MalwareZombie

Oh Thank you for clarifying this. Since I’m just trying to remediate infections already on the system, I think I’m fine without Real-Time protections. I missed the R-TP heading and assumed some infection rendered my install useless. So I just click start scan? I don’t recall using MBAM being so simple. I noticed Quarantine Threats is also available as Premium Only. But the free version still offers me some way to remove detected threats, right? Thank you for your very thorough response exile360

Hi, I’m trying to clean up an old infected laptop I saved because it has the only copies of my family’s photos pre-dating 2013. This is a Compaq Presario F700 running Windows Vista Home Premium SP2. I have twice installed (once uninstalled) MBAM but each time it installs it states Web, Exploit & Malware Protection are available in “Premium Only”. I’ve not used this computer for many years but had used MBAM back in 2013. Doesn’t seem like that should prevent me from using the free version 5 years later. Please advise. Thank you in advance for your help