imipenem Posted November 10, 2008 ID:34297 Share Posted November 10, 2008 Is a portable version of MBAM in development? It would be nice have a portable executable - I would even pay for it ($25-$30) per license.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root Admin RubbeR DuckY Posted November 10, 2008 Root Admin ID:34301 Share Posted November 10, 2008 I don't see why portability is such an important feature of our product. It installs and uninstalls in thirty seconds flat. It is not very feasible at this time as we use a lot of different technology that needs to be installed on the system. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
imipenem Posted November 10, 2008 Author ID:34305 Share Posted November 10, 2008 To me, as a tech, it's nice to have an app that I can have on a CD or thumbdrive and run as standalone executable on a client PC and not have to install/uninstall something. Just a request, your product is great and it will continue to be a tool in my arsenal... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malware Sucks Posted November 11, 2008 ID:34424 Share Posted November 11, 2008 I agree, portable applications are nice to have but either way Malwarebytes is A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebee Posted November 12, 2008 ID:34523 Share Posted November 12, 2008 It would be "nice to have"! If you have a PC already infected it may be difficult or impossible to download and install MBAM...So i would suggest to develop this feature too...And by the way: MBAM is already amazing! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Z Posted November 12, 2008 ID:34598 Share Posted November 12, 2008 Having just cleared a group of rootkit and rogue trash from my wife's computer I must say I too would love a portable version of your program. I was unsucessful in installing Malwarebytes, Adaware, Spybot or any other tool to clean the machine by the rogue apps I was needing to clean up. It took a search and destroy manual effort in the registry to stun the malware to the point where Spybot finaly installed. After running it twice, the first time it was blocked from updating, I was able to use all of the tools to clean things up.Don't get me wrong I love your program and I'll be buying it instead of just using your free version very soon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raid Posted November 18, 2008 ID:35339 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Hi All. I have been assigned with the task of trying to make it somewhat portable. Atleast, another method of installation should our malware enemies keep trying to disable our installation.This isn't something you should expect to see for sometime however, as MBAM really does make use of several technologies, and some of them have to be tweaked a bit for some portability. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root Admin AdvancedSetup Posted November 18, 2008 Root Admin ID:35342 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Thanks very much though for taking the time to look into it Dustin. I'm sure many appreciate the time and effort. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile360 Posted November 18, 2008 ID:35393 Share Posted November 18, 2008 I definately appreciate it, I've been waiting a long time for this. One thing that would probably be necessary is installing it's drivers automatically when the program runs and having them run from the location of the program itself instead of the System32 folder. That's how SAS seems to work and it does run portably. Of course there could be some differences that I am unaware of that would make this impossible so I won't hold my breath. Thanks for giving it a try either way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newgrounds Posted December 2, 2008 ID:37300 Share Posted December 2, 2008 Why don't people try to make it themself?Can't you uuse the SFX feature in a program like winRAR?Just try and find all of the mbam files on your computer! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root Admin AdvancedSetup Posted December 2, 2008 Root Admin ID:37304 Share Posted December 2, 2008 Why don't people try to make it themself?Can't you uuse the SFX feature in a program like winRAR?Just try and find all of the mbam files on your computer!The installation is the issue and the forums and automated installer are designed for the average user in mind. If you have the computer knowledge then by all means I'm sure you could figure out a method to get it installed on your own. For the masses though that don't know how that is what an alternative is for. In this case the WinRAR method would fail to install as well depending on which application was blocking it and how. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile360 Posted December 2, 2008 ID:37339 Share Posted December 2, 2008 Using SFX etc would still require registering dll's and installing MBAM's drivers to run it and for it to be able to detect/remove nasty malware. SAS is portable because it keeps it's dll's and drivers in the SAS program folder and registers/installs them all as soon as you execute the main program. All that needs to be installed are the definitions in the user data folder, which can be done with a batch file. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech0utsider Posted December 7, 2008 ID:38551 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Is a portable version of MBAM in development? It would be nice have a portable executable - I would even pay for it ($25-$30) per license....Try using VMware's ThinApp; it packages apps into portable versions. I tried it with several apps, like Safari, and it works. Not sure about MBAM; considering its complexity ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile360 Posted December 7, 2008 ID:38553 Share Posted December 7, 2008 At some point someone did something similar with it to make it portable, I think they used Thinstaller, but you couldn't update it so it wasn't much use against current infections. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ISDPCMAN Posted December 22, 2008 ID:41235 Share Posted December 22, 2008 We have an IT support group for small businesses and this would be an outstanding portable clean up tool if you can make it portable. We use other products to do the similar scanning routines (like ClamWin for antivirus). You have a great product here and making it portable would make this an OUTSTANDING program.Thanks for looking into doing this! There is a great need for this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root Admin RubbeR DuckY Posted December 22, 2008 Root Admin ID:41279 Share Posted December 22, 2008 Feel free to contact me. Although we can not offer you a portable version just yet, we can offer you some closer to portable options. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoninV Posted February 5, 2009 ID:53789 Share Posted February 5, 2009 I have MBAM installed on all my computers, but a portable version of this already amazing app would definitely come in handy. I registered today, just so I can stay in the loop! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT500 Posted February 5, 2009 ID:53807 Share Posted February 5, 2009 I have MBAM installed on all my computers, but a portable version of this already amazing app would definitely come in handy. I registered today, just so I can stay in the loop!I'll have to get more info from Marcin about these "closer to portable options", because he hasn't said jack to me about it.Normally our software is crippled without the use of it's drivers, which are installed by the installer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile360 Posted February 5, 2009 ID:53813 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Here's the closest thing to an answer I've found: http://www.malwarebytes.org/forums/index.p...ost&p=35339 It doesn't specifically indicate that a portable version will be developed, but it's the closest I've seen. I also recall a reference a looooong time ago stating that it may possibly become portable once it's recoded into C+. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT500 Posted February 5, 2009 ID:53836 Share Posted February 5, 2009 OK, just talked with Marcin, and there is no portable version in the works yet, but they are working on a special technician version (not portable).I'll let him announce the details when he's ready, because I get the impression that it's not even ready for beta testing yet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raj Posted February 26, 2009 ID:59743 Share Posted February 26, 2009 My wishlist :-Portable MBAMPortable Bootable MBAMBootable MBAM CD with System Recovery tools similar to a v a s t! B A R T CD (can i mention this can i? sorry)Must be easily updateable.Keep it lightweightMust work with major antivirus programs such as Symantec, McAfee, etc.Affortable Pricing for low tech guy like me3 - 4 Users Affortable Pricing (I have not heard of a family with ONE PC so far, typically 3)Really affortable pricing for not-for-profit organisations ( i do a bit of volunteer work for many of these organisations and know their needs a bit)Keep us update. I don't mind to be a beta tester if there is such a program. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile360 Posted February 26, 2009 ID:59755 Share Posted February 26, 2009 Greetings RajAs for a portable version, that may happen someday, but would require that the entire codebase of the program be rewritten in a different programming language like C, so if this ever happens it most likely won't be soon. As far as a bootable PE version have a look at this very long thread: Plugin Available? To make a long story short, a bootable version will probably never be available, at least not one made by the developers of Malwarebytes' because it would be Extremely ineffective at detecting threats because it can't access the registry of an offline system the way that Spybot does and a huge part of how MBAM detects threats is based on file location as well as the registry. MBAM is designed to detect active infections on a running system in normal mode (even safe mode cripples it's detection and removal ability) so a PE version that works well enough to even make it worth developing is unlikely. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raj Posted February 26, 2009 ID:59872 Share Posted February 26, 2009 B) understand the complexity of porting such a fine and optimised program, but we always live in hope. so at least there is a chance of portable MBAM Thanks for the insight, exile360.PS: Are you sure of your pc config? How can those antivirus lives with each other so harmonously! Kinda surprise...unless I misread. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electrobrandino Posted February 26, 2009 ID:59970 Share Posted February 26, 2009 lol exiles just that good im not 100% sure how he did it, but he configured em just right to work in Harmony. Someday...he shall teach me O.o Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile360 Posted February 27, 2009 ID:60092 Share Posted February 27, 2009 Yes, it took work and a lot of configuring to get the programs to play nice. They do and don't eat up nearly as much RAM when running simultaneously as you'd think. I'm running a Pentium D 830 with 3gb of ram and I play games while this stuff is running (my Sapphire HD4870 1Gb helps of course ). My approach is paranoid, but it works for me. I have a lot of experience with systems and software so this configuration is NOT for everyone.Now back on topic, yes it would take a lot of work, but I've read more than just hints around here that porting it to C will happen, as to when, who knows? At this point probably not even Marcin (lead developer) because he and the others are far too busy fighting malware and fixing bugs. Maybe we can ask the makers of malicious software to take some time off so the developers have more time to work on porting it over and making it portable ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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