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MBAM Pro settings - how to automatically get "missed updates"?
I've been struggling with this problem (clearly must be a settings issue), but cannot seem to figure out what to do in order to avoid the problem symptom. Either that, or it's a program bug (which I will report on the MBAM forum, but I hate to post there because of "attitude").
I would like outside opinions HERE (where people respond intelligently) on which one it is, and if it's simply a settings problem then please tell me what to change.
Thoughts?
The problem is that I shut down (i.e. truly "shut down") one of my machines every night. Then sometime the next morning (or maybe even days later) I power it back on. This clearly means MBAM was not able to do its automatic scheduled database updates during those hours/days when the machine was powered off.
I would expect that at the next opportunity (i.e. when the machine is next powered on and the Windows startup boot process runs), that the program would automatically catch up with all missed database updates. I shouldn't be bothered by any notifications or prompts, nor should I have to do anything manual myself. It should just "catch up" automatically and quietly.
Note that there's no problem if the machine is left on forever. Automatic scheduled updates occur regularly, and without any involvement from me. It's only after this other situation when the machine was powered off past its scheduled update (and perhaps very long past that scheduled update) that the expected automatic update or "catch-up update" doesn't occur automatically.
So, what have I done wrong in my settings? Or, is this a program issue which should be reported to MBAM??
Here's what appears upon the next re-boot following a long powered-off period: The little red exclamation mark notifying me that there's a problem.
And if I open the program it tells me "database is out of date". I know that, but I wanted the program to simply "catch up" automatically in this situation, not require me to get involved manually to fix the problem.
And here are my settings: I believe I'm requesting database updates 4 times per day, i.e. every 6 hours.
NOTE: I have set 60-seconds as my "protection delay" interval at Windows startup, just to try and ensure that internet access is available when the machine is rebooted and MBAM is started. I thought this might help, but it doesn't seem to make an impact.