Malwarebytes Anti Malware application updates

[alhazred]

Hey folks,

Anyone having problems with MBAM updating application updates automatically?

I've just checked my PC with Patch My PC, and it informed me that MBAM was out of date.

I'm presently on 4.6.12.323, but apparently 4.6.13 was released on the 18th April, ten days ago.  I didn't think it would have taken that long for application updates to automatically be updated and applied.

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[David H. Lipman]

Please see:  Post ID:1631299

it was released ~04/19  which really wasn't that long ago.  Malwarebytes divvies out new version updates over time so the content delivery network is not overwhelmed.

You can always use the Check for updates function in MBAM or use the Malwarebytes v4.x Offline download.

[Porthos]

7 minutes ago, alhazred said:

I didn't think it would have taken that long for application updates to automatically be updated and applied.

It can be a significant time.

The company has program updates pushed through the normal updater (the one that checks for database updates) metered in such a way that it is throttled so not every user is offered the new build once it has been released, so it becomes a matter of probability and is somewhat random.  This means that you might be offered it early, or it might take a really long time before it is offered to you, it just all depends.  Basically, a luck of the draw kind of deal.

[Porthos]

You could also upgrade to MB5 manually as well. @alhazred

Offline installer.

https://downloads.malwarebytes.com/file/mb5_offline

[alhazred]

8 minutes ago, Porthos said:

You could also upgrade to MB5 manually as well. @alhazred

Offline installer.

https://downloads.malwarebytes.com/file/mb5_offline

@Porthos

Have you found V5 stable for you?

I've been using MBAM since the old v1 days, but I seem to remember, I think it was V3, that there were quite a few problems with it when it first released.  I know they fixed them, but I decided after that to make it policy to wait until it's mandatorily updated.

If there aren't any major bugs, though, I might check it out.

 

 

[Porthos]

It has been stable. The complaints are cosmetic about the following sections.

[alhazred]

@Porthos  I'll try it out now.  The GUI in this picture looks better to me than v4 to be honest.  I was never a fan of the giant box sections of V4.

 

 

[alhazred]

1 hour ago, David H. Lipman said:

Please see:  Post ID:1631299

it was released ~04/19  which really wasn't that long ago.  Malwarebytes divvies out new version updates over time so the content delivery network is not overwhelmed.

You can always use the Check for updates function in MBAM or use the Malwarebytes v4.x Offline download.

I've just updated to v5, I like it.

Also, when I used to click the MBAM icon in the taskbar on v4, there was a brief delay before it would pop up, with V5 it is instant.

[Porthos]

7 minutes ago, alhazred said:

Also, when I used to click the MBAM icon in the taskbar on v4, there was a brief delay before it would pop up, with V5 it is instant.

Yep, it sure is an improvement.