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Hi folks,

I'm currently using Malwarebytes 3.3.1.2183 on my Windows 7 and it was updated to 3.3.1 automatically after downloading regular database updates inside the GUI more than a year ago. Since 3.3.1, thankfully, i am no longer offered and forced to install newer client version, and i thought MBAM was up to date during that period. Then I learned that Malwarebytes seem to have released versions as higher as 3.6.

Just i wanted to know whether i'm optionally free to install new MBAM (free, maybe paid in future) manually, and i will no longer be forced to install newest release during database updates unlike old days?

Thanks a lot!

I updated database / and other stuff a few minutes ago and attaching the screenshot.

 

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Greetings,

As long as you have the following two items disabled you should not be automatically upgraded to any new client versions and should not be notified about them:

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With that said, even if you are keeping your databases up to date, you are not as secure with older versions of Malwarebytes as you would be with the latest build.  This is because Malwarebytes Developers and Researchers are always working on new methods of malware detection and prevention and rolling these new capabilities into the engines of newer versions of Malwarebytes as they are released, meaning when you continue to use an older build, even if it has the same databases as a newer installation, it will not be capable of detecting all of the same threats because there will be new syntax in the databases (as well as new enhancements to the signature-less and behavior based protection/detection components) which the older builds are incapable of using/understanding (it is written to ignore any syntax in the database that it does not recognize for the sake of backwards compatibility since there would be no way to add new capabilities to an older build of the product).

Currently, the latest release version is 3.6.1 and there is a beta which was published yesterday which looks very promising, including fixing many bugs and issues from previous versions of Malwarebytes 3.

I hope you've found this information useful and if there is anything else we might assist you with please let us know.

Thanks

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On 10/23/2018 at 8:39 PM, exile360 said:

Greetings,

As long as you have the following two items disabled you should not be automatically upgraded to any new client versions and should not be notified about them:

updates.png.cf6fa6a30b2b5d62dd1340d9bd38add8.png

With that said, even if you are keeping your databases up to date, you are not as secure with older versions of Malwarebytes as you would be with the latest build.  This is because Malwarebytes Developers and Researchers are always working on new methods of malware detection and prevention and rolling these new capabilities into the engines of newer versions of Malwarebytes as they are released, meaning when you continue to use an older build, even if it has the same databases as a newer installation, it will not be capable of detecting all of the same threats because there will be new syntax in the databases (as well as new enhancements to the signature-less and behavior based protection/detection components) which the older builds are incapable of using/understanding (it is written to ignore any syntax in the database that it does not recognize for the sake of backwards compatibility since there would be no way to add new capabilities to an older build of the product).

Currently, the latest release version is 3.6.1 and there is a beta which was published yesterday which looks very promising, including fixing many bugs and issues from previous versions of Malwarebytes 3.

I hope you've found this information useful and if there is anything else we might assist you with please let us know.

Thanks

Hello @exile360,

Many thanks for your nice and detailed reply. I found out the setting you told, now i see.

However when i double-check there, i found out that although first setting (automatically download and install updates) is disabled and the second setting (notify full version updates) is enabled, but i haven't been notified at anytime during usage period with 3.3.1 as free edition (Premium trial was ended).

So, could using Malwarebytes as "free" have prevented me from being notified about new release? Program simply did not notify me during that period. And i'm still using it as free edition as of now. I "really" wish to upgrade to Premium plan but Malwarebytes do not customize pricing plans based on per country's affordability level, that is sad.

Finally, i understand your concern about using older version as malware definitions are not the only things that should be updated, but program core.

Best regards.

 

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Hello again,

Yes, it's entirely possible that you haven't receive notifications about new releases because you're using the free version since it doesn't run constantly in the background and check for updates frequently and automatically the way that the Premium version does.  If you wish to manually check for new releases you can do so by navigating to Settings>Application and click on the Install Application Updates button.  It will tell you if there is a new version available or not and allow you to decide whether or not to install it.

You can also monitor the Malwarebytes site here which shows the release history for Malwarebytes as well as the pinned topics at the top of this area of the forums as that is where new versions are announced as soon as a new version is published.

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