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[Britton30]

My Malwarebytes keeps freezing .. been stuck on 51 seconds (scan) for 10 mins now, Im fed up with it and its heading for uninstall

Steph try the version Dave listed in POST 355, it has worked for me taking about 20-22 minutes for a complete scan of two drives.

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

Still sitting back using the 1.75 version, waiting until the bugs are worked out of the new version, and watching the show. Pardon me while I get some more popcorn.

 

[Layback Bear]

Beta V1004 did the same thing to me Stephie. I updated to V1007 and it fixed that problem on both computers.
I have not done anymore updates to the version. I going to wait awhile.

 

[A Guy]

Since I updated to 2.0.2.1009, full scan, with rootkit, no issues whatsoever. Knock head. A Guy

 

[Stephanie]

My Malwarebytes keeps freezing .. been stuck on 51 seconds (scan) for 10 mins now, Im fed up with it and its heading for uninstall

There have been several additional beta versions released after the original 2.0.1.1004 version your screenshot says you're still using, including 2.0.2.1010 just released.

The notes say a number of issues in the original 2.0.1.1004 (which you're running) have been corrected. You might try the latest beta version.

Thank you dsperber I will try the latest beta

 

[IownAmoneyPit]

Is the one off lifetime offer still available for MBAM? I haven't been home for a while so the machine I would have put it on may have to stay with the free version.

Here's one in Oz John, PC & Tech Authority Software Store - Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Premium v2 - 24% off RRP

Thanks for the link Gary as this was a last resort for me to obtain a lifetime license as having pursued the newegg.com specials posted in this thread a while back proved fruitless and wouldn't accept my order.

 

[Stephanie]

My Malwarebytes keeps freezing .. been stuck on 51 seconds (scan) for 10 mins now, Im fed up with it and its heading for uninstall

Steph try the version Dave listed in POST 355, it has worked for me taking about 20-22 minutes for a complete scan of two drives.

That works better thank you Gary

 

[Britton30]

You're welcome IOAP, that site seems to be the last one with others redirecting to it.

 

[jonnyhillow]

Hi , I was running the Mbam 1009 Beta version , do I need to completely remove that version to update to the new Beta version?

Thanks

 

[DavidE]

I installed 1010 Beta over the top of 1009 Beta without any problems.

In the past I have had issues installing a new version of MBAM where some file(s) couldn't be copied or renamed because they were open or in use.
I don't remember the exact error.

What I do now to install a new version:

Download the latest MBAM installer
Download the latest MBAM clean utility (just in case I have issues and need it)
Reboot - I use Hybrid sleep and it's normal for me to NOT have rebooted in days (or weeks).

Disable the network adapter
Disable real-time Anti Virus protection
Exit WinPatrol
Exit Malwarebytes

Run the MBAM installer
(If there are problems, I would run the MBAM clean utility and reboot as needed)

Enable real-time Anti Virus protection
Enable the network adapter
Update the MBAM definitions

Reboot
WinPatrol starts automatically after reboot
Make sure everything is running correctly
Sometimes it takes a couple of reboots

I disable the network adapter because I don't like disabling all security programs and being connected to the network, even for a short period of time.
Paranoia, perhaps...

Disabling the network adapter is not part of the "MBAM update instructions", and I've never read anyone suggest doing it.
I've done it this way for the last few version updates I've done, and it hasn't caused any problems for me.

I know this may sound too complicated and time consuming, but for me
It has allowed a version update without errors that cost me more time to correct after a failed update ...

 

[A Guy]

I have updated twice right over the previous version. A Guy

 

[Britton30]

Me too, I've not had any updating issues....so far. The 1007 and 1010 versions automatically did definition updates right after installing.

 

[DavidE]

New 2.0.2.1012 Public Beta version of Malwarebytes Anti-Malware released.

Build 2.0.2.1012 is now available. One issue discovered during testing of the last beta where some items were not detected which should have been by scans was fixed.

Source: https://forums.malwarebytes.org/index.php?showtopic=147144&p=829875

Download link is in the first post here:
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 2.0.2 Public Beta

 

[Britton30]

Thanks David. I'm using the 1010 beta and the auto definition update doesn't work but I have a thread on the MBAM forum about it.

 

[Brink]

Thank you David. First post updated.

 

[A Guy]

Thanks David, been satisfied since the 1st public Beta. Restored my faith in MBAM

A Guy

 

[A Guy]

Spoke too soon. Belive an update has borked it. I get multiple systray icons, that when I hover over them, they all disappear. If I click update in the program itself, Windows tells me it stopped working. I restored to an image from last weekend, and the previous version, same thing. That's what makes me think it was an update, because it was working fine then. Quite disappointed in MBAM just now



A Guy

 

[Callender]

MBAM Beta Releases

I've tried most of the recent MBAM Beta releases but not one of them has worked smoothly.

I'm sure that they will iron out the problems. For the time being I will stick to MBAM v1.75 but issues with the Beta releases of MBAM have led me to try alternative solutions - one of which I'm keeping installed!

 

[DavidE]

Spoke too soon. Belive an update has borked it. I get multiple systray icons, that when I hover over them, they all disappear. If I click update in the program itself, Windows tells me it stopped working. I restored to an image from last weekend, and the previous version, same thing. That's what makes me think it was an update, because it was working fine then. Quite disappointed in MBAM just now

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A Guy

Sorry to hear that, no fun at all ...
I'm surprised to hear restoring an image didn't help ...
What I would do now if I had this issue is run the MBAM-CLEAN utility and install the latest BETA version using these instructions:
https://forums.malwarebytes.org/index.php?showtopic=148561&p=830621

I've had program update problems in the past, and it's no fun losing all the settings, license, etc. and having to re-do it all.
That's why I now do a program update like this:
http://www.sevenforums.com/system-security/240099-latest-version-malwarebytes-37.html#post2771439

It looks like you have a similar "real-time" security configuration to what i have on my test system ...
Avast, MBAM, WinPatrol.

 

[A Guy]

Sorry to hear that, no fun at all ...
I'm surprised to hear restoring an image didn't help ...
What I would do now if I had this issue is run the MBAM-CLEAN utility and install the latest BETA version using these instructions:
https://forums.malwarebytes.org/index.php?showtopic=148561&p=830621

I did the full uninstall, reinstall thing before I restored a system image. It seems obvious an automatic update must be at fault since the restored system image immediately exhibited the same issue, even though it was working fine then, and for days afterwards.

It looks like you have a similar "real-time" security configuration to what i have on my test system ...
Avast, MBAM, WinPatrol.

Comodo firewall, Zemana Antilogger, Superantispyware Pro, Keyscrambler, EMET, Hitman Pro Alert... All play well together, no slowdowns or anything negative.

A Guy