PC freezes

[DallasBob]

I installed Malwarebytes not long ago and am still having problems. I run XP, 2002 SP3 and also have McAfee Security Center installed. I have had to have a PC professional come to my home recently to clean off malware not caught by this product and just two days later I'm stuck again. I boot up the PC and when it is finished booting up, everything freezes. I can't launch anything and finally have to just shut down.

Before this happened, I caught a message that said that McAfee's monitoring feature had been turned off (not by me).

I am stumped as to what is happening. I have the Malwarebytes monitoring turned on and the feature checked to start it up w/Windows. When the PC tech was at my house, we also did the exclusions that I got from this site that should have allowed McAfee and Malwarebytes to run together.

So, it looks like I'll have to spend more $$ to get the PC tech back at my house to fix this.

I must say that I have been very unimpressed with Malwarebytes. It has caused more problems and cost me more money that before I installed it. I'm getting the impression that the product was not very well constructed.

If you have any helpful info, I'd appreciate it. I"m close to taking this off my PC trying something else.

Thank you.

[Firefox]

Hi, and Welcome to Malwarebytes!

I am sorry to hear you are having issues with your computer. Don't give up on Malwarebytes just yet. I would suggest that you have the experts take a look at your computer so that they can find out what is happening. You may or may not be infected, but they will find the root cause of your problem, and by the way completly free, no need to spend any more money. I know there are some known issues with some of the McAfee versions, but you mention you entered exceptions. What version of McAfee do you use? Give them a try by following the instructions below.

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[denverdreamz]

Sometimes heavier antivirus programs such as Norton or McAffe can be overbearing and consume too many of your computer's resources. A lightweight program such as Avira would solve your problems free of charge, just be sure to use it in combination with Avira update to insure up to date virus definitions. Using Avira in combination with Malware Bytes is how I have kept my system safe for years.

[noknojon]

Hi -

As an extra to the post from Firefox -

Please read Section E of the FAQ area to see issues with McAfee freezing -

As posted by Firefox , do not spend any $$ until we can get a chance to repair this issue -

Thank You -