Ok I renamed mbam.exe to mam.exe and then installed Spybot Search and destroy. I ran Malwarebytes, Spybot, Nod32 and Microsoft security essentials while running Firefox...............all programs were and are running fine except Malwarebytes which locked up. So I renamed the file to mbam.exe....................guess we see the problem.........but why? Rudy ----- Original Message ----- From: "EddieB" <fasteddieb216@xxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 10:43 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: EddieB..Re: Re: Help with Malwarebytes Anti-Malware locking up...... > One other thing... If you do have a virus that recognizes and tries to > stop > Malwarebytes, there is a trick that you can try. If you explore to > "C:\Program Files\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\" and rename mbam.exe to > something else (like marble.exe or anything that does not sound security > related to be safe). Then double-click the renamed file and see if that > can > scan without crashing. Just make sure you rename it back afterwards, > because your shortcuts and any scheduled updates or scans will be looking > for mbam.exe file. > > Ed > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 6504 (20110929) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To subscribe, unsubscribe or modify your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk OR To subscribe to the mailing list, send an email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject. To unsubscribe send email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject. To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To join our separate PCTableTalk off-topic group, send a blank email to: pctabletalk+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------