Malwarebytes scan freezes

[haroldland]

I have been using malwarebytes for nearly a year now, with a few items detected & removed, and no problems running the program or getting updates.

Since I updated malwarebytes to 1.40, it has frozen on 6 attempted whole scans

but quick scans work and find no problems

" 29:57

objects scanned 38506

curently scanning

C:\search\data\apps\windows\projects\SystemIndex\SecStore CiSt0000.002 "

uninstalled malwarebytes , reboot, reinstalled

it froze again at the same file, several times.

I deleted the file & ran scan again this time it stopped at the previous file,

C:\search\data\apps\windows\projects\SystemIndex\SecStore CiSt0000.001

I deleted the all (2) files in the folder & ran scan again.

froze again at the folder before

C:\search\data\apps\windows\projects\SystemIndex\

uninstalled Windows Search and malwarebytes, reinstalled malwarebytes,

It froze again after about 26 minutes.

My system

Windows XP service pack 2 with all critical updates

Other security pgms installed & up to date

Spybot

AVG free

Adaware

all of these find no problems.

regards

harold land

[prairie dog]

Hi and welcome to the forum!

Scan and post logs - read note at bottom in green

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1. Please read and follow the instructions provided here: I'm infected - What do I do now?

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[AdvancedSetup]

Please try the following first:

You may have corrupted files on your disk. Please try running the following.

First close ALL Applications as this routine will automatically restart your computer.

Click on START - RUN and copy / paste the following entry into the box and click OK

CMD /C ECHO Y|CHKDSK C: /F | SHUTDOWN /R /T 30

Download and install CCleaner

• CCleaner
  
• Double-click on the downloaded file "ccsetup223_slim.exe" and install the application.
  
• Keep the default installation folder "C:\Program Files\CCleaner"
  
• Click finish when done and close ALL PROGRAMS
  
• Start the CCleaner program.
  
• Click on Registry and Uncheck Registry Integrity so that it does not run (basically the very top, uncheck it)
  
• Click on Options - Advanced and Uncheck "Only delete files in Windows Temp folders older than 48 hours"
  
• Click back to Cleaner and under SYSTEM uncheck the Memory Dumps and Windows Log Files
  
• Click on Run Cleaner button on the bottom right side of the program.
  
• Click OK to any prompts
  

If you're still having freezing issues then go ahead and create a NEW post in the HJT forum as prairie dog posted about.

Thank you.