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biomembrain

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In the last couple of updates of Malwarebytes, I have been having problems with my computer going to sleep. It doesn't go to sleep, so I have to turn it off with the power button.

Going to sleep often works the first time, then if I put my computer to sleep again, it doesn't go to sleep. Then I figured out that Malwarebytes was messing this up, when I quit it, and then I can put my computer to sleep 10 consecutive times. My sleep mode works when I quit Malwarebytes. I can't believe this happened.

It's really frustrating. This is the root cause of my computer not falling asleep. I hope you guys make sure this never happens again! I lost webpages due to this! This is for real!

 

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Hi @biomembrain,

Thanks for the report. We've reproduced this issue and are currently investigating it further.

Could you confirm that if Web Protection is disabled (and left disabled) in Malwarebytes, the issue no longer occurs after the machine has been rebooted at least once.

Also, please feel free to private message me with the logs. This will assist our efforts in finding a fix.

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I also have the issue with my PC randomly not entering sleep properly. Sleep works as intended if I close MBAM before leaving my PC for any time.

I have also experienced Issues with my network connection randomly disappearing even though other PCs/devices have no issue. A reboot is required to fix this.

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Hi all,

For issues with network connectivity, please install the latest beta version: https://forums.malwarebytes.com/topic/252170-a-new-malwarebytes-4-beta-is-now-available/?do=findComment&comment=1357781

For issues with sleep/hibernation, we are still investigating this. The known workaround for this issue is to disable Web Protection prior to putting the machine to sleep/hibernate.

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18 minutes ago, LiquidTension said:

Hi all,

For issues with network connectivity, please install the latest beta version: https://forums.malwarebytes.com/topic/252170-a-new-malwarebytes-4-beta-is-now-available/?do=findComment&comment=1357781

For issues with sleep/hibernation, we are still investigating this. The known workaround for this issue is to disable Web Protection prior to putting the machine to sleep/hibernate.

Yes connectivity issue solved but  disabling did not work.

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I found the problem on my computer. It is not MWB but Win10 1909 with the latest update, namely the UsoSvc service (Update-Orchestrator-Service). When the service is active, it prevents the system from going into sleep mode. If the service is stopped or deactivated, the energy saving mode works fine.

I only recently switched to Win10, then came the MWB update, so I suspected MWB.

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I originally assumed the latest Windows update was the culprit. Worked on it for a couple of days till I finally found posts here. I have  had MWB for 8+ years with several computers and no issues. I did not even consider MWB the source of my problems and I know this will be fixed soon. I  have lost no respect for this product. 

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LiquidTension

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Thank you for your patience. Unfortunately, we do not have an update on the issue at this current time.

If you wish to have Web Protection enabled for the majority of your Windows session, it has been found that leaving Web Protection enabled and only disabling it immediately prior to performing the sleep/hibernation mitigates the issue.

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Do you guys have a way for us to downgrade back to a 3.xx version of Malwarebytes? I fail to see the benefits of this new version if it's causing this headache, and I assume the malware protection definitions are updated separately from the program itself. Both of my devices are plagued by this issue, and it's very frustrating when I close my laptop lid and immediately go "aaarrrrgg I forgot to turn off real-time protection" and have to hard reboot.

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You can either revert to an earlier Malwarebytes version 4 component package version (download URL) that does not contain the issue or revert to Malwarebytes version 3.x (download URL).

If you revert to a previous Malwarebytes version, you will need to disable the "Application updates" settings found in Settings -> General. Once we release a fix, you will need to update to the fixed version manually.

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