Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1.50 Public Beta

Nosirrah, what do you think about the number of I/O reads that we are getting?

 

The code team is looking into a number of minor issues and this is on the list.

We did fix one issue database side and anyone with a slower system should see a decent increase in scan speed already.

 

I tried on my low end, dual-core machine. It dropped from about 5.5min to 4.5 minutes. I still don't understand how some people are getting scan times <2min. It's not like I have a lot of data.

 

I get under 40 seconds for quick and under 8 seconds for flash.

Disk access combined with total to scan trumps everything with CPU coming in second. Also CPU speed is not a direct indicator of potential performance. I believe an i series CPU (even with all but one core disabled) running @ 1ghz would be faster than a 3ghz P4 because of what takes place each cycle.

 

You have no idea how relieved I am . We hope everyone is enjoying the 1.50 beta -- the team is excited to get the release out!

 

Here's my scan info for reference.

Phenom X6 1055T @ 3.5GHz
8GB DDR2
WD6401AALS
Win 7 Ult

Scan #1
Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1.50 Public Beta
www.malwarebytes.org

Database version: 5110

Windows 6.1.7600
Internet Explorer 8.0.7600.16385

11/13/2010 7:46:18 PM
mbam-log-2010-11-13 (19-46-1.txt

Scan type: Quick scan
Objects scanned: 146401
Time elapsed: 1 minute(s), 8 second(s)

Scan #2 (immediately after #1)

11/13/2010 7:47:01 PM
mbam-log-2010-11-13 (19-47-01).txt

Scan type: Quick scan
Objects scanned: 146405
Time elapsed: 24 second(s)

It appears MBAM is building a clean cache.

 

Definitely lighter than the previous version.

Noticed the 1.50 beta wasn't updated for a few days, although my system's been on and connected to the net. (Vista 32 - no other security app running but MBAM pro).

 

Does MBAM Pro 1.5 keep its fingerprinting even after reboot?

 

Much improved scanning. Awesome!

Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1.50 Public Beta

Scan #1
Database version: 5109
Scan type: Quick scan
Objects scanned: 122743
Time elapsed: 2 minute(s), 15 second(s)

Scan #2
Database version: 5109
Scan type: Full scan (C:\|)
Objects scanned: 204030
Time elapsed: 20 minute(s), 51 second(s)

Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1.46
On a Full Scan would have taken 35 to 45 minutes.

50% reduction in scan time =

You guys are the best.

P.S. My scan times match stopwatch, +/- 1 second for mental pause.

 

Excellent scan speed improvement.
Quick scan from 5.40 min.(v1.46) to 2.52 min.(v1.50b)
Thanks

 

Is allowing the GUI to remember its window settings such as size and position also on the list?.

I asked for this small enhancement back in December 2008. MBAM only knows one size and one window position when it is run. This was the response from RubbeR DuckY at the time:

"I'll see if I can add the ability to save the window position when the user clicks Exit."

How difficult can this be to implement (2 yrs and counting ) ?

Al

 

from RubbeR DuckY here on the MBAM forums...

The public release is planned for Monday, November 29th, 2010 if everything goes as planned .
Thank you for your great testing!

Marcin Kleczynski
President and CEO

 

thanks page

 

Thanks Page42 I am eagerly waiting for it

 

cool~ cant wait !

 

me too

Mbam rocks

 

it rocks

 

Yeah, but what about the real-time disk I/O? Is it still really resource heavy when it comes to real-time scanning of executables?

 

still very high man

 

That's too bad. I had plans on using my paid version of MBAM for my netbook. I'll keep it as an on-demand scanner then.

 

it is high but the system feels fast and light

 

I can confirm this

Gerard

 

It is high but I don't notice it. Feels very light.

 

Same here

 

On the I/O bytes topic, we made a lot of changes that made things a lot faster but that count was not affected all that much so I'm not sure it is a great benchmark or at least not for us or this release.