I have a free version 3.1.2.1733 and I'm unable to update - I get the well known error "Unable to contact update server." I also get the "Unable to contact license server." Which means I had to troubleshoot this connecting to server problem. I did the steps written here but encountered a problem when I wanted to do a clean removal. Or rather, download a file from http://downloads.malwarebytes.org, where the clean removal tool is located at.
I got this error [see attached picture], and it didn't matter what file I tried to download from malwarebytes downloads, I was never able to connect to it. I enabled all the pop-ups, disabled ad-blocking. I even tried the incognito mode but the same thing happened.
Now I'm thinking maybe whatever is causing this error is also causing the "Unable to contact update server" error in Malwarebytes, or am I wrong? Any ideas? (I have disabled AV and firewall while attempting this, all of the malwarebytes .exe files are also added as exceptions).
Thanks.