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Malwarebytes 3.5.1 is running well on my Windows 7 system but I still get occasional messages when I open the program that it cannot contact the licence server, although the program does open and my licence details are shown correctly on the account details tab. I attach the support tool logs. I haven't yet tried a clean re-installation, but that would be my next step - it's often resolved problems in the past but I've had to do it more often than I would like!

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13 hours ago, Malwarebytes said:

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If you haven’t already done so, please run the Malwarebytes Support Tool and then attach the logs in your next reply:

NOTE: The tools and the information obtained is safe and not harmful to your privacy or your computer, please allow the programs to run if blocked by your system.

  • Download Malwarebytes Support Tool
  • Once the file is downloaded, open your Downloads folder/location of the downloaded file
  • Double-click mb-support-X.X.X.XXXX.exe to run the program
    • You may be prompted by User Account Control (UAC) to allow changes to be made to your computer. Click Yes to consent.
  • Place a checkmark next to Accept License Agreement and click Next
  • You will be presented with a page stating, "Welcome to the Malwarebytes Support Tool!"
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  • Click the Gather Logs button
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  • Cancellations
  • Update Billing Info
  • Multiple Transactions
  • Consumer Purchases
  • Transaction Receipt

Please contact our support team at https://support.malwarebytes.com/community/consumer/pages/contact-us to get help

If you need help looking up your license details, please head here: https://support.malwarebytes.com/docs/DOC-1264 

 

Thanks in advance for your patience.

-The Malwarebytes Forum Team

Do you have another security software installed, like F-Secure by chance? Sometimes a conflict can cause this I believe. Have you check the site https://keystone.mwbsys.com for connection status?

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Thanks for your input but, no, I don't have any other security software that has not run comfortably with recent versions of Malwarebytes 3. My setup is as below. I hope that a staff member will check the logs above for any clues. Meanwhile, I'm going to do a clean install (yet again) with the support tool.

Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64x
MB Premium 3.5.1
Microsoft Security Essentials
CryptoPrevent Premium 9.1.0.0
Casper 10.1 Backup and Tweaking.com Registry Backup 3.5.3

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Used the support tool to carry out a clean re-installation but the message warning me of difficulty in contacting the licence server persists when I open Malwarebytes from the system tray. When I close that warning message, Malwarebytes then appears to load as expected with no errors showing. I did have to manually re-enter my Premium codes on re-installation - they weren't picked up automatically, but I can't remember whether or not that was the norm or not.

Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64x
MB Premium 3.5.1.2522
Microsoft Security Essentials
CryptoPrevent Premium 9.1.0.0
Casper 10.1 Backup and Tweaking.com Registry Backup 3.5.3

mbst-clean-results.txt

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Hi Devin,

No, don't have anything like that. Could it be anything to do with the awful satellite broadband system I'm stuck with in rural France? It's slow with dreadful latency and I believe there are all sorts of algorithms in the system that throttle some activities at certain times. If I browse to https://keystone.mwbsys.com/ I get a little OK as shown

 Keystone.JPG.c7e9faa1b1110a36f9850c71c6cf5184.JPG

Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64x
MB Premium 3.5.1.2522
Microsoft Security Essentials
CryptoPrevent Premium 9.1.0.0
Casper 10.1 Backup and Tweaking.com Registry Backup 3.5.3

 

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Yes, it could definitely be due to bad internet. While your browser can access the site fine in that one moment, we do a couple checks and a few back and forth calls to the server every so often to confirm your license. I'll talk to the product managers about trying to improve that connection for low latency

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Thanks, Devin, that could be very helpful. I often wonder what other problems I can lay at the door of the satellite system. I'm now line of site to a mobile mast where I should be able to get 4G internet using a SIM card in a modem, so that's my next project!

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