Malwarebyte releases major fail update (again)

Skybird · 01-28-18, 06:23 AM

They did a stunt of comparable dimensions already three or four years ago.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/new...amservice-exe/

They claim another emergency udate pushed sinc ethen solves the issue, but I will play it careful, and when launching my Windows machine in a few minutes, will do so without internet on booting, then deinstall MBAM Pro and leave it like that for the next two or three days, observing.

Its too much computer-sh!+ happening recently. I cannot escape the feeling that computer technology maybe reaches kind of a cesura. As if they cannot keep the ghosts they called under control any longer: too complicated.

Skybird · 01-28-18, 09:00 AM

I am wondering anyway whether MBAM still is as good as it was int he past. while researching this issue above, I found quite some hints and forum threads on the web where people complained about theta since release of MBAM version 3 the memory share used by MBAM went way up, while its detection quota went way down. Quite some people said that although they still have a life-long license they have deinstalled it. 200 MB in RAM usage, I recall that it was like that on my system as well (MBAM is currently deinstalled here since some minutes).

Anyone in knowledge of changes in MBAM reliability?

Jimbuna · 01-28-18, 09:17 AM

I use this so appreciate the heads-up

Catfish · 01-28-18, 12:44 PM

I installed the latest Mbam version a few days ago, then suddenly a lot of things did not work anymore. Called up restore point a week ago, did not work. Because of Mbam did not allow it.. so deinstalled Mbam, restore point reste, all seems to work again.
Which is a shame, since Mbam is the only real working help against ransomware.
Never install it on a server in a working environment though!

HW3 · 01-28-18, 03:13 PM

Thanks for the heads up, I was wondering what was going on with it. I will uninstall and wait for further word on it.

propbeanie · 01-28-18, 06:28 PM

... man...

- not again... sigh... thanks for the heads-up Skybird. Updates disabled (again)

01-28-18, 06:23 AM	#1
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,602 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Malwarebyte releases major fail update (again) They did a stunt of comparable dimensions already three or four years ago. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/new...amservice-exe/ They claim another emergency udate pushed sinc ethen solves the issue, but I will play it careful, and when launching my Windows machine in a few minutes, will do so without internet on booting, then deinstall MBAM Pro and leave it like that for the next two or three days, observing. Its too much computer-sh!+ happening recently. I cannot escape the feeling that computer technology maybe reaches kind of a cesura. As if they cannot keep the ghosts they called under control any longer: too complicated. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

01-28-18, 09:00 AM	#2
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,602 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	I am wondering anyway whether MBAM still is as good as it was int he past. while researching this issue above, I found quite some hints and forum threads on the web where people complained about theta since release of MBAM version 3 the memory share used by MBAM went way up, while its detection quota went way down. Quite some people said that although they still have a life-long license they have deinstalled it. 200 MB in RAM usage, I recall that it was like that on my system as well (MBAM is currently deinstalled here since some minutes). Anyone in knowledge of changes in MBAM reliability? __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

01-28-18, 09:17 AM	#3
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,445 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	I use this so appreciate the heads-up __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

01-28-18, 12:44 PM	#4
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 17,765 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	I installed the latest Mbam version a few days ago, then suddenly a lot of things did not work anymore. Called up restore point a week ago, did not work. Because of Mbam did not allow it.. so deinstalled Mbam, restore point reste, all seems to work again. Which is a shame, since Mbam is the only real working help against ransomware. Never install it on a server in a working environment though! __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.

01-28-18, 03:13 PM	#5
HW3 Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Gresham Oregon Posts: 6,574 Downloads: 458 Uploads: 0	Thanks for the heads up, I was wondering what was going on with it. I will uninstall and wait for further word on it. __________________ "Some ships are designed to sink...others require our assistance." Nathan Zelk

01-28-18, 06:28 PM	#6
propbeanie CTD - it's not just a job Join Date: May 2016 Location: One hour from Music City USA! Posts: 10,098 Downloads: 451 Uploads: 2	... man... - not again... sigh... thanks for the heads-up Skybird. Updates disabled (again) __________________ "...and bollocks to the naysayers" - Jimbuna