kaw

Me too...

p.s. I'm currently reading the novels in Neal Stephenson's Baroque Cycle, and have been influenced by the author's style in presenting characters' speech and - especially - correspondence. This accounts for the writing style in composition of my immediately prior post (although it does not account for the several typos in the text - those are mine alone, and may not be attributed to any others' influence). Yours etc KAW

Pardon me, folks, but... Taking this issue to personal messages and personal topics on other forums to address individually is counter to effectively addressing the particular question raised in this forum theme: Malwarebytes DOES identify a threat, viz., an outbound attempt to connect with the malicious website ccbidder.tlvmedia.com - with there being a logical inference that there is malicious software actively operating within the files of our computers. While I understand that not all threats are being identified by Malwarebytes (or any other anti-malware software), and hence is being handled as identified threats should be, it seems to me that if Malwarebytes does identify evidence that there is malicious software acting on a patron's computer, and does address a 'symptom' of the contagion, Malwarebytes would pursue a course of finding and eliminating the source of the threat. This is not being done.I have to ask, then... why not? One symptom of active malicious software should be enough to get the ball rolling to seek out its source to address the threat. In fact, there should be no assumption made that the evident malicious software is capable of producing only the single threat identified by Malwarebytes (i.e., attempt to access the malicious website ccbidder.tlvmedia.com). Identifying this 'symptom' of an infection must be sufficient reason to find and eliminate the source of the infection - I mean, how many other malicious actions might this evident malicious software be taking that have not been identified by Malwarebytes? It seems irresponsible to me for a Malwarebytes helper to conclude that the Malwarebytes anti-malware software is adequately performing its function by blocking access to a computer's attempted outbound connection with a known malicious website without taking further actions against the source of the threat hidden within the files of the computer While I understand that Malwarebytes may not yet be programed to do so - after all, no anti-malware product has everything covered - I must take umbrage with an attitude on the part of Malwarebytes principals that they have no company obligation to revise the products' software to positively address this logical omission in patrons' effective anti-malware coverage. I suspect that there are more than a few patrons of Malwarebytes products whose computers are infected with this malicious software - patrons who have just not weighed in on this forum (meaning that this is a more general software issue and is not the result of a few individuals' computer peculiarities). To treat this issue as isolated instances requiring individual patrons of Malwarebytes products to seek help in solving their dilemma is... um... unwarranted...? With all due respect, I request that you (Malwarebytes representatives) respond to this line of reasoning in this forum. Thank you. KAW

I have the same situation - ccbidder.tlvmedia blocked - an outbound [from my laptop] attempt to connect with the identified 'malicious' website. I think, for purposes of the current discussion in this forum [as opposed to the 'help in removal of malicious software' forum], the question is... Why would Malwarebytes software identify the evidently malicious software on my laptop, blocking the malicious software's attempt to connect with its host website, and then simply leave it at that instead of quarantining the threat? That is, it's a question of programming viability and effectiveness of the premium software we paid for to protect our computers. Malwarebytes Anti-Malware and its cousin Anti-Exploit are supposed to not only identify and block threats but remove them. That's why I paid for the premium package. If the attempt of some malicious software [apparently hidden in the files on my laptop] to contact a known malicious website is identified and blocked, what possible reason is there for Malwarebytes to NOT deal with the source of the threat - the malicious software on my laptop - and eliminate it? This question isn't about asking someone in this forum to actually help me remove the malicious software, so please don't direct me to the other forum - I'll go there next to get help with that. This question IS about the integrity of the Malwarebytes anti-malware/anti-exploit software in performing its intended function - and in this instance, apparently failing in that function. This forum is the appropriate place for this subject, isn't it? Thanks. KAW