ksiemb Posted May 23, 2011 ID:432541 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Background:MBAM Free Version installed Feb 2010 on Drive C:I recently created new partition addressed by Drive Z:Today (may 23 2011 I installed Free Version AGAIN on Drive Z:I just noticed that the File Version Dates differ between MBAM & MBAMGUI as follows, on both Drives C & Z.MBAM: 1.50.1.3MBAMGUI 1.50.1.0Is this a problem ? Also, is there any advantage (security wise) to uninstall both Installations, then reinstall only to Drive Z, ie, would it stop potential threats from disabling MBAM by it being on Drive Z ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksiemb Posted May 23, 2011 Author ID:432546 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Background:MBAM Free Version installed Feb 2010 on Drive C:I recently created new partition addressed by Drive Z:Today (may 23 2011 I installed Free Version AGAIN , but on Drive Z:I just noticed that the File Version Dates differ between MBAM & MBAMGUI as follows, on both Drives C & Z.MBAM: 1.50.1.3MBAMGUI 1.50.1.0Is this a problem ? Also, is there any advantage (security wise) to uninstall both Installations, then reinstall only to Drive Z, ie, would it stop potential threats from disabling MBAM by it being on Drive Z ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile360 Posted May 23, 2011 ID:432549 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Greetings Those files are separate executables, so the file versions will often differ. Those version numbers are correct. Also, installing MBAM on a different hard drive would do nothing to protect it from being disabled. Infections that disable security software disregard file paths and often attack active processes in memory and the registry to disable your security software.I'm also not sure that both of your MBAM installations will actually now work. I suspect the first installation you did (on C:) will likely now be broken due to the file paths being registered/overwritten in the registry with Z: as the path. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksiemb Posted May 23, 2011 Author ID:432554 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Thank you for the info. Properties for the MBAM desktop Icon point to z, and I just ran a successful update and scan.Since it makes no sense to have it on another partition, I should uninstall, then reinstall on dirve c: ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile360 Posted May 23, 2011 ID:432555 Share Posted May 23, 2011 You may if you wish, it can run from either location just fine as long as the location you're attempting to run it from is the most recent location it was installed in (though the logs and database etc. will still be stored on C: either way). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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