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I can repeatedly update MBAM. However, I will get an message like ...

I found that MBAM would not properly on a restricted user account; it says "updated", but the database version and virus sigs stay the same. Run it with admin priv.

McAfee is all marketing and sponsorships. Failed or came in last in just about any AV test that exists.

I believe that is a hardware firewall test ^.-

If your an avid gamer then you need Norton AntiVirus Gaming Edition 2009.

Just another useless program. That's all.

Well first he will have to download HiJack This. Download it on an alt computer and transfer it via flash drive. I had a tricky virus recently that spontaneously shutdown the browser when searching for MBAM, Combofix, Norton, Symantec, Kaspersky, NOD32 .. the list goes on .. and HiJack This. And remember to scan the flash drive when this is sorted out.

Like ComboFix, MBAM uses lots of obsecure methods to remove malware. ComboFix implements NirCmd, which is considered a potentially unwanted program.

And why are we all using Firefox? Security by Obscurity! Seems like every Firefox fanboy is proud that it is occupying ~25% of the browser market and rapidly increasing; however the irony is that with more popularity, Firefox becomes a bigger target! Does that mean we should switch to a niche browser?

Just what passwords does it steal?

What issued the pop-up?

Norton? What version? What year? Are you sure this threat was actually on your computer and not being blocked at the point of entry by Intrusion Prevention? Check your security logs for clarification.

Just another useless program? A variant of it had the intentional FP database and MBAM happens to pick this particular one up?

I installed Perfect Defender because someone claimed that their computer was hijacked and when they tried to access the internet they would get redirected to Perfect Defender's site. Perfect Defender seems to be a legit program, albeit poor in malware detection; it didn't detect EICAR =\. It even has a firewall, which actually worked =\. There are thousands of hits for how to remove the program, and they all claim the symptoms to be similar to that of rouge adware: pop-ups, advertisments, etc etc. I have not experienced any one of the symptoms with Perfect Defender. I even left my VPC which I installed it on idle, to see what would happen; if it would download anything, etc. Nothing. I restarted. Nothing... So, can I ask the rationale behind adding Perfect Defender to Malwarebytes' list of rouge security apps?

Why? I downloaded and install SpyProtecter and using MBAM in quick scan unearthed 3 infected items; with Full scan it unearthed another 20 or so infected items.