Malwarebytes 3 Breaks my Clock - 2 hours behind

[DivergentDroid]

Whats happening is after a shutdown and restart my system clock is Always behind by 2 hours exactly. I have tested this by uninstalling Malwarebytes and watching the system for  a week then reinstalling Malwarebytes and observing for another week. Once Malwarebytes is uninstalled, the problem goes away. Reinstall Malwarebytes, the problem comes back. 

I'm guessing that the feature of MB3 thats screwing with my time settings is the Premium setting that says Malwarebytes will force Windows to use it's default settings.. i'm paraphrasing, i don't know exactly what it's called. For Non Premium members, I cannot turn this feature off to test if thats really whats causing the problem.. suffice it to say, I Cannot use Malwarebytes. I always have my system clock set to Never use internet time. I can't trust those servers. 

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[DivergentDroid]

I don't see an Edit button. I forgot to say i'm using Windows 10 ver 1709 if it helps.. 

[exile360]

Greetings,

I don't know of any setting in Malwarebytes that affects the system clock/time settings.  Malwarebytes has no HIPS type component or registry monitor that looks for/locks changes made to system settings or the registry, not even in the Premium/paid version much less the free version.  I'm trying to think of any component of Malwarebytes that might interact with the system clock but I honestly cannot think of one and it is a product I'm intimately familiar with having used it for years (since around 2008 when it was still in beta) and actually worked for Malwarebytes in various roles for nearly 8 years and have since continued to both use and support it here on the forums.  This is a very strange issue that I have never come across before, but if the issue goes away when Malwarebytes is not installed then all I can suggest is keeping it uninstalled for a while to make sure the issue does not return as I suspect that it will if this is a recurring issue only because I have no idea how Malwarebytes could affect your system time/clock.

[TempLost]

Is your system time set by you entering the value directly or is it set to receive it from the network? Might be interesting to see know.