4 replies to this topic

[DaChew]

Does having someone boot into safe mode immediately after running a scan and fix with MBAM interfer with removal of malware files found by MBAM that require a reboot?

[Hardhead]

There's no need to boot into safe mode as Mbam runs better in normal mode.

http://www.malwarebytes.org/forums/index.p...ost&p=13345

[DaChew]

Hardhead, on Jul 17 2008, 06:42 AM, said:

There's no need to boot into safe mode as Mbam runs better in normal mode.

http://www.malwarebytes.org/forums/index.p...ost&p=13345

You've misread my post, that's not what I am talking about

Some files require a reboot to remove, if you have specified that someone run MBAM and then reboot into safe mode to run a different scanner like SAS, are you interfering with the final cleanup by MBAM?

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/ind...mp;#entry839950

here's an example of what I am talking about

that's why I said it was a question for the developers

[nosirrah]

MBAM should be rebooted into regular mode after a scan .

There are registry fixes that cant be made while malware is live and requires a full reboot to make them .

Once back on your desktop it is safe to reboot into safemode .

We will be changing the load point of the on reboot fixes and these changes should allow rebooting into safemode without the loss of any reboot fixes .

[DaChew]

nosirrah, on Jul 17 2008, 11:10 AM, said:

MBAM should be rebooted into regular mode after a scan .

There are registry fixes that cant be made while malware is live and requires a full reboot to make them .

Once back on your desktop it is safe to reboot into safemode .

We will be changing the load point of the on reboot fixes and these changes should allow rebooting into safemode without the loss of any reboot fixes .

Thanks Bruce,
I suspected that had happened in one case but with malware it's hard to guess what's going on.