Malwarebytes won't scan

[sunsets]

I'm using Windows 7. It'll check for updates for 1 second and then quit.

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[sunsets]

Done.

mbst-grab-results.zip

[exile360]

Greetings,

You appear to be running a very outdated version of Malwarebytes.  Please try downloading and installing the latest version from here to see if that resolves the issue.

Please let us know how it goes.

Thanks

[sunsets]

The reason why I'm using an outdated version is because I always have trouble with new versions. I don't know if it's because of Windows 7 or my computer (8 years old).

I was wondering if older versions quit working correctly after a certain period of time.

[exile360]

Sometimes they do, but usually that only happens when there is a major change such as the update servers being moved or the database syntax being changed to the point where the older version can no longer read them.

As for the trouble you've had with new versions, it's possible that whatever the problem was it may have been addressed in one of the releases since the versions you had trouble with; at least we would hope that's the case.  You can find the release history for the various versions of Malwarebytes on the right side of this page and if you let us know the kinds of problems you've had, hopefully we can let you know if those issues have been addressed or not in the releases since the version you have now.