler.

Read this.

https://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/windows-firewall-control-wfc-by-binisoft-org.347370/page-315#post-3266183

 

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Windows 11 Pro 23H2Intel 12700H32 GoRTX 3060

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Windows 11 Pro 23H2

Computer type

Laptop

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ASUS TUF Gaming F17 (2022) - FX707ZM

CPU

Intel 12700H

Motherboard

Asus FX707ZM

Memory

32 Go

Graphics Card(s)

RTX 3060

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C-MEDIA

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Integrated screen

Screen Resolution

1920x1080

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Intel NVME & WD Green NVME

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ROG Gladius III

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Edge

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Windows Defender