mannie Posted October 3, 2010 ID:322207 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Hi All,Wondered by the effectiveness of free version of MBAM, I bought a licence of MBAM. But I just want to clarify that will MBAM drag my system resources. I have windows XP 64 bit. Core 2 duo 2 gb Ram.I am new to this forum. Kindly help me.Thanks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yardbird Posted October 3, 2010 ID:322209 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Greetings It will more like protect your system !!! it won't "drag my system resources" as you say, but like every program it needs to take a little, to give alot!Look over the specs/docs link: http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php and if you have any questions feel free to post back anytime. Maybe someone else has a reply for your original post? It dosen't drag my system a bit and I only have 1gb of RAM more than you, same setup... regards Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mannie Posted October 3, 2010 Author ID:322216 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Thanks a lot Yardbird, for your fast response. I will activate the realtime and let you know the status. Thanks again Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haider Posted October 3, 2010 ID:322218 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Hello mannie: Please list all Security Product(s) installed including Firewall, as there are certain file exclusions required for MBAM to provide real-time protection along with existing security software to work seamlesslyShould you have any other question(s) please post back using button Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yardbird Posted October 3, 2010 ID:322220 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Your Welcome! Haider has a good point. any issues, we may need your AV to exclude some Malwarebytes files. Will address any issues 1 at a time so you get max. usage of the product... - regards. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkSnakeKobra Posted October 3, 2010 ID:322221 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Just in case you didn't know mbam is not an antivirus. It is an antimalware that aims to work alongside your existing protection. Antiviruses like avira free, avast free and Microsoft Security Essentials do very well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mannie Posted October 3, 2010 Author ID:322225 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Hi Haider, Yardbird and Buttons,I am really happy with your responses. Thanks. : By the way I activated the real time feature with the licence. But mbamservice.exe takes 64mb, mbamgui.exe takes 6mb. Is it normal?I am using avast free antivirus V5, Comodo firewall V5. I didn't notice any drag in my system performance. However, 70mb of memory is used by mbam . Kindly suggest other light free antivirus alternatives.Thanks all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yardbird Posted October 3, 2010 ID:322229 Share Posted October 3, 2010 avast free antivirus is good, as for Comodo firewall V5 there are a few users that are on or not on the forum now, depending on there time zone. Your numbers are lower than mine. I have Trand Micro Titanium AV with software firewall & hardware router. Look up at post 6, those AV's run the best with Malwarebytes. Let me track this topic and send it on, you can track it also. and you should get some replies. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mannie Posted October 3, 2010 Author ID:322231 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Thanks Yardbird Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yardbird Posted October 3, 2010 ID:322233 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Your Welcome! I sent your question to the Higher-Up's - you may get a reply tonight (midnight here) or anytime If you want to run the internet, and give it a try. go for it. Any questions, ask us, we never close. regards.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yardbird Posted October 3, 2010 ID:322246 Share Posted October 3, 2010 @ mannieIn a reply I received, your numbers are running within normal limits. An expert replied with: "Have you tried Spyware Doctor or SpySweeper? See how they stack up against MBAM for resource usage!!!" I think your running ok. for real-time protection... Were always here if you have any questions...regards...Edit, spelling Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff screen317 Posted October 3, 2010 Staff ID:322255 Share Posted October 3, 2010 The number you reported is 3% of your total RAM. What is your expectation from a security program? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mannie Posted October 3, 2010 Author ID:322262 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Thanks Yardbird. I am happy to use MBAM. Only thing that bothered me was resource usage.. However as all you say it is very less when compared to other programs out there. Thanks for your effort.Screen,I am new to Antispyware (realtime). Till now I was just using only software firewall and Antivirus. A month before my PC got infected with nasties, and MBAM free rescued it. Inspired by that incident I bought a licence. Today morning I activated the realtime protection. Thanks for your comment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haider Posted October 3, 2010 ID:322427 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Hello mannie:I'd suggest you read Comodo Firewall and MBAM in its entirety Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mannie Posted October 12, 2010 Author ID:326432 Share Posted October 12, 2010 Thanks Haider for the Link Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haider Posted October 12, 2010 ID:326453 Share Posted October 12, 2010 Hello mannie:Please add following exclusions in AVAST for MBAMC:\Program Files (x86)\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\mbam.exeC:\Program Files (x86)\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\mbamgui.exeC:\Program Files (x86)\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\mbamservice.exeC:\Program Files (x86)\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\zlib.dllC:\Program Files (x86)\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\mbam.dllC:\Program Files (x86)\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\mbamext.dllC:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Malwarebytes\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\rules.refC:\Windows\System32\drivers\mbam.sysC:\Windows\SysWOW64\drivers\mbamswissarmy.sysPlease check if it makes any difference Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoKenny1 Posted October 12, 2010 ID:326465 Share Posted October 12, 2010 Hello HaiderWith avast! Free there is no need for exclusions as they are only needed for avast! Internet Security with the firewall. Note: avast! is lower casehttp://www.avast.com/en-ca/internet-security Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mannie Posted October 16, 2010 Author ID:328051 Share Posted October 16, 2010 Hi Haider,As per your instructions I added all the exclusions in Comodo. But in Avast I could add exclusions as a whole folder only (Not as specific files), I am not sure where I was wrong. But in-spite of added exclusions I couldn't see any reduced memory usage by mbamservice.exe (68368 kb). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haider Posted October 16, 2010 ID:328057 Share Posted October 16, 2010 Hello mannie:I guess you are all set as mentioned by screen317 in Post #12 Should you have any other question(s) please post back using button Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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