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This worked for me once I clicked on activate.

 

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 2.1.8.1057 is now in general release.

 

@RubbeR DuckY - Any future plans to have an official portable version of Malwarebytes Anti-Malware FREE?

 

I did that, and it said there was a problem with my license, and give me the options for how I got my license, so I said it's a purchased one and it succesfully activated again with the new license key format.
Strange though, because it didn't get it from a reseller, I bought it directly from Malwarebytes' website.

 

Hello BoerenkoolMetWorst:

Make good notes of what the replacement key is and keep in a safe place with the email received when the original sale was made through the cleverbridge.com transaction.

It's good the system is back to Home Premium again.

 

Yeah, I have that email backed-up, but it hadn't occured to me to backup the replacement key Thanks

 

Strange behavior this morning on x64 W7 SP1 with lifetime license! I first tried opening Malwarebytes (v2.1.8.1057 working normally all week!) using the icon in the taskbar. After that failure I opened the start menu and tried it from there, another failure. I tried some of the other taskbar icons, e.g. Norton, and they were all working. After a restart all is well, however, if I'd had a malware problem and needed Mlbyts I'd of been in trouble. Any input as to what may have happened appreciated!

 

Hello ratchet:

Valuable details may still be gleaned from the Windows system Event Logs for your historical records. Even if MBAM's GUI would not open, it doesn't mean that all modules and on-demand protections were not active and viable.

If the issue ever returns, and while it is present, please open a topic in the Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Help subforum where experienced helpers/staffers/experts will be happy to assist.

Thank you.

 

Just trying the 2.1.8.1057 Premium.
Online, everything works fine, Updates etc.
Going offline and try to run a scan, we have problems.
Evidently it is mandatory to be online as the programs insists of doing an update.
Otherwise, I have to wait approx 3 minutes before the scan eventually will start.

I want to get a live update, then do an offline scan.
If Malwarebytes does not like that - it just has to go.
Sorry about that.

 

Can you say why you prefer to go offline before starting the scan?

 

Sure can...
After online update all necessary data are on the computer.
So why should I stay online checking my system,
hoping no one else will eavesdrop.

 

Sorry, but I'm not understanding yet; are you concerned that MBAM somehow makes you vulnerable to eavesdropping?

 

I do the same. If I'm not using my browser I disconnect the Internet.

 

On my system, MBAM does routinely make connections to elasticbeanstalk.com, an Amazon Web Service, a "service for deploying and scaling web applications and services."

"Elastic Beanstalk automatically handles the deployment, from capacity provisioning, load balancing, auto-scaling to application health monitoring."

https://aws.amazon.com/elasticbeanstalk/

I also see connections to cloudfront.net as well as IP addresses not otherwise resolved but belonging to Amazon networks (i.e AMAZON-03 and -ZL4). I don't have any problems with that.

Premium depends on regular database updates, of course. I go with every 45 minutes. So it behooves me to remain online.

Database updates aside, if Free scanning otherwise might be found lacking in any way when offline, that would be useful to know.

 

During the 1.x version days, I used to see Edgecast and Highwinds connections for updates. Since 2.x came around, it's all Amazon. Every 45 minutes a different Amazon IP is used (when it was Edgecast and Highwinds, one IP was used all the time). Why so noisy?

 

I prefer to do all my scanning while offline. It defeats logic to use the internet while performing scans with security software. I'd have thought that would be the first lesson taught in AntMalware 101...

 

I brought the Amazon stuff up on MBAM's forum a while back, and this was the response...
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Amazon Web Services is a very reliable component of the CDN. MBAM makes the update requests, and the CDN fills the request if there is an update to provide.
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Really? You believe everything you hear? Wow.

 

Scanning with MBAM offline should be fine, but most anti-virus programs today require 'net connection [Cloud] for best results.

 

Actually quite the opposite is true, as most antimalware software theses days uses cloud scanning to increase detection rates. So, if you disconnect from the internet, less malware may get detected.

I have never disconnected from the internet before malware scanning, and this is the first time I've heard of anyone doing that.

 

Where in that sentence did I state that I believed it? All I provided was the reply MBAM gave me... ~ Snipped as per TOS ~

Yeah, I hear ya' loud and clear on that... whether it's a positive or a negative is debatable, each to their own I guess...

First time you've heard of it? Come on... you're kidding, right? You make it sound like its against the 10 commandments to turn your net access off during a scan. Calm down sunshine...

I only recently started looking into apps with cloud features, so most of my scans were conducted offline since no net access was required by the apps I already used. I'll meet you halfway on the "if you disconnect from the internet, less malware may get detected." comment... however on this one - "...and this is the first time I've heard of anyone doing that." - ~ Snipped as per TOS ~

 

as sometimes ago i wrote they have the same IP address, no more. "elasticbeanstalk" is one possible explanation but not all.

unconfirmed statement by hearing
at first those programs rely on signatures and sandboxing. if they dont find any signature match but suspicious behavior they send request to the "cloud". hash check and/or upload for further investigation. this improves the complete process but it may improve the dectection rate - or not. but - relying at first on a cloud service is a bad idea.

HTH

 

No, I'm not kidding, I have literally never heady of it before - even in the days before cloud scanning, and I've been removing malware from PCs for many years.

Thar's obviously not what I meant. I was just stating facts.

 

False positive ? Zamana Antimaleware.

 

You can report this at the MB forum.

First read the reporting instructions -- https://forums.malwarebytes.org/index.php?/topic/3228-please-read-before-reporting-a-false-positive/

Where to post the report -- https://forums.malwarebytes.org/index.php?/forum/42-file-detections/