Malwarebytes slow to start.

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  1. jetjock

    jetjock MDL Senior Member

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    I have Malwarebytes v.1.50.1.1100 installed and set to start with Windows. The program seems to working just fine, but it takes two minutes to load after Windows is done loading. I have it on three computers that have varying amounts of programs and memory installed but it takes the same time to load on all three. Two computers have Windows 7 Ultimate and the third has Home Premium. Is there any way to speed up the start time of Malwarebytes?
     
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  2. Josh Cell

    Josh Cell MDL Developer

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  3. Deeb

    Deeb MDL Novice

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    I believe the default setting for the MBAM Service is Automatic(Delayed Start), which would explain the delay you are seeing.
    If it bothers you, you can change the service to Automatic, instead of the default Automatic(Delayed Start)
     
  4. R29k

    R29k MDL GLaDOS

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    You can try this
    Go into your Prefetch (C:\Windows\Prefetch) folder and delete everything in it.
    Then open a command prompt with admin access and run this rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks
    Then when that's done, will take a while, run this defrag %homedrive% -b, wait till it's done of course. :D Then reboot, you might require 1 more reboot to see benefits.
     
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  5. jetjock

    jetjock MDL Senior Member

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    Thanks to all who answered my question. The above appears to be the answer I was looking for. I had no idea there even was such a thing as "delayed start". I have changed to "Automatic". Here is what MalwareBytes had to say about it:


    I have Malwarebytes v.1.50.1.1100 installed and set to start with Windows. The program seems to working just fine, but it takes two minutes to load after Windows is done loading. I have it on three computers that have varying amounts of programs and memory installed but it takes the same time to load on all three. Two computers have Windows 7 Ultimate and the third has Home Premium. Is there any way to speed up the start time of Malwarebytes?

    Mike.

    Tom Mercado, May-25 15:25 (PDT):

    Hello and welcome to the Malwarebytes consumer helpdesk. Thank you for choosing Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware as your malware security solution, my name is Tom Mercado and I'll be assisting you today.

    This is done by design to avoid conflicts with other security software, there is no concern for lack of coverage.
     
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  6. BibuConn

    BibuConn MDL Novice

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    I'm not seeing where to go to change that setting though. How did you do it, step by step please?
     
  7. jetjock

    jetjock MDL Senior Member

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    Click "Start", "Run", type in "services.msc" and click "OK". Scroll down to "MBAMService", double click on it and then change startup type to "Automatic". Click "OK" and close open windows. Be advised that this worked fine on one computer, but gave an error message on another when it rebooted. I haven't had time to re-change it on that machine to see if it just a glitch or really won't work. Good luck.
     
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  8. BibuConn

    BibuConn MDL Novice

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    Thank you very much.

    I'll give it a shot and report back.
     
  9. BibuConn

    BibuConn MDL Novice

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    By the way, it worked!

    Thanks again.