Malwarebytes released a new component update 1.0.527 for version 3.6.1 for their anti-malware product to address Windows 7 freezing issue, the update currently can be manually downloaded and installed by clicking ‘Install Application Updates’ button in Application tab in settings.
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Users need to restart their systems to apply the update and new version is available for all Windows users not just for affected systems. It may take a couple of days for the Malwarebytes to offer new setup file with the current component package on their website. You need to install the update manually after installing Malwarebytes 3.6.1 CU 1.0.519 on your computer.
Malwarebytes 3.6.1 v1.0.527
We’ve covered some Malwarebytes Premium users on Windows 7 experienced lockup and freezing issues and Malwarebytes is working to find the cause and a permanent solution and it suggested affected users either to downgrade to a previous anti-malware version or disable real-time protection. These workarounds no longer necessary as the company was able to reproduce the freezing issue on their Windows 7 systems and released a new CU update with the fix.
Canon mf6550 software. The company found their Web Protection module code has caused issues on certain multi-processor systems and updated the code to rectify the issue. This is what the company noted in a forum thread while announcing new component update:
“Component Update 3.6.1 v1.0.527 released. Greetings Malwarebytes community we have recently promoted a new component package for our Windows 7 and later users. This new package addresses a reported freeze on Windows 7 computers that related to Web Protection on multiple core processor configurations”
The company added an update in the issue thread before releasing test build with this new information:
“We’ve now been able to reproduce the freeze in house on more systems and believe we have narrowed down the problem to multi-processor synchronization issues with our web protection code on Windows 7. We have an updated version of Malwarebytes that we’re currently testing, so far with encouraging results.”
For the uninitiated, since December 2018, Malwarebytes paid version users suffered sporadic freezes on Windows 7 with version 3.6.1 CU 1.0.508 installed. The company unable to find the reason for the issue, which now after thorough in-house testing have been able to repro and fix the issue. After affected users confirmed they no longer noticing any issues after installing beta version on their system, the company has released a new update, this is not specific to Windows 7, all users are encouraged to upgrade to latest version.
by Martin Brinkmann on May 11, 2017 in Software - Last Update: May 22, 2018 - 44 comments
Malwarebytes released Malwarebytes 3.1 on May 10, 2017. The new version of the security software brings along with it performance improvements, better memory handling, and quite a few new features and options.
Users can download the latest version of the application from the Malwarebytes website.According to Malwarebytes, existing users need to upgrade by downloading the new version from the official website and installing it this way on the target system.
Some Malwarebytes users may need to remove the existing version of the software from their systems before they run the installer that installs Malwarebytes 3.1 on the system.
Malwarebytes 3.1
Ever since Malwarebytes published Malwarebytes 3, a unified program that combines the company's anti-malware, anti-ransomware and anti-exploit products, users have been complaining aboutvariousissues such as high memory usage or the automatic turning off of protective modules with the program.
The new version of Malwarebytes addresses some of these issues. From a performance perspective, things have improved in several ways:
- Memory usage is reduced thanks to improvements in this area.
- Improved the performance of the Web Protection module.
- Third-party applications load faster and are more responsive.
- The Malwarebytes 3.1 program starts up faster, and is more responsive in the user interface.
I have yet to benchmark and compare the program's memory usage before and after the new Malwarebytes 3.1 update. Flight simulators for windows 10. Feel free to share your findings in the comment section below.
But performance is only one area with improvements. As far as other under-the-hood changes are concerned, the following are noteworthy:
- Malwarebytes 3.1 ships with a new detection and protection layer that uses machine learning based anomaly detection. This feature is rolled out over time to users, even if it shows as enabled already in the settings.
- Self-Protection improvements: disabling protections, or deactivating the license requires elevated privileges. Also, fixed an issue where self-protect would not activate after upgrades.
- Malware protection and remediation improvements.
As far as usability improvements are concerned, there are a few in this area as well.
Free users may notice that Malwarebytes 3.1 will run an automatic scan once a month on the system for instance. More interesting than this is that premium users have an option now to turn of 'real-time protection turned off' notifications if they have turned off real-time protection manually. This should do away with some of the Windows Action Center notifications that have bugged Malwarebytes 3 users ever since the official release.
Another issue fixed in the new version is the 'cannot start a scan while another one is in progress' when running right-click context scans.
Premium users may notice a new system tray icon menu entry that enables them to unblock the last blocked website directly from that menu. This should speed things up significantly when it comes to blocked sites or servers that users want to unblock.
The new Malwarebytes 3.1 fixes bugs and issues of the old version of the program. Quite a few crashes have been fixed, for instance some in the Web Protection module or related to the Malwarebytes Service.
The annoying 'starting' state of the Ransomware Protection module should be a thing of the past as well, as Malwarebytes states that this has been fixed in the new version.
Closing Words
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The new Malwarebytes 3.1 introduces much needed improvements and fixes to the security program for Windows. It is too early to tell if it addresses the bulk of the issues that users experienced in previous versions. It seems likely that it will remedy the situation somewhat, but that more work is needed to address all the issues.
Now You: Did you upgrade to Malwarebytes 3.1? What's your first impression of the new release?
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