KAKTUS

I have been running MWB ver 1.46 for about 2 months now without any problems with updating files. I've made no changes to my computer or my browser (Firefox), So it would seem that the bug that caused Error Code(12031,0) has been cured in the software. Good work.

I haven't been able to update MWB for nearly a month, and I do load IE first. Last Error Message was, Error Code(12031,0) So I go back to my original post, What is the point of any software free or not that can't be reliably updated, It doesn't imspire confidence that it is up to the job? I just downloaded SuperAntiSpyware, also free, and it found 5 tracking cookies, no big deal, and 2 Trojans that MWB missed. I'm not the only person that has this problem with MWB, maybe get it operating reliably first, Then release it. Me I've had enough, I've deleted it.

Prickly?, Pissy?... MOI? Thanks to yourself, noknojon and Wiki I now have an understanding of the difference between Virus and Malware. It's good to know that my "Arsenal" is the same as yours. Thanks for all the assistance shown to a dumb newbie. Cheers, KAKTUS.

Thanks all parties for your patience and help, My problems with MWB have all been overcome thanks to your good advice. As a newbie to malware/viruses etc, I would like to ask 1 more question, If as GT500 says, MWB is not an anti virus software what does it do? I thought that viruses were the problem and as such were malware to be eliminated. Now I'm unsure...

Thank you exile360, You are the first person to say clearly that MWB only uses IE to update. Strange that MWB have coupled their software to what some people consider the worst browser on the net. I don't know why on some occasions MWB would download with Firefox and not other times.

To both links above I got the message... I don't use IE I use Firefox so IE and it's settings don't enter the equation. If I can can use the internet quite successfully, as I'm doing right now, with no problems with any downloads except Malwarebytes, the only logical conclusion I can reach is that the fault lies in Malwarebytes. To prove my point I just downloaded the latest Avast database and then tried to download the Malwarebytes database..... Sigh!, which just successfully updated the database from Ver 3510 to Ver 3581, Oh well, Such is life. I could have deleted this post so I wouldn't look like an idiot, but I chose to leave it so that anyone else who has the same problem knows that they're not alone. I don't know why for 3 days I couldn't update, I just kept getting the message, error 732(2,0), then on the fourth day it works as if nothing was wrong!

Thank you Arthur for your rapid response. I use Firefox not IE, and am certainly not working "Off line" so I don't understand what has gone wrong with Malwarebytes that has prevented it from downloading the latest definitions, I get the message, I have Avast running in the background as anti-virus, but I like to have Malwarebytes to scan at least once a week, and before each scan I update the definitions file. I am not able to do this now.

I've used Malwarebytes for several years and have occasionally encountered problems with it's inability to load it's own files. I also use Avast every month or so as a second check just to be sure. This morning I deleted version 1.39 and installed version 1.44, but still have the same problem, Error 732(2,0). I have a problem with any software that for whatever reason can't find and download files from the manufacturer's database. This to me is an indicator that the software is incapable of correctly installing. As I have the latest version as of this morning and it still wont work I think I'll start using Avast as my main anti virus scanner until the faults in malwarebytes are corrected.. ps: All the best wishes for the new year, KAKTUS.