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Hello,

I'm a long-time premium user who just bought a brand new computer, and also a sub to ESET, which I was assured would play nice with MBAM. I installed MBAM first, and later ESET. Some time after installing ESET, MBAM notified me of an update and asked if I wanted to install it but the install aborts about 20% of the way thru the install process. What's going on? Is ESET somehow involved? (I started in their forum, but no joy) Can someone help me get MBAM to update?

 

 

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1 hour ago, rockies said:

Can someone help me get MBAM to update?

We need to get information from this machine in order to have the proper detail to help you forward.
 NOTE: The tools and the information obtained is safe and not harmful to your privacy or your computer, please allow the programs to run if blocked by your system.

    Download Malwarebytes Support Tool
    
    
    Once the file is downloaded, open your Downloads folder/location of the downloaded file
    Double-click mb-support xxx.xx.exe to run the report
        You may be prompted by User Account Control (UAC) to allow changes to be made to your computer. Click Yes to consent.
        
    Place a checkmark next to Accept License Agreement and click Next
    You will be presented with a page stating, "Get Started!"

    Do NOT use the button “Start repair” !
    Click the Advanced tab on the left column
    
    Click the Gather Logs button
    
    A progress bar will appear and the program will proceed with getting logs from your computer
   
    Upon completion, click a file named mbst-grab-results.zip will be saved to your Desktop. Click OK
    Please attach the ZIP file in your next reply.

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Oops. I didn't read the entire instructions. Sorry. I dl & installed the support app, then ran repair. Do you still want the logs?

Also, I was advised by the folks over at ESET to turn off real time monitoring. Should I leave it off, or turn it back on?

 

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You can turn it back on once both apps are installed.  If you run into any issues, creating exclusions may help.  The items listed in this support article should be excluded from ESET's real-time protection components and you may exclude ESET's program folder which should be under either C:\Program Files or C:\Program Files (x86) along with its primary data folder which is likely located under C:\ProgramData.

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19 hours ago, exile360 said:

You can turn it back on once both apps are installed.  If you run into any issues, creating exclusions may help.  The items listed in this support article should be excluded from ESET's real-time protection components and you may exclude ESET's program folder which should be under either C:\Program Files or C:\Program Files (x86) along with its primary data folder which is likely located under C:\ProgramData.

Both apps are running and each is fully updated, AFAIK. I have not turned real time monitoring back on, as I have concerns about having two real time scanners operating side by side, so will leave it off until I have time to configure the exclusions in ESET, as the instructions I've found so far don't give sufficient info for me to find the option to add exclusions. Thank you for your help.

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ESET should have an option for allowed/ignored/trusted/excluded applications/processes somewhere under the settings, most likely either in a dedicated ignore list/exclusions list/trusted applications list, or under the settings for its AV protection.

For excluding ESET in Malwarebytes, I forgot to mention that you would follow the instructions under the Allow a file or folder section of this support article.

With regards to real-time protection, the protection in Malwarebytes functions differently from a traditional AV like ESET.  It does not use on-access scanning to check files when they are created or accessed on disk; instead, Malwarebytes looks at each process/thread that attempts to enter memory to determine if it is malicious, meaning by the time Malwarebytes starts to look at a file/process, ESET will have already analyzed it (because ESET, like most AVs, uses on-access scanning in real-time) and either not detected it, allowing Malwarebytes to flag and quarantine the file without any interference from ESET, or ESET will quarantine it once it has analyzed the file, preventing Malwarebytes from ever seeing it since the file never attempted to enter memory at that point.

I hope this helps to clarify things.

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OK, I have re-enabled the real time protection options (web, malware, ransomware, & exploits). 

Am I understanding you correctly that I should be marking MBAM for exclusion in ESET, AND marking ESET for exclusion in MBAM?

And what about the MBAM browser guard add-on in your signature? Will those also play nice with ESET?

 

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