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Malwarebytes problem?
On 12/5/2017 1:31 PM, VanguardLH wrote:
Jo-Anne wrote: Over the past week, my computer has locked up three times--to the point where I had to turn it off manually. I suspect the problem is Malwarebytes. I run the free version when I want to check for malware. However, the last time I did an update, it installed a trial version of the full program. (I don't remember being asked to confirm that I wanted it.) What made me think of this program being the problem is that today I got a message from the program that I had three more days of the trial version. Assuming that it is Malwarebytes causing the problem, what is the best approach for dealing with it? Should I uninstall Malwarebytes and then try to reinstall the free version? Wait for the trial version to end? Something else? Go into its config and disable all the real-time features. Then it behave like when it cripples itself when the trial expires to the free version. There is no longer a free-only version. They deliver only a trial version. That means its real-time features are active and can conflict with other security software unless you configure it away from its install-time defaults by disabling all the real-time features. You can only get the trial version. Instead of waiting for it to cripple itself when the trial period expires, just go ahead and disable all those payware features so it becomes an on-demand second opinion scanner again. In wanted their Anti-Ransomware (MBAR) product more than their free Anti-Malware (MBAM) product. MBAM was used only as a second opinion on-demand scanner - so only for sporadic checkups or when something seemed amiss. MBAR comes bundled in their *paid* MBAM product but not in the free version (and the trial version will disable MBAR when the trial expires and the product cripples itself). I am not allowed to install both MBAR (only beta is available to non-paying users) and MBAM the latter of which bitches that it is incompatible with MBAR (as a separate product). So I had to pick one. Since free MBAM was just an occasional on-demand second opinion scanner, it was less important than on-access always-on MBAR. Thank you, VanguardLH. Is it possible to install and earlier free version of MBAM and then simply not update the program itself? -- Jo-Anne |
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