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Re: Malwarebytes 2 - Yes, No or Maybe ???
« Reply #15 on: May 21, 2014, 09:13:10 PM »
Thanks Pondus

Added my 2 cents worth as well :)
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Re: Malwarebytes 2 - Yes, No or Maybe ???
« Reply #16 on: May 21, 2014, 09:44:58 PM »
David,
Have you tried changing the screen resolution ???

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Re: Malwarebytes 2 - Yes, No or Maybe ???
« Reply #17 on: May 21, 2014, 09:47:23 PM »
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David have you mentioned this on the MBAM forums? that's clearly an issue that requires fixing and adding some options for those with smaller screens.
i posted a link to this topic in mbam forum so guess it will be seen.    ;)

Thanks, generally I don't like posting other forum links as they have to leave their forum to get the information. Though in this case there are a few different issues collated, not to mention we do recommend MBAM as an addition to avast.
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Re: Malwarebytes 2 - Yes, No or Maybe ???
« Reply #18 on: May 21, 2014, 09:49:21 PM »
David,
Have you tried changing the screen resolution ???



I don't believe you can in the win7 starter edition, it is heavily restricted, can't even change wallpaper. 1024x600 is the native resolution and I think I'm stuck with it. It is using the bog standard Intel graphics (I think it is 3150) on an Intel Atom processor.
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Re: Malwarebytes 2 - Yes, No or Maybe ???
« Reply #19 on: May 21, 2014, 09:52:08 PM »
I was able to accomplish it on my 10.1 Dell.
It may not work for you but I was also told it couldn't be done by Dell:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yM0SQyuk7_4
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Re: Malwarebytes 2 - Yes, No or Maybe ???
« Reply #20 on: May 21, 2014, 10:01:55 PM »
I will have a look, but remember this is win7 starter edition not windows 8.

Now searching the registry, this might take a while, not much grunt in a 1.5GHz Atom dual core CPU.
Back in a while.
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Re: Malwarebytes 2 - Yes, No or Maybe ???
« Reply #21 on: May 21, 2014, 10:53:46 PM »
I had tried one of the later betas of v2 and didn't like the feel of it. I uninstalled and went back to 1.75. All was well 'til yesterday when MBAM sent the program update along with the database update. I was notified and agreed to the update, but it was a mistake on my part. The UI is still just as clumsy, and settings are difficult to find and understand. I spent a good five minutes looking for a scan log file link in the UI, gave up, and manually found the log in the MBAM folder. I was never able to get the context menu scanner to work properly: sometimes, MBAM opened but just layed there; other times MBAM never even opened. Shellex and Ccleaner verified MBAM's context menu existence, but it still didn't work.

V2 is still a beta with many bugs to be worked out, IMHO. I just ask that MBAM continues support for v1.75 until these problems are resolved, and doesn't force the upgrade on it's users.

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Re: Malwarebytes 2 - Yes, No or Maybe ???
« Reply #22 on: May 21, 2014, 11:06:10 PM »
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I spent a good five minutes looking for a scan log file link in the UI, gave up,
did you click the log/history tab at top right   ;)

essexboy have some screenshots here.    http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=53253.0

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Re: Malwarebytes 2 - Yes, No or Maybe ???
« Reply #23 on: May 21, 2014, 11:10:37 PM »
I was able to accomplish it on my 10.1 Dell.
It may not work for you but I was also told it couldn't be done by Dell:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yM0SQyuk7_4

Update:
Well it took some time to find the first registry entry, but that went OK as did the second entry.

A reboot and check the screen resolution options, it also had 1024x768 as you mentioned and also 1152x864. The 1024x768 made things very stretched. But I was able to access all of the MBAM scheduled scans advanced settings.

Thanks for the video, very handy reference guide.

I also tried the 1152x864 resolution whilst that was more like the normal screen layout, it isn't something you wouldn't want to use outside of emergencies. Once you step away from the native resolution of an LCD/LED screen you loose clarity.
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Re: Malwarebytes 2 - Yes, No or Maybe ???
« Reply #24 on: May 21, 2014, 11:17:43 PM »
Glad to hear that it worked.
I did it out of necessity since Windows 8 would not work on the default max settings
available on my Dell Mini and mainly because Dell said it can't be done. :)
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Re: Malwarebytes 2 - Yes, No or Maybe ???
« Reply #25 on: May 22, 2014, 12:31:18 AM »
With the newest update, most my problems with earlier versions are gone.

The only problem I find now is that MBAM starts automatically at random times. I have been told it happens when it automatically updates.

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Re: Malwarebytes 2 - Yes, No or Maybe ???
« Reply #26 on: May 22, 2014, 12:42:38 AM »
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I spent a good five minutes looking for a scan log file link in the UI, gave up,
did you click the log/history tab at top right   ;)

essexboy have some screenshots here.    http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=53253.0

Thanks, Pondus. I would have if I could have found it. My scan only alerted on one registry item which I ignored. There was no log-link I could find at that point. If there was a link to History, I would probably not have associated it with scan logs.

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Re: Malwarebytes 2 - Yes, No or Maybe ???
« Reply #27 on: May 22, 2014, 06:10:40 AM »
I found the "threat scan" is more thorough than the old "quick scan".
Yes it is. It's almost a full scan. The Hyper Scan however is much less thorough than Quick was. I was always satisfied with Quick and even the MBAM staff said it was sufficient in most cases. I wish they would have kept it in the free version.

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Re: Malwarebytes 2 - Yes, No or Maybe ???
« Reply #28 on: June 14, 2014, 09:54:41 PM »
I'm sticking with MBAM v1.75 at the moment. I've tried every new version since 1.75 and none of them haave worked smoothly on my machine. The problem always seems to be that the MBAM driver causes a BSOD during scans. Rather than try to fix the problem I started looking at other similar products and have been impressed with Emsisoft Emergency Kit:

https://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/eek/

I'd suggest trying it as it's free.

Scans are configurable and can be set to exclude files, folders or drives. Can also scan for PUP's.

The only downside is that the update process isn't quite as fast as MBAM's.


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Re: Malwarebytes 2 - Yes, No or Maybe ???
« Reply #29 on: June 15, 2014, 04:25:51 AM »
MBAM 2 has surely had initial bugs and problems.Over the past weeks their detection rates dropped suddenly.

Luckily a few program updates and the dedication of the developers has fixed everything.Still I think it could have been better program.There is still some issues I have had with it with other AV;s.