Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware Fails to start protection

[dc116]

I am using a Windows Vista Home Premium laptop and Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware paid version.

There's a problem with the protection module, it won't run properly, every time I start it, it terminates.

Here's the log I found:

18:09:35 David ERROR zlib::decompress failed with error code 5

18:09:35 David MESSAGE Protection stopped

Before today everything was working perfectly fine, today I just opened my computer and this happened. I didn't install/uninstall any program yesterday.

Please help me, and thanks in advance!

[Swandog46]

Please try updating your database.

[dc116]

It did not work

[AdvancedSetup]

please send an email to support@malwarebytes.org and someone will assist you with this.

[glbeer64]

Greetings,

I to am having an issue with the protection failing with error [openEvent} Failed to perform desired action. Error Code 2

The only action preceeding this was running the programs update.

The system is running Windows XP x64 SP2

MalwareBytes Anti Malwareversion 1.41 (looks to be the latest)

Windows system event shows

Event Type: Error

Event Source: Service Control Manager

Event Category: None

Event ID: 7034

Date: 10/19/2009

Time: 6:18:34 PM

User: N/A

Computer: STASIS

Description:

The MBAMService service terminated unexpectedly. It has done this 1 time(s).

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Also this in the Windowws App event

Event Type: Error

Event Source: Application Error

Event Category: None

Event ID: 1000

Date: 10/19/2009

Time: 5:34:58 PM

User: N/A

Computer: STASIS

Description:

Faulting application mbam.exe, version 1.41.0.0, faulting module ntdll.dll, version 5.2.3790.4455, fault address 0x0004f053.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Data:

0000: 41 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 Applicat

0008: 69 6f 6e 20 46 61 69 6c ion Fail

0010: 75 72 65 20 20 6d 62 61 ure mba

0018: 6d 2e 65 78 65 20 31 2e m.exe 1.

0020: 34 31 2e 30 2e 30 20 69 41.0.0 i

0028: 6e 20 6e 74 64 6c 6c 2e n ntdll.

0030: 64 6c 6c 20 35 2e 32 2e dll 5.2.

0038: 33 37 39 30 2e 34 34 35 3790.445

0040: 35 20 61 74 20 6f 66 66 5 at off

0048: 73 65 74 20 30 30 30 34 set 0004

0050: 66 30 35 33 0d 0a f053..

Any assistance would be appreciated.

[yardbird]

@ glbeer64

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[AdvancedSetup]

What Anti-Virus are you running? Have you added file exclusions if needed?

http://www.malwarebytes.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=10138

Please post back the data value of this key in the registry

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup

SystemPartition

Have you tried the following?

Please try this on the computer that is having an issue.

1. Uninstall Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware using Add/Remove programs in the control panel.

2. Restart your computer (very important).

3. Download and run this utility. mbam-clean.exe

4. It will ask to restart your computer (please allow it to).

5. After the computer restarts, install the latest version from here. mbam-setup.exe

Note: You will need to reactivate the program using the license you were sent

Launch the program and set the Protection and Registration. Then go to the UPDATE tab if not done during installation and check for updates.

Restart the computer again and verify that MBAM is in the task tray and that you can run a quick scan and all is working as expected.