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[Britton30]

Think I'll stick with 1.75 till they figure it out.

 

[DavidE]

I normally login with a Standard/Limited account and haven't seen this issue.
Does anyone have this issue with a Standard/Limited account?
Maybe it's a problem when logged in as an Admin user ?

 

[Britton30]

Could be, I've never used any other accounts.

 

[A Guy]

Ran a Custom scan as I slept (It had the rootkit scan unchecked by default), and it completed. No idea if it froze, but it didn't BSOD. I'll have to try a scan while I'm using the PC to see if it's the same. A Guy

 

[Britton30]

Bill are you using the Admin account too?

 

[DavidE]

You can see how long the scan took in the report ...

 

[Britton30]

"Threat Scan" is the new term for "Quick Scan" isn't it? How long is a full scan?

 

[A Guy]

This account is an Admin, yes. A Guy

 

[DavidE]

I would be happy if ANY scanner could do a FULL (Custom) scan in less than an hour!
I have several hundred GB of media files and other "large files" online normally ... on a HD spinner
That's where I see the problem with a FULL scan ...
SSD vs HD = big difference
Scanning these "media and large files" is what takes so long for me ...

 

[UsernameIssues]

I run the scan on the trouble computer just a few minutes ago and it stopped on:
Windows\Web\Wall Paper Scenes\img29.jpg for 15 min.
It will probably be on your computer. It comes with Windows I think.
When you see the picture you will understand why it takes so long to scan it.
When the scan completed it found this.
Trojan: Boaxxe in file x86 asus aasp 1.01.02 pow nap.dll
I'm going to do more investagating. I scan the pictures and found no problem after removing the Trojan.

I added some info to the bottom of this post about mbam scanning these images.

Maybe I missed this, but does the free version 2.xx also cause freezes, or just the Pro (paid) version?

I'll test that a bit later.

Here is an MBAM forum thread where someone has issues with the Free version:
https://forums.malwarebytes.org/index.php?showtopic=145257

Nice find, but different from what these videos show. I was able to do other things during the scan, especially while mbam was hanging up and doing nothing.

I normally login with a Standard/Limited account and haven't seen this issue.
Does anyone have this issue with a Standard/Limited account?
Maybe it's a problem when logged in as an Admin user ?

I'm testing the trial version as a standard user now. I've already seen some brief hangs like those in the 2nd video. [FYI - Those videos were taken while logged on as admin. The total scan time was more than 4hrs on a VM (SSD) with only a few things installed... but don't put too much stock in that long scan time - because Process Monitor was eating up a lot of resources. I should of setup Process Monitor to be backed by files on a drive not being scanned.]

 

[UsernameIssues]

The trial version as a standard user definitely hangs on those same image files. I just killed the scan/test after 20+ minutes of inactivity on the part of mbam. In all of these testes, I've not seen a reason for mbam to hang like that. Its not like it was yielding to some other process.

Now to test the free (non-trial) version...
...using an admin account <---same hang
...using a standard account <---same hang

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[Lady Fitzgerald]

Think I'll stick with 1.75 till they figure it out.

That's what I've been doing ever since it was announced.

 

[ThisIsMadness91]

I just noticed that I can't scan selected files by right-clicking them with V2. Is it like that for everyone or just me?

 

[UsernameIssues]

I just noticed that I can't scan selected files by right-clicking them with V2. Is it like that for everyone or just me?

You are correct. That option is no longer on Explorer's file or folder context menu.

 

[greebal]

I just noticed that I can't scan selected files by right-clicking them with V2. Is it like that for everyone or just me?

You are correct. That option is no longer on Explorer's file or folder context menu.

I just checked and I do have that option.

 

[UsernameIssues]

I just noticed that I can't scan selected files by right-clicking them with V2. Is it like that for everyone or just me?

You are correct. That option is no longer on Explorer's file or folder context menu.

I just checked and I do have that option.

That is because you installed version 2 over top of version 1 - correct?

The Explorer context menu option to scan stuff is added by version 1.xx.

That Explorer context menu option is not removed by installing version 2.

A fresh install of version 2 does not seem to have anything added to Explorer's context menu :-(

 

[greebal]

Ahh, yes I did install version 2 over top of version 1

and I just got an update today to version 2.0.1.1004

 

[DavidE]

I just noticed that I can't scan selected files by right-clicking them with V2. Is it like that for everyone or just me?

In Settings/General Settings make sure Explorer context menu entry is set to Yes.

 

[UsernameIssues]

I just noticed that I can't scan selected files by right-clicking them with V2. Is it like that for everyone or just me?

In Settings/General Settings make sure Explorer context menu entry is set to Yes.

Ahhh, so off by default.

I don't have version 2 installed permanently, so I've not looked around the interface that much. Thanks.

 

[ThisIsMadness91]

In Settings/General Settings make sure Explorer context menu entry is set to Yes.

Thanks for that. I'm surprised it's off by default.