[IMPORTANT: Web Blocking / RAM Usage]

Just now, GtomWilliams said:

I am convinced that all those posting congratulating MB on doing such a “magnificent job” are post by employees or non-affected trolls.  No one in their right mind thinks this is all OK.  This is not the first time. The issues of CPU and memory utilization have been problematic for a while.  Pushed updates are also a problem.  That is the reason I will not update to Windows 10.  Give us the option to install updates. I do not want to be the first to install an update.  I typically wait a few days then install.  

Many love to live on the cutting edge or technology –let them agree to test and report to you the problems.  Then update everyone; those who have production systems and networks.   

Like I said in previous post – Malwarebytes this is wake up call. You cannot abuse your customers and expect us to stay or continue to use your product.  I will not recommend this product to my clients until you have won back my trust. Your continued silence is not making me feel confident you understand the magnitude of the problem.  

 

Respectfully, just because the patch/fix worked for me personally doesn't make me a "troll," and neither does it make me an employee or otherwise an avid proponent of MB's products and treatment of its customers.

I do agree however that this new trend of things automatically updating without my permission is downright ridiculous.

[IMPORTANT: Web Blocking / RAM Usage]

16 hours ago, 1776blues said:

So, care to elaborate how or what fix you used? Are you real?

OK so here's what I did... (I'm not very knowledgeable of computers in general, so bear with me if my language isn't correct):

- While MB was having memory leak, went to task manager and ended MB process... it re-launched itself a couple times but stopped trying to launch after I disabled web protection (which had been turning itself off and on repeatedly) and ended MB task a few more times
- Rebooted pc, disabled MB while it was starting itself up, went online to investigate
- Was directed to this forum post so I followed the instructions... ensured web protection was still turned off, updated MB, rebooted pc, re-launched MB and turned real time web protection back on. As of this morning (~8:50am PST) MB has been running at normal memory usage (around 255mb as of writing this, compared to 12K+ which crashed my computer earlier) and I've run a couple full scans to test it out. Everything appears normal so far, to the best of my understanding:

To answer your other question, I'm afraid I can't provide much input there. I'm pretty certain that I'm real and in human form, but metaphysics goes way over my head.

[IMPORTANT: Web Blocking / RAM Usage]

Issue resolved for me. Thank you!

[Massive Memory Leak - Uninstall]

Greetings, new forum user here, came to discuss the same thing. Had an interesting morning with 98% CPU usage, unusual performance and a bizarre, glitched-out BSOD. Being a new user I thought MB was fighting an attack of some sort, gave me a fright. But then I saw a BleepingComputer article which mentioned some sort of update giving users trouble, so hopefully that's all it is.