MalwareBytes crashes thousands of computers

Brian D

Brian D

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Feb 17, 2006
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Do you use MalwareBytes antimalware/antivirus software? I do, and at 8:30 this morning an update occurred that practically crash thousands of computers. The update caused excessive memory usage issue causing PCs to max out their memory resulting the PC to lockup. The fix took about 4 hours to resolve but around 12 noon Pacific Time a new update was available that cleared up the issue.

Hope this did not affect you guys, but it killed me and my wife's... err... admiral's computer. Oh well, welcome to technology. Stuff happens.
 
JamesG161

JamesG161

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Feb 14, 2014
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Hunter 430 Waveland, MS
Well dang, my iMac didn't seem to be affected.:p:pimp:
Jim...
 
Stu Jackson

Stu Jackson

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Feb 26, 2004
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Catalina 34 224 Maple Bay, BC, Canada
As a result of many reports of using "automatically download and install updates" being "hogs" and, reported to be a bane for phones at least, I have disabled all "auto updates" on my computer, even Windows downloads. I check these every few weeks. One of the4 reasons for this was back when W10 became available there was a "nifty" little Windoz feature that downloaded it even if you didn't want it. I found out about it over on cruisersforum, and have ever since NOT loaded two particular W7 "update" files; one announces how great W10 is with popups, and the other downloads it, like it or not. Boating forums are almost better than computer forums! :) No need to be geeky...:)

I have the free version of malwarebytes which, IIRC, doesn't have the auto update feature; I have to check for updates before I run it.

Thanks for the info, Brian.
 
Brian D

Brian D

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Feb 17, 2006
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I would say if you are careful about where you go, you really don't need an antivirus. However, malware and ransomware can come from anywhere, so it is prudent to have some kind of protection.
 
Allan12210

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Jan 22, 2008
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Brian D said:
I would say if you are careful about where you go, you really don't need an antivirus. However, malware and ransomware can come from anywhere, so it is prudent to have some kind of protection.
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I listen to a guy named Leo LaPorte, The Tech Guy. He has weekly pod casts and syndicated radio shows. He no longer recommends third party anti virus as it can interfere with normal updates and security patches on Windows computers. He feels the Windows Antivirus is fine and to be careful about opening any unknown links in emails.
 
Will Gilmore

Will Gilmore

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Oct 19, 2017
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Your computer likely came with all that stuff installed. Third party protection too. MS anti-virus, Defender, clashes with some of the third party aps.
Back in the days of Windows 98se, I wrote my own. Basically a set of batch files that returned the registry files to their original settings and deleted any flagged files, extensions, folders that weren't suppose to be there. This ran automatically as a one time call when I rebooted and when I shut down my browser. I also could click the icon when ever I felt I should.
I use to search the forums for information to identify and track down the bad files, settings, etc.
Got sick of it all when I realized that all the people posting their lists of running processes for analysis by whatever forum guru, where taking up as much as a third of their processing time and a significant portion of HD real estate with anti malware. That seemed like the true virus danger. That's why I took the batch file approach, so there wasn't much running in the background.
Now? I have no idea. I keep it basic and minimal, my use of the Net; Amazon, WalMart and the rare CL purchase where I can drive out to pick up the item.
I never wanted to be a computer scientist anyhow. That was suppose to be a stepping stone to architect. Now, I'll stick with farmer, woodworker and artist.

- Will (Dragonfly)
 
justsomeguy

justsomeguy

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Feb 20, 2011
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Brian D said:
I would say if you are careful about where you go, you really don't need an antivirus. However, malware and ransomware can come from anywhere, so it is prudent to have some kind of protection.
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Like backing up your hard drives regularly.
 
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