Anyone running this? I am a lifetime subscriber and understand that it will include anti-exploit at no cost. Also, they now describe it as an antivirus. I read that it will be automatically upgraded in the near future for subscribers. The download is also available.

I have an old lifetime Pro license and I also heard about the anti-exploit being included. I hadn't read that it was described as anti-virus now. I'll have to read up on it.

does anyone have the link for malwarebytes. i thought i had it on the laptop

Here you go...

https://www.malwarebytes.com/

thank you. i went and downloaded it, but it doesn't stop running. it is scanning and gets to a certain spot and just keeps saying its scanning, i left it going all night last night and it was the same this morning when i got up.am going to uninstall it and reinstall to see if it does the same. if it does then not sure what to do.

well i gave up on it finishing , it would only get so far and then just kept scanning on the same thing for over an hour. wit hthis being only the trial version , i need to find something that is free and i don't have to worry about expiring after so many days. i know i had this on my other laptop and it worked fine .

This doesn't expire - ever. Make sure you decline the trial offer of the Pro version.

I don't know why it won't complete a scan though. Almost sounds like you might have some malware that is blocking it. Have you run a scan with your antivirus software too?

yep but will do it again. i use mcafee with thru my internet provider so it doesn't cost me anything

There's your problem.
McAfee is fighting with MalwareBytes so it can't finish its scan.

You aren't supposed to run two antivirus with "real time scanning" at the same time because they will fight with each other.

ok so i need to turn off my mcafee for now and then run malaware?

You might have to actually uninstall McAfee to get MalwareBytes to scan. But you can try turning it off first. Also if McAfee has the option to allow programs to run, be sure to tell it to allow MalwareBytes.

The older versions of Malwarebytes were made to run in real time right along with your anti-virus. I believe the new Malwarebytes 3.0 is supposed to be an anti-virus replacement. However, this is from the Malwarebytes website... I am running Malwarebytes 3.0 alongside my anti-virus with no problems. But it's also not McAfee.



I'd do what Jenny said and see if it finishes.

There are still questions out there about this new version running along regular anti-virus programs. When you downloaded it, did it give you the option to NOT enable the free trial of Malwarebytes 3.0? If you declined, that should give you the version which does not run in real time and that one should run with your anti-virus.

it says free trial. will do some looking on macfee about adding the malware.
i don't see anywhere on my macfee that will let add malwarebytes

Please stop referring to MalwareBytes as "malware."
Malware is the stuff you want to get rid of -- the adware and information-stealing junk intended to rob you and cripple your computer.

MalwareBytes' job is to detect and remove malware.

Indeed... we had another individual referring to Malwarebytes as "malware" and it was very difficult to give out accurate information when someone was using incorrect terminology.

I had hoped there would be something to refuse the "free trial" and just download the Malwarebytes scanner. I would still do what Jenny suggested earlier... don't add an exception for Malwarebytes to McAfee. Just disable McAfee while you run a scan.

sorry i didn't realize i was doing that.

It's easy to do when you're typing away! Some people just use the MWB abbreviation to make it distinct from the word malware which means the bad stuff.

Any luck with disabling McAfee?

no. so i gave up on it all for a while. was giving me a headache trying to do it and was getting frustrated. maybe another day

I know the feeling... had one of those "headaches" with computers this morning!

I hope I didn't sound too harsh, but back when I was a newbie this sort of thing caused me no end of confusion. Of course back then it was more apt to be people being proud to announce they'd installed "adware" when they meant Ad-Aware (a program that removed adware).