Hi malware fighters,
If you have the above situation, you are in a predicament. It is not good when we have to depend only on one program to eliminate for instance Combo-script, and if that is retracted?
Some of these infections will as you mentioned not allow you to run MBAM. However, renaming MBAM usually will resolve that issue.
If you're still having issues even after renaming it, then I have had success with the following method:
NOTE: You need a clean machine to preform the following task. Download, install, and update Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware:
http://www.besttechie.net/mbam/mbam-setup.exe1. Create a folder on your desktop called Fix and put the mbam-setup.exe file in there
2. Open notepad and copy the following text into it exactly as written, then save the file as prep.bat in the Fix folder (make sure you select the drop downbox when saving the file that says "Save as type" and select "All Files"):
copy "%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\Malwarebytes\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\rules.ref" "%cd%" ren "%cd%\mbam-setup.exe" 12setup.exe
3. Double click the prep.bat file you just created, the setup file should now be renamed and you should now have a file called rules.ref in the folder with it.
4. Create another batch file called install.bat and save it in the same folder:
copy rules.ref "%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\Malwarebytes\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware"
ren "%systemdrive%\Program Files\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\mbam.exe" mscan.exe
"%systemdrive%\Program Files\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\mscan.exe" /quickscan
DO NOT EXECUTE INSTALL.BAT YET - IT WILL BE USED ON THE INFECTED MACHINE LATER
5. Copy the folder you created containing the setup file, the rules.ref file and the 2 batch files to a flash drive or writable CD and copy the folder to the desktop of the infected computer. Once it's there, run 12setup.exe and after the installation is complete, double click on the second batch file you made called install.bat. Malwarebytes' should now run and scan your computer for infections. Once the scan completes, remove any infections it finds and reboot if necessary.
This should work pretty flawlessly according to the source of this work-around BT admin
Let us know how it works,
polonus