Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Updates

Discussion in 'other anti-malware software' started by puff-m-d, Nov 14, 2016.

  1. Azure Phoenix

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    What I find strange is that according to some comments Malwarebytes 3.0 uses more resources than MBAM 2 + MBAE + MBAR.

    Can anyone here actually confirm this?
     
  2. Krusty

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    Sorry, I've never used that combo as I'm happy with HMP.A.
     
  3. Trooper

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    Same here never used that combination. Ever since I've gone to Windows 10, it's changed everything. :confused:
     
  4. beethoven

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    @ Trooper
    out of curiosity - what level of RAM do you notice and what level would you consider acceptable?
     
  5. Trooper

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    Mine was well over 200MB. Not sure if that is normal or not, but more than I am used to seeing from other vendors.
     
  6. Trooper

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    As as side note, anyone here running it along with Windows Defender? Also I assume that default settings with it are ok? (MB that is).

    Thanks.
     
  7. smith2006

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    Thank you, got it! :)
     
  8. puff-m-d

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  9. beethoven

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    Trooper, yes, mine is about 275. Though I don't think that bothers me much. I have about 10 tabs open in Chrome and each of these is "costing" me from 100 to 200. So for me running Mbam is like adding one more tab in Chrome. My spotify streaming is about the same as is another browser I have open. I guess it depends on how much ram you have available.
    Btw, I am running this parallel to NOD as I still don't want to rely exclusively on mbam. Windows Defender is also running even though I don't care for it.
     
  10. roger_m

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    As long as the memory usage shown in Task Manager doesn't exceed 74%, then you've still got plenty of free RAM, which is all that matters when it comes to RAM usage.
     
  11. Victek

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    I run it along side Windows Defender. The only potential problem is Windows Defender will sometimes have real time protection turned off. If this happens the solution is to go to

    MBAM "settings/application/Windows Action Center"

    and change to "Never register Malwarebytes in the Windows Action Center".

    Then you should be able to turn Windows Defender real time protection back on.
     
  12. Trooper

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    I was not turned off by the memory usage, but less would have been more in my case. :)

    The thing that made me get rid of it again was due to performance issues, not the memory usage. My PC had a very noticeable slow down in general and web browsing went down the drain. Pretty sure it was a DNS issue. After going back to just running WD performance and web browsing were fine. I hope it gets sorted but time will tell.
     
  13. Trooper

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    Thank you for the heads up. I will keep this in mind when I decide to give it a spin again.
     
  14. rpsgc

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    How's performance of MBAM 3.0 at this point? Is it still heavy/sluggish?
     
  15. Nightwalker

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    I think there isnt a consensus about system impact, some find it light, some find it very heavy. I personally feel that MBAM 3.0 is very heavy/sluggish even on my i5 2500 with plenty of ram, there is a noticeable impact on DNS resolution latency and some apps startup time.
     
  16. Trooper

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    I concur with everything Nightwalker just stated.
     
  17. Quassar

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    MBAM scanner detection rate is rly sux they have only good web filter but you need pay version... if you wanna some o/d scanner I more preffer zemana and hitman pro.. about usage currently after half day wokring on pc MBAM display 245k usage ram. So i guess is more light than fresh 3.0 half year ago while it eat me even 400 ram.
    About speed: scan quick scan is rly quick but normal is mid speed not fast but not too slow also.
     
  18. rpsgc

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    Figures. I guess I'll stay with Zemana for now.

    Thanks.
     
  19. emmjay

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    Over the past 2 weeks, I have found that if I right click the tray notification icon and click on 'open malwarebytes' , it will often not open the program. I go back to click it again and the menu is different; 'open malwarebytes' is replaced with 'quit malwarebytes'. Also, 'check for updates' is grayed out. The icon selections are then basically non-responsive. A restart resets it though. I have 3.1.2 installed and all seems to be working just fine except for this one odd problem.
     
  20. daman1

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    Lol not sure what you guys call heavy but I just tried it for the first time on my personal Windows 7 and 8.1 and after a few days now it's like a feather for me I don't even know its there very good program in my opinion. I have it running alongside bitdefender AVP paid with all real-time modules running.
     
  21. Trooper

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    Everyone's setup is different. For me, it slowed my PC down and made web browsing s-l-o-w. Though I will say it is improving, but for me, it is not there yet.

    That said, YMMV.
     
  22. Nightwalker

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    I like MBAM 3 but in my experience it is heavy (even just MBAM enabled in a clean Windows 10 install).

    Look at the DNS latency while it is active:

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    If it is off the latency is just 1 ~ 2 ms, apps startup is very slow too with protection running.

    Kaspersky Internet Security or Emsisoft Anti-Malware for example are much lighter in my machine.

    I will try it again later and measure the impact while launching common software with AppTimer.
     
  23. daman1

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    Need to remember there is multiple modules in this suite running, Anyway no slowdowns here working fine.
     
  24. Trooper

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    Yup understand. That said everyone's experience has been different.

    So you run MB, Zemana, and Bitdefender with zero slowndowns? Impressive.
     
  25. daman1

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    Right, I do keep my PC light from other programs also.
     
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