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Since 17/12/2018 I started getting intermittent random PC freezes/lockups on my Windows 7 PC. 
I'm a long term user of MB, also on two Windows 10 PCs which are not having any problems.

My MB version on the Windows 7 PC (now uninstalled) were:
Malwarebytes Version: 3.5.1.2711
Component Package Version: 1.0.508
Update Package Version: 1.0.8722
My Windows 7 version is:  Windows 7 Ultimate  Version 6.1 (Build7601: Service Pack 1)

My PC would freeze (screen frozen no mouse, or keyboard action possible) at random intervals, anywhere from 2 minutes after login to 120 minutes after login. 
Failures NEVER occurred in Windows Safe Mode with networking enabled,
nor in Windows normal mode with the Ethernet network disconnected.
Failures DID occur in Windows Normal Mode at a login prompt, without any users logged in or any applications running.

Unaware that  MB was the cause of my freezes, following one of the failures, I detected activity in the log file MBAMSERVICE.LOG as pasted below.
Accessing reports in these Malwarebytes forums I read entries about MB causing freezes earlier in 2018 such as "3.4.4 is freezing my computer"  By Anorax, March 12, 2018 in Malwarebytes 3 Support Forum, so I decided to completely uninstall MB on my Windows 7 PC.

From the time I first logged in to Windows 7 normal mode after Malwarebytes was removed (now some 30 hours) I have  not had any further PC Freezes, or lockups. 

What I am trying to determine is whether others have had similar 'freezing lockups' in Windows 7? 
What version of MB I should be using to prevent them?
And is there any configuration action I can take to prevent such freezes/lockups happening again?

Thank you.

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My PC freeze occurred at 01/11/19  17:19:34  following which I rebooted my PC into Safe Mode at 17:37:22.
The entries in this file near the time of failure, there were many Warning entries prior to the PC freeze/lockup:

01/11/19    " 16:19:31.722" 663499  0228    09b8    WARNING MBAMChameleon   PreProcHandleOperationRoutine   "mbamwatchdog.c"    725 "Obj
01/11/19    " 16:19:35.691" 667465  0e9c    0f54    INFO    ActionsShim ActionsShim::FinishUpdate   "actionsshim.cpp"   129 "Finishing u
01/11/19    " 16:19:35.838" 667606  0e9c    0f54    INFO    MBAMShimImpl    MBAMShimImpl::FinishUpdate  "mbamshimimpl.cpp"  131 "MBAMCor
01/11/19    " 16:19:35.979" 667746  0e9c    0f54    INFO    MBAMShimImpl    MBAMShimImpl::InitializeInternal    "mbamshimimpl.cpp"  62
01/11/19    " 16:19:33.194" 664971  01dc    020c    WARNING MBAMChameleon   PreProcHandleOperationRoutine   "mbamwatchdog.c"    725 "Obj
01/11/19    " 16:19:38.137" 669914  0228    09b8    WARNING MBAMChameleon   PreProcHandleOperationRoutine   "mbamwatchdog.c"    725 "Obj
01/11/19    " 16:19:39.212" 670989  01dc    0258    WARNING MBAMChameleon   PreProcHandleOperationRoutine   "mbamwatchdog.c"    725 "Obj
01/11/19    " 16:19:43.238" 675016  0e9c    0f54    INFO    MBAMCoreImpl    MBAMCoreImpl::Initialize    "mbamcoreimpl.cpp"  123 "MBAMCor
01/11/19    " 16:19:43.238" 675016  0e9c    0f54    INFO    BrowserSDKShim  BrowserSDKShim::FinishUpdate    "browsersdkshim.cpp"    154
01/11/19    " 16:19:43.390" 675156  0e9c    0f54    INFO    UpdateControllerImpl    mb::updatecontrollerimpl::CUpdateControllerImpl::Pro
01/11/19    " 16:19:43.390" 675156  0e9c    0f54    INFO    UpdateControllerImpl    mb::updatecontrollerimpl::CUpdateControllerImpl::Upd
01/11/19    " 16:19:43.400" 675172  0e9c    0f54    INFO    UpdateControllerImpl    mb::updatecontrollerimpl::CUpdateControllerImpl::Upd
01/11/19    " 16:19:43.409" 675187  0e9c    0f54    INFO    UpdateControllerImpl    mb::updatecontrollerimpl::CUpdateControllerImpl::Val
01/11/19    " 16:19:44.575" 676342  0e9c    0f54    INFO    UpdateControllerImpl    mb::updatecontrollerimpl::CUpdateControllerImpl::Val
01/11/19    " 16:19:44.575" 676342  0e9c    0f54    INFO    UpdateControllerImpl    mb::updatecontrollerimpl::CUpdateControllerImpl::Che
01/11/19    " 16:19:44.580" 676357  0e9c    0f54    INFO    UpdateControllerImpl    mb::updatecontrollerimpl::CUpdateControllerImpl::Pro
01/11/19    " 16:19:44.580" 676357  0e9c    0f54    INFO    UpdateControllerImpl    mb::updatecontrollerimpl::CUpdateControllerImpl::DoU
01/11/19    " 16:19:44.580" 676357  0e9c    1424    INFO    CleanControllerImpl CleanDBParser::Parse    "cleandbparser.cpp" 18  "Parsing
01/11/19    " 16:19:44.582" 676357  0e9c    1424    INFO    GalaxyRuleParser    mb::common::galaxyrules::SimpleRuleFileParserV2::Parse
01/11/19    " 16:19:44.630" 676394  0e9c    1678    INFO    MBAMWebProtection   CSIRPCompleteCanceledIrp    "cancelsafeirps.c"  99  "Min
01/11/19    " 16:19:44.630" 676394  0e9c    167c    INFO    MBAMWebProtection   CSIRPCompleteCanceledIrp    "cancelsafeirps.c"  99  "Min
01/11/19    " 16:19:44.634" 676398  0e9c    1690    INFO    MBAMWebProtection   DriverDispatchCleanup   "driver.c"  203 "Client has disc
01/11/19    " 16:19:44.638" 676402  0004    0040    INFO    MBAMWebProtection   AddressHostFinalize "addresshost.c" 404 "At most 0 'loca
01/11/19    " 16:19:44.638" 676402  0004    0040    INFO    MBAMWebProtection   DriverUnload    "driver.c"  162 "MBAMWebProtection servi
01/11/19    " 16:19:44.883" 676654  0e9c    1500    INFO    MWACShimImpl    MwacShimImpl::Initialize    "mwacshimimpl.cpp"  357 "Initial
01/11/19    " 16:19:44.909" 676685  0e9c    1500    INFO    MWACShimImpl    MwacShimImpl::InitializeInternal    "mwacshimimpl.cpp"  113
01/11/19    " 16:19:44.909" 676685  0e9c    1500    INFO    MwacLibImpl MWAC_Initialize "mwaclib.cpp"   27  "Initializing Mwac SDK (3.1.
01/11/19    " 16:19:46.035" 677808  0e9c    1500    INFO    MwacControllerImpl  mb::mwaccontrollerimpl::MwacControllerImpl::InitializeMw
01/11/19    " 16:19:45.211" 676987  0004    002c    INFO    MBAMWebProtection   DriverEntry "driver.c"  121 "MBAMWebProtection service s
01/11/19    " 16:19:45.214" 676990  0e9c    062c    INFO    MBAMWebProtection   DriverDispatchCreate    "driver.c"  191 "Client has conn
01/11/19    " 16:19:48.151" 679928  0228    0310    WARNING MBAMChameleon   PreProcHandleOperationRoutine   "mbamwatchdog.c"    725 "Obj
~
01/11/19    " 17:08:33.126" 3604903 0c28    0690    INFO    MBAMChameleon   EnumerateAndDeleteIfeoKeys  "watchdog-common.c" 1029    "Enu
01/11/19    " 17:08:33.126" 3604903 0c28    0690    INFO    MBAMChameleon   EnumerateAndDeleteIfeoKeys  "watchdog-common.c" 1099    "Enu
~
01/11/19    " 17:18:51.980" 4223757 01dc    0258    WARNING MBAMChameleon   PreProcHandleOperationRoutine   "mbamwatchdog.c"    725 "Obj
01/11/19    " 17:19:01.153" 4232930 0228    09b8    WARNING MBAMChameleon   PreProcHandleOperationRoutine   "mbamwatchdog.c"    725 "Obj
01/11/19    " 17:19:04.023" 4235800 01dc    0258    WARNING MBAMChameleon   PreProcHandleOperationRoutine   "mbamwatchdog.c"    725 "Obj
01/11/19    " 17:19:11.167" 4242944 0228    0310    WARNING MBAMChameleon   PreProcHandleOperationRoutine   "mbamwatchdog.c"    725 "Obj
01/11/19    " 17:19:13.058" 4244835 01dc    0258    WARNING MBAMChameleon   PreProcHandleOperationRoutine   "mbamwatchdog.c"    725 "Obj
01/11/19    " 17:19:21.168" 4252945 0228    0310    WARNING MBAMChameleon   PreProcHandleOperationRoutine   "mbamwatchdog.c"    725 "Obj
01/11/19    " 17:19:22.087" 4253864 01dc    0224    WARNING MBAMChameleon   PreProcHandleOperationRoutine   "mbamwatchdog.c"    725 "Obj
01/11/19    " 17:19:26.584" 4258359 0e9c    0f54    INFO    UpdateControllerImpl    mb::updatecontrollerimpl::CUpdateControllerImpl::Val
01/11/19    " 17:19:27.755" 4259529 0e9c    0f54    INFO    UpdateControllerImpl    mb::updatecontrollerimpl::CUpdateControllerImpl::Val
01/11/19    " 17:19:27.755" 4259529 0e9c    0f54    INFO    UpdateControllerImpl    mb::updatecontrollerimpl::CUpdateControllerImpl::Che
01/11/19    " 17:19:27.760" 4259529 0e9c    0f54    INFO    UpdateControllerImpl    mb::updatecontrollerimpl::CUpdateControllerImpl::DoU
01/11/19    " 17:19:27.760" 4259529 0e9c    0f54    INFO    UpdateControllerImpl    mb::updatecontrollerimpl::CUpdateControllerImpl::DoU
01/11/19    " 17:19:27.761" 4259529 0e9c    0f54    INFO    UpdateControllerImpl    mb::updatecontrollerimpl::CUpdateControllerImpl::Get
01/11/19    " 17:19:27.761" 4259529 0e9c    0f54    INFO    UpdateControllerImpl    mb::updatecontrollerimpl::CUpdateControllerImpl::Get
01/11/19    " 17:19:27.761" 4259529 0e9c    0f54    INFO    UpdateControllerImpl    mb::updatecontrollerimpl::CUpdateControllerImpl::Get
01/11/19    " 17:19:28.930" 4260699 0e9c    0f54    INFO    UpdateControllerImpl    mb::updatecontrollerimpl::CUpdateControllerImpl::DoU
01/11/19    " 17:19:28.930" 4260699 0e9c    0f54    INFO    UpdateControllerImpl    mb::updatecontrollerimpl::CUpdateControllerImpl::DoU
01/11/19    " 17:19:31.182" 4262959 0228    0320    WARNING MBAMChameleon   PreProcHandleOperationRoutine   "mbamwatchdog.c"    725 "Obj
01/11/19    " 17:19:34.131" 4265908 01dc    0224    WARNING MBAMChameleon   PreProcHandleOperationRoutine   "mbamwatchdog.c"    725 "Obj
Following this entry my PC froze/locked up.

Restarted PC.
1101/11/19    " 17:37:22.399" 24273   042c    0448    INFO    LogController   CLogController::Start   "logcontroller.cpp" 93  "Started log
01/11/19    " 17:37:22.399" 24273   042c    0448    INFO    LogController   CLogController::Start   "logcontroller.cpp" 95  "Local time
 

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Hello Belsnerd.

Yes, there are some Windows 7 - 64 bits systems that experience freeze-ups.

The current advice is to go back to the version of Malwarebytes that has component update 1.0.482

Our Developers are aware of this issue and continue to work to resolve this. Until that time, please follow the advice in the reply to   your support ticket to switch back to the previous version of Malwarebytes ( with the component 1.0.482 ) .

I will close this thread here.   Please follow the advice & response on your helpdesk case.

Just by the way, there is a pinned topic in this area of the forum about the issue.     

Sincerely

 

Edited by Maurice Naggar
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