[ RESOLVED ] MBam 3.6 won't accept ID and Key Lifetime

[Wilpower 0]

Hi

Had to uninstall Mbam and then reinstalled but now when I want to activate (Lifetime) License in the Free program I get an error

Screenshot attached

Please any direction appreciated.

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[exile360 22]

Greetings,

I would suggest first making certain that you copy and paste your ID and Key into the fields provided rather than typing them if you haven't tried that already.  Also be aware that now that Malwarebytes 3 is available and is using the new license key format, you will need to enter your ID and Key in reverse order with the first field provided being for the longer Key string and the second field below it being for the first/shorter ID string.

If that didn't resolve the issue then please contact Malwarebytes Support directly and they will assist you further with this.  You may contact them via the options available on this page.

If there is anything else we might assist you with please let us know.

Thanks

[Wilpower 0]

Thanks for your reply.

Yes have used Mbam for many years. Apparently switching the longer Key in the top for ID and the ID below for Key doesn't work as this does not envoke the green check marks so the Avtivate Box is greyed outl

THis is the first time I've had trouble activating product after reinstall.

[exile360 22]

It could be an issue with the license validation system.  The Malwarebytes Support team has direct access to that system so they should be able to determine what's going on with your license and get the problem corrected.

[Wilpower 0]

THanks submitted a Ticket  #2434668

[exile360 22]

Excellent, you should receive a response soon, most likely sometime tomorrow depending on how big Support's ticket queue is at the moment.

[AdvancedSetup 28]

Hello @Wilpower

The error shown indicates that your computer is unable to contact our license server to obtain a token. Please run the following for me and we'll see if we can get it resolved for you.

 

Please provide the following logs and we'll verify what is actually going on with your system or Malwarebytes program.

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!"
• Click the Advanced Options link - do not click Get Started
  
  
   
• Click the Gather Logs button
  
  
   
• A progress bar will appear and the program will proceed to gather troubleshooting information from your computer
• Upon completion, click OK
• A file named mbst-grab-results.zip will be saved to your Desktop
• Please attach the file in your next reply.

 

 

[Wilpower 0]

OK I'll gather that information asap

Thanks for your help.?

[Wilpower 0]

Gather Logs attached

mbst-grab-results.zip

 

I'll await your input.

THanks

Edited October 3, 2018 by Wilpower

[AdvancedSetup 28]

Even our support tool is being blocked from network access. My guess is that the firewall or process engine from your Trend Micro Maximum Security is blocking Malwarebytes.

Can you please temporarily disable Trend Micro Maximum Security including Firewall and then run Malwarebytes again and check for updates. Then see if you're able to activate too.

 

[Wilpower 0]

?Thanks for your time, I had suspicions....those buggers

 

No Luck. Even exiting Trend completely doesn't resolve issue. Don't see how Tech support will be able to help

Edited October 3, 2018 by Wilpower

[AdvancedSetup 28]

Okay, let me have you run the following and post back the logs

 

Please download Farbar Recovery Scan Tool and save it to your desktop.

Note: You need to run the version compatible with your system.
You can check here if you're not sure if your computer is 32-bit or 64-bit

• Double-click to run it. When the tool opens click Yes to disclaimer.
• Press Scan button.
• It will make a log (FRST.txt) in the same directory the tool is run. Please attach it to your reply.
• The first time the tool is run, it also makes another log (Addition.txt). Please attach it to your reply as well.

[Wilpower 0]

Here you are. Should help in your dev. investigation

THanks

Addition.txt

FRST.txt

[AdvancedSetup 28]

None of the obvious issues, but you are having some conflict that needs to get resolved. Please enable your System Restore

https://www.windowscentral.com/how-use-system-restore-windows-10

 

 

==================== Restore Points =========================

ATTENTION: System Restore is disabled

==================== Faulty Device Manager Devices =============

==================== Event log errors: =========================

 

 

 

Application errors:
==================
Error: (10/03/2018 02:01:54 PM) (Source: SecurityCenter) (EventID: 17) (User: )
Description: Security Center failed to validate caller with error %1.

Error: (10/03/2018 01:31:54 PM) (Source: SecurityCenter) (EventID: 17) (User: )
Description: Security Center failed to validate caller with error %1.

Error: (10/03/2018 01:29:33 PM) (Source: Microsoft-Windows-CAPI2) (EventID: 257) (User: )
Description: The Cryptographic Services service failed to initialize the Catalog Database. The ESENT error was: -1032.

Error: (10/03/2018 01:29:33 PM) (Source: ESENT) (EventID: 490) (User: )
Description: Catalog Database (4076,D,50) Catalog Database: An attempt to open the file "C:\WINDOWS\system32\CatRoot2\{127D0A1D-4EF2-11D1-8608-00C04FC295EE}\catdb" for read / write access failed with system error 32 (0x00000020): "The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. ".  The open file operation will fail with error -1032 (0xfffffbf8).

Error: (10/03/2018 01:29:23 PM) (Source: Microsoft-Windows-CAPI2) (EventID: 257) (User: )
Description: The Cryptographic Services service failed to initialize the Catalog Database. The ESENT error was: -1032.

Error: (10/03/2018 01:29:23 PM) (Source: ESENT) (EventID: 490) (User: )
Description: Catalog Database (4076,D,50) Catalog Database: An attempt to open the file "C:\WINDOWS\system32\CatRoot2\{127D0A1D-4EF2-11D1-8608-00C04FC295EE}\catdb" for read / write access failed with system error 32 (0x00000020): "The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. ".  The open file operation will fail with error -1032 (0xfffffbf8).

Error: (10/03/2018 01:21:13 PM) (Source: Microsoft-Windows-CAPI2) (EventID: 257) (User: )
Description: The Cryptographic Services service failed to initialize the Catalog Database. The ESENT error was: -1032.

Error: (10/03/2018 01:21:13 PM) (Source: ESENT) (EventID: 490) (User: )
Description: Catalog Database (4076,D,50) Catalog Database: An attempt to open the file "C:\WINDOWS\system32\CatRoot2\{127D0A1D-4EF2-11D1-8608-00C04FC295EE}\catdb" for read / write access failed with system error 32 (0x00000020): "The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. ".  The open file operation will fail with error -1032 (0xfffffbf8).

 

Different ways to try and address the issues. Though a little time consuming, if it were my computer I'd start with fully uninstalling Trend Micro temporarily. Reboot. Then check Event Logs and see if any of these errors are still happening.

 

[Wilpower 0]

Thanks for your time.

[AdvancedSetup 28]

Let me know how it goes

 

[Wilpower 0]

1. I uninstalled, cleaned everything up and installed Avast (Been with Avast since 2002). TM was an investigation/Trial

No issues now.

Thanks again

[AdvancedSetup 28]

Great, glad to hear all is working well again. I'll go ahead and mark this topic as resolved then.

Take care

Ron

 

[AdvancedSetup 28]

Closing this topic as it's been resolved.