MBAM slow in safe mode

[BLKFEATHER]

Can someone tell me why MBAM is running so slow in safe mode? I thought it would run faster because less programs running . Am I missing something? I always ran it in normal mode and it usually takes about an hour. In safe mode, it had already taken an hour to scan only 80000 files out of what I know will be 700000 files. At that rate, this will take approx. 9 hours! I aborted and came here to ask for help. I want to scan in safe mode to be sure nothings hiding. I recently got a windows security center warning saying that I had a trojan. Never saw a warning like this before. So I want to scan to be sure. Any suggestions?

Thanks!

[yardbird]

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[BLKFEATHER]

Welcome to Malwarebytes! Quote: "I recently got a windows security center warning saying that I had a trojan. Never saw a warning like this before. So I want to scan to be sure. Any suggestions?" There are all sorts of new trojans, worms, & virus infections comming out each day....

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I appreciate your suggestions for malware removal and will follow them. However, the main reason for this post on this forum was to find out if MBAM normally runs extremely slow in safe mode or if this was an indication of another problem. I have not used MBAM for long and was curious if I should be trying to scan in safe mode or not. Could you advise me here? Thanks.

[yardbird]

Its made and better if you use Windows mode.

[noknojon]

Hi -

If you have an infection this will cause many programs to operate at abnormal speeds -

The other item is that Malwarebytes is not designed to remove all problems in safe mode - It will generate a log but not always remove all items -

This is one reason that yardbird has picked up that you seem to still have an infection -

Thank You -

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[yardbird]

Also have you tried this program CCleaner you can download it here: http://www.piriform.com/ and it will remove all the files from uninstalled programs cookies, temp. Internet Files, ect.. Please if you use it. Leave the default boxes checked as they are.

[yardbird]

Go into the Malware Removal Forum---if you don't have an infection. They will address your issue.... sounds ok?

[BLKFEATHER]

Thanks for the tips, guys. I'll follow your advise.

[yardbird]

Your Welcome!

[shadowwar]

Couple Things FYI

1. Mbam is designed to run in normal mode. It works better if it catches the things running in memory.

2. Mbam will run slower in safe mode do to the technology we use and depend on in windows. A lot of the tech is disabled in safe mode. If you must run in safe mode because Mbam won't start Run a Full scan and not a Quick scan. A quick scan will miss some things in safe mode because they may not be in memory.

I Hope that explains things.