Fairiequeen

Thanks...was using Firefox but had checked permissions and on-line setting for IE, even tried using IE as default with default settings. I did disable all of the above security/firewalls...to no avail. i gave up and went to sneaker net to copy the rules.ref file from this vista machine and flashdrive loaded to my XP machine...the XP is primarily for off-line work anyway so will run the new upgrade and see if anything shows up...thanks anyway to both of you...much appreciated. If anything comes up in the scan, or if I I can access the upgrade after scanning, I will let you know.

Done ...twice...no update. Even went back to download the setup file again...Ran the TCPView and again mbam.exe does not show up at all when it tries to update as part of the setup process , and/or when I select from the program itself. I tried running ONLY malwarebytes when trying to update...i.e., no browser or any other app running...TCPView showed the following two 'processes': java.exe:2184 TCP 127.0.0.1:3754 127.0.0.1:32000 ESTABLISHED Wrapper.exe:1508 TCP 127.0.0.1:32000 127.0.0.1:3754 ESTABLISHED ...as mentioned earlier, I have been out of this biz for a while, not sure if that is normal or not...obviously I can get on-line, and to Malwarebytes.org...I am stumped...I recommended loading this on many friends machines in the past...and to date it has been great at finding and getting rid of the few viruses that have found their way onto my pcs...any other suggestions.

Done...but nothing shows up other than the standard processes. (ex: firefox.exe:684 TCP posthumanti:3585 localhost:3584 ESTABLISHED ) I had been using Malwarebytes for two years, it worked before and then I updated to the newer version last week and it has not been able to update the database since. I was having the same problem with my other pc (but it was running vista and after resetting the LAN settings it is working fine and updated today...sorry not the most technically adept...have been out of IT for ten years now :-)

Checked for fixes...tried LAN settings per general FAQs, but still have same error. I am running XP home.