A better way to scan Multiple Drives

[JamesF59]

Currently the only way I see to scan multiple drives is the custom scan option...    Setting should have a feature where one could tell it what drives to all ways scan.

[Porthos]

27 minutes ago, JamesF59 said:

Currently the only way I see to scan multiple drives is the custom scan option...    Setting should have a feature where one could tell it what drives to all ways scan.

Scanning multiple drives are basically a waste and not needed.

Malwarebytes is not designed to function like normal AV scanners and uses a new kind of scan engine that relies mostly on heuristics detection techniques rather than traditional threat signatures.  Malwarebytes is also designed to look in all the locations where malware is known to install itself/hide, so a full or custom scan shouldn't be necessary, especially on any sort of frequent basis (like daily), especially since the default Threat Scan/Quick Scan checks all loading points/startup locations, the registry, all running processes and threads in memory, along with all system folders, program folders and data folders as well as any installed browsers, caches and temp locations.  This also means that if a threat were active from a non-standard location, because Malwarebytes checks all threads and processes in memory, it should still be detected.  The only threat it *might* miss would be a dormant/inactive threat that is not actively running/installed on a secondary drive, however if the threat were executed then Malwarebytes should detect it.  Additionally, whenever a new location is discovered to be used by malware the Malwarebytes Research team adds that location dynamically to the outgoing database updates so the locations that are checked by the default Threat/Quick Scan in Malwarebytes can be changed on the fly by Research without requiring any engine or program version updates/upgrades.

Also

Malwarebytes does not target script files during a scan.. That means MB will not target; JS, HTML, VBS, .CLASS, SWF, BAT, CMD, PDF, PHP, etc.

It also does not target documents such as; PDF, DOC, DOCx, XLS, XLSx, PPT, PPS, ODF, etc.

It also does not target media files;  MP3, WMV, JPG, GIF, etc.

 

Malwarebytes will block execution of files like these only with the anti-exploit module of the paid program.

 

 

Edited November 7, 2021 by Porthos

[JamesF59]

Ok....Well thanks or the info,  I have 4 partitions on my 1 tb SSD   one for windows OS     one for Linux OS    one for Windows 11 programs and one for all my Data...

I guess I am a bit old fashioned. But I like to scan every thing on the HD's every now and then.....

And don't get me wrong MB is a very good program  and I will still use the free version,  but I am going to Switch To a full internet security Suite after MB ends in 5 months.....Either Kaspersky

or bit defender ......

[weosher]

I've had MB for years and had trusted the default settings scanned EVERY disk.  Poo.

I was backing up some files today and DURING the directory copy, MB detected (correctly) viruses in files on my disks existing  for OVER TWO YEARS.  (and thus searching for how to select disks to scan every week, and found this discussion)

No wonder the yearly report says 0 infections found:  it never searched.    

Sadly MB auto-renewed last month before i realized it was yet another surreptitious paid service that auto-renews without warning.

Also, it had me with TWO paid accounts and they would not combine them.

I've set to NOT auto-renew.

 

[Porthos]

1 minute ago, weosher said:

I was backing up some files today and DURING the directory copy, MB detected (correctly) viruses in files on my disks existing  for OVER TWO YEARS.  (and thus searching for how to select disks to scan every week,

Malware on other disks is dormant unless executed and that is the point Malwarebytes premium steps in.

If you want your computer scanning for hours you can schedule the kind of scan you are looking for.

[AdvancedSetup]

In that two years your computer was not infected by those files as they were not part of any load point.

As @Porthos has shown, one can easily set that up if wanted.

Scan a file, folder, or external drive with Malwarebytes for Windows
https://support.malwarebytes.com/hc/en-us/articles/360038524314-Scan-a-file-folder-or-external-drive-with-Malwarebytes-for-Windows

Scan types in Malwarebytes for Windows
https://support.malwarebytes.com/hc/en-us/articles/360038984773-Scan-types-in-Malwarebytes-for-Windows

Configure a Custom Scan in Malwarebytes for Windows
https://support.malwarebytes.com/hc/en-us/articles/360040199193-Video-Configure-a-Custom-Scan-in-Malwarebytes-for-Windows

Set up scheduled scans in Malwarebytes for Windows
https://support.malwarebytes.com/hc/en-us/articles/360038479174-Set-up-scheduled-scans-in-Malwarebytes-for-Windows

 

Manage auto-renewal of your Malwarebytes subscription
https://support.malwarebytes.com/hc/en-us/articles/360044589954-Manage-auto-renewal-of-your-Malwarebytes-subscription

 

Thank you

 

 

[Porthos]

11 minutes ago, weosher said:

MB detected (correctly) viruses in files on my disks existing  for OVER TWO YEARS. 

I would love to see the detection log from that scan.

You can find Scan and Protection logs within the Malwarebytes 4 program in the following location

 

 

RTP stands for Real-Time Protection and is where automatic protection operations would normally be logged

 

 

If you click on the View option you should get something similar to the following with other options available.

 

 

 

 

Thank you

[weosher]

thank you.

i can only find how to do a manual scan.  There is no NEXT 

Pls advise how to get to NEXT and the scheduling sub-window     thank you

[Porthos]

[weosher]

Thank you additionally.

Here's the detection history.  i do not see any column headers you show.

This window has an unneeded and artificial width constraint to 60% of the parent app window and you have to expand the parent window to view longer (deep) path/filenames 

[weosher]

sorry: from      premium>>scanner    -->     configure custom scan       has no [SCHEDULE] in upper right - compare my screenshot with yours, which are almost the same.

perhaps i'm misunderstanding the screen to be in?

[Porthos]

1 minute ago, weosher said:

perhaps i'm misunderstanding the screen to be in?

Click the "target"

[Porthos]

For the log click the following.

[RickyO]

On 2/22/2023 at 3:36 PM, Porthos said:

Malware on other disks is dormant unless executed and that is the point Malwarebytes premium steps in.

If you want your computer scanning for hours you can schedule the kind of scan you are looking for.

That's INTERESTING!.....  I have a PREMIUM subscription, and I DON'T have any of those screens available to me (I'm on v.4.5.25).  Why is that???  I would love to have them.  As it works out, I have 5 SSDs (all in the TB range of 1 - 5) on my work machine (Win11Pro).  All of a sudden, yesterday, all hell broke loose from apps misbehaving, not being able to find or open docs they worked with, File Explorer not working correctly, and logins working intermittently.  Malware scans everyday.  OOPS, guess it missed something.....  Yesterday was April 1st:  April Fools Day.  If you aren't old enough or bright enough to remember, in years past there were a number of infections laying dormant on windows machines with timers set for 4/1 for multiple years.  Well, THEY'RE STILL OUT THERE, and this year they got me.  So far, I've spent over 6 hours rebuilding with a fresh root drive, and am unable to scan the other 4 drives, which is where all my data resides.  That doesn't even include all the external TB-backup drives we use.  So, PLEASE, don't be telling us it is unimportant to scan ALL drives.  Sounds like someone on this thread is just too damn lazy to write the code so EVERYONE has the option to scan everything.  So, where do I get my copy of MB that has those screens so I can scan my drives???

[Porthos]

31 minutes ago, RickyO said:

and I DON'T have any of those screens available to me (I'm on v.4.5.25).  Why is that???  I

They are there.

 

Edited April 2, 2023 by Porthos