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[PA.Dutchman]

Automatic Updates with Vista, how do you do it?

The Account Control prevents an automatic update I believe. Besides turning off the Account control is there any other way around it?

Our HP C4680 freezes the mouse if we turn off the Account Control off and we have that problem.

We have "Say The Time" as a clock and date reminder. It provided settings to work around the Account Control and a port number so it does update automatically. It is the only program I have been able to get that kind of work around from.

[PA.Dutchman]

Automatic Updates with Vista, how do you do it?

The Account Control prevents an automatic update I believe. Besides turning off the Account control is there any other way around it?

Our HP C4680 freezes the mouse if we turn off the Account Control off and we have that problem.

We have "Say The Time" as a clock and date reminder. It provided settings to work around the Account Control and a port number so it does update automatically. It is the only program I have been able to get that kind of work around from.

I said the HP C4680 freezes the mouse, it freezes the screen as much as the mouse we have to turn the power switch off to get it to reboot.

[Jacktivity]

Hi PA.Dutchman

UAC should not prevent MBAM from updating. MBAM should have been installed and had the update schedule set using an administrator account. You can run on a limited user account after it is setup.

What is more likely is that your anti-virus or firewall is blocking the update. Please check here and if necessary, make exclusions in your firewall and/or anti-virus. See solution #3 and exclude the following files:

• C:\Program Files\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\mbam.exe
  
• C:\Program Files\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\mbamgui.exe
  
• C:\Program Files\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\mbamservice.exe
  
• C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\mbam.sys
  
• C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\mbamswissarmy.sys
  

Also check to make sure Internet Explorer is set to work online even if you use another browser. MBAM uses the Internet Explorer settings to download the updates. See solution #8 on the linked page above.

Make sure Internet Explorer is set to detect settings automatically and you are not using a proxy. See here

[PA.Dutchman]

Hi PA.Dutchman

UAC should not prevent MBAM from updating. MBAM should have been installed and had the update schedule set using an administrator account. You can run on a limited user account after it is setup.

What is more likely is that your anti-virus or firewall is blocking the update. Please check here and if necessary, make exclusions in your firewall and/or anti-virus. See solution #3 and exclude the following files:

• C:\Program Files\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\mbam.exe
  
• C:\Program Files\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\mbamgui.exe
  
• C:\Program Files\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\mbamservice.exe
  
• C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\mbam.sys
  
• C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\mbamswissarmy.sys
  

Also check to make sure Internet Explorer is set to work online even if you use another browser. MBAM uses the Internet Explorer settings to download the updates. See solution #8 on the linked page above.

Make sure Internet Explorer is set to detect settings automatically and you are not using a proxy. See here

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Several of the people on the Forum are long timeres and have great knowledge of what works and what doesn't.

Malawarebytes and Mail Washer are two programs we purchased as the result of asking some of these knowledgeable friends on Smart Computing.

WE ARE THRILLED WITH BOTH AND WITH Smart Computing. I told Smart Computing they should work out a deal with Dell and HP to include a years' subscription rather than the free software packages everyone deletes in the end anyway.

Again thank you so very much.

[Jacktivity]

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