Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Updates

Hmm, seeing all these problems with Version 3 on the PC's, hopefully they won't try the same thing on the Malwarebyte for Mac. MBAM for Mac is only on demand at the moment, but according to the post on the Malwarebytes Forum they are looking at real time in the future. https://forums.malwarebytes.com/topic/192587-always-on/?do=findComment&comment=1082286

 

One thing I noticed is many problems people experienced were solved when they uninstalled and then did a clean install of version 3. Did you try that?

I would agree that v3 is not ready yet to be the primary security app, but it still works very well along side other AVs. Currently I use it with Windows Defender. The big advantage of v3 over v2 is dramatically faster scans with equally good detection. I understand that many users can't tolerate error messages and for them v2 is the better choice for now, but that will change.

 

To be clear I didn't say the program was a nightmare. I just acknowledged that you're one of the users who had problems. As for people helping MalwareBytes solve problems that is often what Wilders members do. The reason "they can't do it [all] for themselves" is because they can't always replicate the problems users experience in a limited number of machines in house. Some people will remember that the transition from v1 to v2 also took a while and there were bumps along the way. Eventually v2 turned out well though, so that makes me confident about v3 - updates will come. In the meanwhile we can use other security solutions.

 

I did, once with 3.0.4 and again with 3.0.5. But it still did not resolve the problem.

It is the repeating and incorrect error messages that are intolerable. If I got the error message just once after a boot, I could live with that since I rarely ever reboot - typically only after a Windows Update requires it. Otherwise, I just let my systems go to sleep. I could probably live with it if it happened just after waking too. But out of the blue in the middle of using the computer and after already telling it once to turn it on? No.

Speed during scans is not an issue for me. This is especially true when real-time protection is enabled because then, manual scans should rarely ever be needed.

 

Just wondering if this schedule is still accurate - there seem to be lots of unhappy users. Just hope you are able to stop the crew from abandoning ship!

 

What a mess!

 

I still have it installed, but essentially disabled, except for a scheduled scan (which is still slow on both my machines).
If I were to uninstall it, is there anything I should do besides a Control Panel uninstall?
Would a Revo uninstall be better, or is there some mbam cleanup utility?

 

There's no cleanup tool for v3 as of yet. Using Revo or IObit Uninstaller may help.

 

Paul, just make sure Exploit Protection is disabled first, lest you [could] have problems deleting their driver.

 

Thanks guys.

 

Oh, a couple more tips before uninstalling:

Make sure you deactivate your licence if Pro and disable Self Protection.

 

This seems to continue to be a festering wound for many. I would just like to know - how many people are uninstalling Malwarebytes 3 and going with another program, how many are uninstalling it and reverting to MBAM 2, how many are staying with MBAM 3, etc? Is there any way we can set up a poll showing this?

 

I used Revo Pro to clean up. Did a good job.

 

Could i go back and install mbam2 again without uninstalling mbam3. Will my mbam3 lic work on mbam2 if i uninstalled mbam3.

 

I think you will run into trouble installing MBAM 2.2 over MB 3.0. I'd uninstall first.

Yes, licenses work for both versions, but you may have to re-enter your key so make sure you have that handy.

 

I installed 2.2 again along with 3 to see if i could use them both together. That did not work to good. 2.2 wanted a restart to complete install and 3 shortcut icon was now locked up so i could not start up mbam3 now, so i uninstalled 3 with ccleaner and restarted to see how 2.2 will work. 2.2 installed with the old premium lic that it had before i installed 3 over the top of it. It looks like i will be using 2.2 until mbam3 starts to work a lot better.

 

It has me baffled why people ask for advice and ignore it when given.

 

Thanks for the advice Krusty.

 

I've temporarily uninstalled MBAM 3 and am trying Zemana Antimalware. Getting tired of messing with MBAM's problems even tho I have 3 lifetime licenses. Will see how it goes with Zemana.

 

https://forums.malwarebytes.com/topic/194279-malwarebytes-306-release-preview-now-available/

 

Thanks for the warning tip.

 

I should have waited one more day before i gave up on V3 and went back to V2.

 

That's a lot.

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