"Relevant Knowledge" malware

[pacman]

Here's a success for MB.

My Internet Explorer 8 stopped working and I spent ages trying to find out why. Two successive deep scans with Kaspersky Internet Security 2011 with updated databases failed to reveal problems. In the end, on a tip I ran the free version of MalwareBytes Quick Scan and it immediately flagged 32 items of scum, all related to something called Relevant Knowledge. I allowed MB to delete them and IE started running normally again.

I'm buying MB today.

[AdvancedSetup]

Thank you for the feedback and glad all worked out well for you.

Take care and stay safe out there.

[Haider]

Hello pacman:

Thanks for the support and feedback. Please don't forget to add following exclusions:

Set Exclusions for Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware in Kaspersky Internet Security and Kaspersky Anti-Virus on 32 bit Windows Versions:

1. Open Kaspersky and click on Settings in the upper right-hand corner
   
2. Click on the right-most icon in the upper left to access Detected Threats and Exclusion Rules
   
3. Under Exclusions click on Settings...
   
4. In the Trusted zone window that pops up click on the Trusted applications tab
   
5. Click on the Add button and select Browse
   
6. In the browse window that opens navigate to C:\Program Files\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware
   
7. Double-click on mbam.exe and in the window that pops up, click the box next to each of the items listed in the window so that they are all checked and click on OK
   
8. Do the same for each of the following:
   
   • mbamgui.exe
     
   • mbamservice.exe
     

[*]Once that is complete, click on OK to close the exclusions window

[*]Click on Apply at the bottom of the Settings window then click on OK

[*]Close the Kaspersky main window

Set Exclusions for Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware in Kaspersky Internet Security and Kaspersky Anti-Virus on 64 bit Windows Versions:

1. Open Kaspersky and click on Settings in the upper right-hand corner
   
2. Click on the right-most icon in the upper left to access Detected Threats and Exclusion Rules
   
3. Under Exclusions click on Settings...
   
4. In the Trusted zone window that pops up click on the Trusted applications tab
   
5. Click on the Add button and select Browse
   
6. In the browse window that opens navigate to C:\Program Files (x86)\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware
   
7. Double-click on mbam.exe and in the window that pops up, click the box next to each of the items listed in the window so that they are all checked and click on OK
   
8. Do the same for each of the following:
   
   • mbamgui.exe
     
   • mbamservice.exe
     

[*]Once that is complete, click on OK to close the exclusions window

[*]Click on Apply at the bottom of the Settings window then click on OK

[*]Close the Kaspersky main window

Set Exclusions for Kaspersky Anti-Virus and Kaspersky Internet Security in Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware:

1. Open Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware and click on the Ignore List tab
   
2. Click the Add button on the lower left
   
3. In the small browse window that opens, navigate to C:\Program Files and click once on Kaspersky Lab and click OK
   
4. Close Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware
   

[pacman]

Thanks for this valuable information.

I've just bought the product and have the ID and key. Do I understand correctly that I don't need to reinstall the MB that I downloaded and installed 2 days ago, just Register it by entering the ID and key, i.e. the free version is the same as the bought version, just not registered.

On the assumption that it would interfere with Kaspersky I had not intended to run the MB Protection, just run MB scans regularly and frequently. Are these concern unfounded ? Should I be running both in Protection mode ?

[AdvancedSetup]

OH yes, by all means run the protection module. Between your AV and our protection module and Web blocking module setup and working together and updated daily it is extremely difficult to get infected. It is so much better to PREVENT infection than to spend time cleaning up after the fact.