Full scan only scans user folders for active user?

[AK47UK]

Hi all, been using MBAM scanner for years and MBAM Pro for a couple of years. I had a case yesterday where there was a corrupt user account on a PC, I suspected this was due to malicious files. I created a new user account to gain access t the machine, ran Rkill, then ran a full MBAM scan which found 21 odd files, mainly PUP.

 

I then repaired the corrupt user account in the registry and regained access to it, I ran CCleaner to clean the machine and then repaired the registry. Finally I ran another full scan using MBAM (logged in to the original user account which I had just repaired) but this time it found over 1000 PUP files. How were these not discovered on the previous scan?

 

Thanks

[Firefox]

Hello and

Can you please post the scan logs so that they can be reviewed?

Also Malwarebytes can not scan registry objects for all users it only scans the HKLM and HKCU (Current User) of the logged on user. So if you have multiple users its best to perform quick scans on each user account.

[AK47UK]

I'm afraid I don't have the logs but your explanation makes sense and in the future I will follow your suggestion of running a full scan in one user account and only a quick or flash scan in every other account

[Firefox]

Your quite welcome, although a Quick Scan in all accounts is all that is needed really. If you like you can do a full scan perhaps once a month if you want to catch any leftovers that may have been left behind..

[AK47UK]

So if I have an infected PC a quick scan is all that is needed to clear the infection? I have always ran a full scan which in some cases can take quite some time to complete!

[Firefox]

Yes a Quick Scan should take care of it just fine....