mawarebytes hacked???

[mlmcasual]

An hour ago my computer started going crazy.. and getting various activity that looked like a virus that includes,

windows screen video getting large and garbled, "security settings being applied" notice, computer freezing, and high cpu usage.

I tried rebooting and after several minutes computer would go crrzy again.. I then noticed maleware bytes is doing high CPU.. and come here to find out malware bytes is the culprit!

WHAT is going on??? The things I was seeing looked a LOT more then just some malewarebytes program update issue, looked like outside items happening like a virus. I see this happening to many people.. I also see that there have been other issues since DECEMBER 2017 (web protection shutting itself off) which I also am seeing.   

 

WHAT IS GOING ON??? Either malewarebytes update has been hacked, or there is a lelel of gross incompetence that is stunning. Either is completely unacceptable! When the expensive purchased software literally does the opposite of what it supposed to protect against and BECOMES a malware.. that is a pretty big fail.  Does anyone have any answers?

[Malwarebytes]

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[pcolaagent]

I agree! I have had great faith in Malwarebytes until today, I thought my surface pro was infected and it took several minutes to get a black screen to white then finally back on. I just uninstalled Malwarebytes and it seems to be working fine now. Someone needs to let us know what is going on.

[Aeon]

Having similar issue, web protection won't enable, tries to contact license server then comes back with error. Then usually mbam freezes and monitor goes to sleep saying no signal. What the hell? 

[AzKat]

No, just incompetents / drunks added several things to the blacklist, several things that shouldn't have been added to the blacklist.

[Swiped]

Hi Everyone,

We're aware of an issue with a protection update that shipped an hour ago that is causing all web traffic to be blocked and RAM usage to climb. We are triaging this right now with all hands on deck. 

We apologize for any inconvenience this has caused and are working hard to get a patch pushed out.

[nikhils]

We're sorry you had issues with our program today. We've addressed the issue and here's what you need to do to fix it.

*** How to resolve / verify you have the fixed update package ***

• Update package version 1.0.3803 or higher contains the fix
• To resolve, simply reboot your machine. In some cases, a second or even third reboot may be needed.
• To verify you have this update, go to Settings ->  About -> Update package version: 1.0.3803

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