4 Users - 1 Scan?

[trying50]

Have used the Pro version of Mbam for several years now and it just struck me that I don't know if running a full scan on my user, also scans the other 3 users of this computer. Does it, or should all 4 of us run separate scans?

[Jekko]

Hello trying50,

 

You are correct that doing a full scan will scan the other 3 users.  Please keep in mind that it means that mbam will scan all the local files that are saved for that user's profile.

 

In a Windows operating system, all the personal files that are saved for a user will usually end up in a directory like:

 

C:\Users\ExampleUser\

or

C:\Users\DifferentUser\

 

From here, a user will have their own separate files such as "My Pictures", "My Documents", and anything personally saved on their desktop.  Does this answer your question?  

[trying50]

Yes thank you.

[exile360]

A Quick scan also checks key locations across all user profiles, not just the current user. The only limitation is that when scanning the registry, Malwarebytes Anti-Malware only checks the registry for the machine (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE) and the currently user that the scan is running under (HKEY_CURRENT_USER). It does not scan the local registry hives for other user accounts.