In Safe Mode with Networking, your anti virus program will be isolated should that be baulking the scan and if the scan runs okay in that mode, go into msconfig and Disable all for the programs under the Startup tab – making a note if any already unchecked.

The suggestion for running SAS was to see if it got hung up in the same spot – which it didn’t.ĭon’t know if you’ve tried running MBAM in Safe Mode with Networking or with the programs under the Startup tab in msconfig disabled. I have now deactivated my license and tried to run the free version of Malware Bytes and it hangs up in the same place don’t know what to do at this point. Sudo I tried the Pro trial of SAS and it didn’t turn up anything but I thank you for the benefit of your help, knowledge and good will. Update: seems this old retired guy was using the wrong terminology! I am using MB Premium. Although my Wife’s Laptop with standard HDD a newer processor and more memory scanned faster than my laptop with older processor, less memory, but SSD! I’m sure the fact that the OS on both of my machines is on an SSD makes a big difference. Wife’s Laptop: Win 7 HP 64-Bit SP-1 fully patched.ĥ00 Gb WD SATA II (3 Gb) 7200 RPM (System & Programs C: Data G:)

Intel Core i-5 430M (Arrandale) 2.27 GHzĢ56 Gb Crucial M4 SSD (System & Programs C: Data G:) Laptop: Win 7 HP 64-Bit SP-1 fully patched. NOTE: The following done with MalwareBytes PRO!ĭesktop: Win 8.1 Pro Update 1 64-Bit fully patched.ġ28 Gb Crucial M4 SSD (System & Programs C:) 1 Tb WD (Data G: & Swap S:)

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