Less fingerprints in 1.62

[Assassin7772]

Hi, I don't know if this has been happening to any of you guys but I just noticed something that caught my eye. I had somewhere around 34,000+ fingerprints in v1.61 and now I have 30,5487, as I write this, this is the latest version. Is this normal? Also, the updates lag for about 3 secs before it shows that the database is being updated, then it zips by and updates in like half a second. The lag might just be my anti-virus, Avira Antivirus Premium. I haven't set any exclusions as I use Malwarebytes Anti-malware Free. I look forward to reading your answers. Thanks.

P.S: When I heard that v1.62 came out, being the impatient person I am, I uninstalled v1.61 and ran the clean-up tool at bleepingcomputer. Then I downloaded Malwarebytes from bleepingcomputer only to find that it was v1.61 again! They hadn't updated their version on the site. But just as it finished downloading, the program auto-updated to v1.62. The weird thing is that I had to run the set-up again after it updated to v1.62. I guess this is normal because technically I was downloading the program again. Did I do it right, or do I have to run M.B.A.M clean and download v1.62 again directly? Any help would be appreciated.

[fivealive]

you dont have to uninstall the program to install the new one unless theirs an issue. that being said next time just run the updater in the program and follow the steps to install the new version

[daledoc1]

Hi:

In addition to fivealive's advice , to answer your first question, YES, there was a database optimization yesterday: http://forums.malwarebytes.org/index.php?showtopic=112712

daledoc1

[Firefox]

Hello and

There was a database optimization done on 7/18/2012 and that is most likely the reason for the lower numbers..... You can read about it => HERE

As for installing the new version. You can just upgrade using the Update option within the installer and install over the old version, no need to uninstall first.

Or you can also download a new copy from => HERE, also no need to uninstall or use the mbam-clean tool.

[Assassin7772]

That makes sense. Thanks alot!

[Firefox]

Your quite welcome, we are glad to be of service.... should you have any further questions or comments don't hesitate to ask...