Malwarebytes 1.30

[alicez]

I have Malwarebytes 1.30 on my WinXPsp3 notebook and the scan usually takes abouts 40 minutes. I recently installed MB 1.30 on my Vista and notice the scan takes about 1 hour.

#1- Does that sound right? I thought the MB scan on the Vista would be run in a shorter time than the scan on my WinXP.

Does anyone know?

#2- Also, I do not see the MB listed in the Vista Security are (in Control Panel). Does anyone know why?

#3- Also, on the Vista desktop, I see the MB icon, but it has a little 'shield' in the lower right of the icon. I do not see the 'shield' in the MB icon on the WinXP desktop. Does anyone know why two different icons?

Thank you for any clarification

Alice

[exile360]

Hello alicez, I'm going to try to answer your questions, although keep in mind I'm not one of the developers, just an experienced user.

1. Yes, it could potentially take longer on Vista as there are many factors to consider such as the much larger size of the winsxs folder in Vista. Also, if your Vista is x64 it has substantially more system files and directories than XP. Since you're talking about scan times of 40 minutes or more, I'm also assuming that you're doing full scans, not quick scans as those should only take 1-5 minutes on nearly any system so all the files/processes etc. are all factors that can increase how long it takes.

2. MBAM doesn't currently install a listing in the Vista Security Center, however it may change someday (that's up to the developers).

3. The little shield indicates that the program requires full administrative privelages to function and that if the program is run, it will prompt for permission to do so using User Account Control (many settings in Windows Vista also have that shield on their icons indicating the same thing, such as installing Windows Updates, and system programs like Regedit). As XP automatically runs all processes with full administrative privelages without requiring any special permission/user approval, there won't be any icon to indicate a need for special privelages. UAC (User Account Control) is a new feature implemented in Vista to help with security, and if users pay attention to the prompts and make certain that the apps they run/install requiring permission are safe, it can actually prevent a lot of malware from infecting a system without the intervention of anti-virus and anti-spyware apps (a nice perk from MS if you don't get too annoyed/desensitised to the popups).

I hope I have been helpful, if you have any more questions feel free to ask as the users here are very knowlegable and helpful.

[alicez]

Thank you very much. Yes, I did notice that the Vista scan was taking a lot of time to check the "winsxs' folder, I forgot to mention that.

(As more and more people start to use Vista, maybe MBAM will add the MBAM to the Vista Security section.)

Thanks again for your kind and insightful answer.

Alice

Hello alicez, I'm going to try to answer your questions, although keep in mind I'm not one of the developers, just an experienced user.

1. Yes, it could potentially take longer on Vista as there are many factors to consider such as the much larger size of the winsxs folder in Vista. Also, if your Vista is x64 it has substantially more system files and directories than XP. Since you're talking about scan times of 40 minutes or more, I'm also assuming that you're doing full scans, not quick scans as those should only take 1-5 minutes on nearly any system so all the files/processes etc. are all factors that can increase how long it takes.

2. MBAM doesn't currently install a listing in the Vista Security Center, however it may change someday (that's up to the developers).

3. The little shield indicates that the program requires full administrative privelages to function and that if the program is run, it will prompt for permission to do so using User Account Control (many settings in Windows Vista also have that shield on their icons indicating the same thing, such as installing Windows Updates, and system programs like Regedit). As XP automatically runs all processes with full administrative privelages without requiring any special permission/user approval, there won't be any icon to indicate a need for special privelages. UAC (User Account Control) is a new feature implemented in Vista to help with security, and if users pay attention to the prompts and make certain that the apps they run/install requiring permission are safe, it can actually prevent a lot of malware from infecting a system without the intervention of anti-virus and anti-spyware apps (a nice perk from MS if you don't get too annoyed/desensitised to the popups).

I hope I have been helpful, if you have any more questions feel free to ask as the users here are very knowlegable and helpful.