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Try rebooting, then check for updates again to see if that fixes it.

The quick scan will find any malware that's active on the system that MBAM is capable of detecting. The only real usefulness of the full scan is detecting the occasional trace that get's missed by the quick scan, and even that's pretty rare. According to one of the developers the quick scan catches 99.9% of the malware that MBAM will detect.

Wow, that's interesting. I didn't know they had issues running in tandem. I could've sworn I'd seen other users running them together successfully. What AV do you run?

No problemo. By the way, just for future reference (and for situations where scanning offline is necessary) one of the best scanners/removers out there is the Avira Rescue CD: http://dl.antivir.de/down/vdf/rescuecd/rescuecd.exe It's a bootable ISO that is updated frequently and lets you scan for and remove infections offline.

Greetings craig and vince29 Please follow the instructions in the first post here (if possible): http://www.malwarebytes.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=9499 Then post your results/issues to that thread as the developers have been watching it to flush out the cause and fix this issue. Thanks.

I seem to recall one of the developers mentioning a while back that they were planning on implementing the use of proxies in a future version (probably 2.0) but don't quote me on that.

1. Honestly, I'm not sure on this one, but I haven't heard of any recent issues with FF, it's also listed as compatible on the Spywareblaster page: http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html#Browsers Also note that many of the users here run FF and Spywareblaster and I've heard nothing negative about it from them. 2. Nope, in fact I've never encountered one, also keep in mind that Spywareblaster doesn't block web sites, it just adds them to the restricted zone, which although it limits what a web page can do, does not block the page altogether (a hosts file is what blocks pages). It also blocks known malicious activex controls (somewhat irrelavent for FF, but good for IE).

I don't think it's quite so much a matter of trying to alienate users. It's simply the way that Malwarebytes' works. Even if a PE plugin was made, Malwarebytes' wouldn't be too effective in that environment because of the way it detects malware, meaning it probably would detect very little. More info about how MBAM (Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware) detects malware and the reasons it won't work very well under a PE environment can be found here: http://www.malwarebytes.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=9978 Although it would be possible to make MBAM work under PE using a plugin, for it to be effective it would have to be completely re-coded and would lose a lot of what makes it so light on resources, quick to scan with, and effective against new infections.

It would miss things like actual viruses, older infections commonly detected by most AV's and older spyware. But most, if not all of these should be detected by a good AV product. It also will generally only detect items that are "active", in other words the developers won't add some ancient piece of malware to the definitions if it's not even out there infecting anyone anymore. It's made this way to keep it light on resources and not conflict with AV software that's also running on a user's system.

I'd been wondering for a while now how you handled these situations (never asked cuz I don't have RR Pro). I would've guessed you'd be accommodating, and that's what I figured (or at least hoped) that's what the options would be. Just another example of a company that puts users first. Bravo.

Hello Rainbow1112. It's possible that you have data corruption causing the issue. Have you tried running chkdsk on your C: drive yet? If not, then go to Start and click on Run and copy the following text into the run box: cmd /c echo y|chkdsk %systemdrive% /f then save anything you're working on and reboot your computer. When the PC reboots it will run a disk check to see if there's corruption and attempt to repair it, it takes a bit so just let it run.

Malwarebytes' isn't an antivirus, in fact it's designed to detect the infections that most AV's miss, so having it installed with NOD32 should be fine. Also note that there shouldn't be any conflicts running the two of them together in realtime.

That's correct, Spywareblaster would be fine, and if you also installed Spybot Search & Destroy and used the Immunize feature built into it, that would be a good idea as well, just don't install TeaTimer, as it may conflict with the other security software on your system.

Absolutely, in fact that's the method many malicious rootkits and trojans are using these days, and with MBAM using drivers to scan for and kill the nasties, it's kind of like fighting fire with fire (and it's incredibly effective).

Exactly, just add it to the ignore list.

Greetings Christian. I'm glad the software helped you get cleaned up, and just for future reference, you didn't have to pay for the software for it to remove the infections, scanning for infections and removal of infections found are included in the free version. Of course, having the paid version will most likely save you from future headaches as it will prevent the nasties from getting into your system in the first place. I just wanted to make sure you were clear on how it worked. Anyway, on to your question, around here we certainly recommend you keep an active anti-virus to go with Malwarebytes' just as Insomniac said. The one's I recommend are Avira (free or paid version), Avast (free or paid), Kaspersky (paid) or Eset NOD32 (paid). Most of the time Avira gets recommended above the others around here because it has a free version and has excellent detection rates for new infections. I would also recommend a good firewall, for a free one (but only if you're running Vista) would be Vista Firewall Control, and another free one would be Comodo Personal Firewall (works with XP and Vista) but if you pick Comodo, make sure not to use the Defense + component in Comodo if you've got an antivirus installed because they will conflict. If you need any more info just let us know. Good luck and safe surfing.

If an FP is discovered, they're very quick to fix it as well, as long as it gets reported. And by quick, I mean usually within an hour or two (sometimes only minutes).

Just checked your MVP page, Rootkits for Dummies huh? I'll bet that's an interesting read.

I knew I'd seen that one somewhere. That explains it, I used to go on castlecops (computercops.biz) quite a bit myself, didn't post there much, but learned LOTS from reading.

Yup, I must agree. Love your avatar by the way, Darkwing Duck rules!

There might be some similar feature (or perhaps identical) in the Tech License version, you can get more info on it if you email support http://helpdesk.malwarebytes.org/login or by sending a private message to one of the developers (I'd recommend Rubber Ducky).

Yeah, I can certainly see where you're coming from but I still think it's good to have such "detections" in a malware removal tool, but further documentation for the user should be implemented so they understand why it's detected so the user can make up their own mind, and if indeed the user was the one making these changes, then they should have no trouble doing so, as long as MBAM provides proper documentation of what exactly the detection means (listing a reg key and saying "hijack" and "bad" or "good" isn't quite adequate in my opinion. I know I wigged out the first time I saw it hit on my old XP system (I always disable "Help and Support" on the start menu). After analyzing the detection string, I quickly recognized what it was, but initially I was worried.

Aww, isn't the users' appreciation enough?

Oops, my bad, it's just not considered "critical" by MS, that's why I overlooked it. I have the server service and file and print sharing as well as default shares disabled anyway, of course most users do not.

Greetings. the way that Malwarebytes' works, full scans really aren't necessary so file exclusion should be a non issue. In fact, according to the developers, a quick scan will find all the infections that Malwarebytes' can detect on a system (at least if the threats are active).