Malwarebytes question

Alan_Cross

Just went to the Malwarebytes CNET download link as recommended by alienrik.

After clicking on the download I had no further mention of malwarebytes but something calling itself a 'trial' with ARTr something or other. In a panic I hit the cancel button.

Can anyone reassure me this is the right link?

gaming_guy

http://www.gt500.org/malwarebytes/mbam.jsp

should be the right link

aliEnRIK

(Make sure you click 'DOWNLOAD NOW')

Alan_Cross

Ok, MB now installed and ... it took 1hr20mins to run a full scan...

Frankly, I'll be going back to Lavasoft if this is par for the course. Could I have done something wrong?

peter_the_piper

I guess it depends on the amount of files and the amount of junk it had to find, Maybe a post of the log would elaborate. A scan I did to a friends computer took a long time and found 1400+ bits of rubbish.

aliEnRIK

Alan_Cross wrote: »

Ok, MB now installed and ... it took 1hr20mins to run a full scan...

Frankly, I'll be going back to Lavasoft if this is par for the course. Could I have done something wrong?

A quick scan will take about 10 mins (Which is what adaware does by default)

If you feel safer using adware though thats upto you

John_Gray

Reading and analysing all the files on a hard disk is bound to take a long time. If this concerns you, why not start it running, and just go to bed? Same applies with CHKDSK, defragmenting, etc etc.