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1. #CHECK FOR UPDATES MALWAREBYTES FREE VERSION INSTALL#
2. #CHECK FOR UPDATES MALWAREBYTES FREE VERSION UPDATE#
3. #CHECK FOR UPDATES MALWAREBYTES FREE VERSION FULL#
4. #CHECK FOR UPDATES MALWAREBYTES FREE VERSION TRIAL#

#CHECK FOR UPDATES MALWAREBYTES FREE VERSION UPDATE#

The update on the first machine was done back on Wednesday the 7th of March. By the way, the update procedure on the second machine was done earlier this morning, the 10th of March Pacific Daylight Time. Immediately after completing the update procedure, I checked for the registry key and it was GONE, thus proving that Malwarebytes’ program update procedure erased the registry key, not the definition update procedure. NET and Windows Monthly Rollup that had been there just a few days before.Īfter looking for the compatibility key on a second Win7 machine with the specs mentioned above and finding it present, I proceeded with updating Malwarebytes 3.3.1 Free as detailed above.

#CHECK FOR UPDATES MALWAREBYTES FREE VERSION INSTALL#

How did I find out this happened? I went to install Windows updates this past Thursday the 8th of March after seeing that we’d been moved by Da Boss to DEFCON 3, and I was suddenly missing the. This is just intended as a heads up for everyone, since we’re at MS-DEFCON 3 as I write this. In the key, there should be a REG_DWORD labeled “cadca5fe-87d3-4b96-b7fb-a231484277cc” and its value should be set to zero (0). Said registry compatibility key is as follows: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Qualit圜ompat. I then proceeded to recreate it and viola, I’m now all set. Upon rebooting, I discovered that the registry key for antimalware program compatibility was completely gone. I promptly went back into the Settings panel and clicked on the “Account Details” tab where I promptly clicked the button to deactivate the free trial, and provided a reason why I deactivated said trial.ĥ.

#CHECK FOR UPDATES MALWAREBYTES FREE VERSION TRIAL#

Once the update finished, I was presented with a free 14 day trial of the premium version. A new version was found, so I allowed the installation of said update to proceed.Ĥ.

This is NOT to be confused with the downloading and installing of definition updates which uses another completely separate process.ģ. Once there, click on the “Install Application Updates” button, which launched the program updater to check for new versions. Launch Malwarebytes free and go into the Settings panel.Ģ.

#CHECK FOR UPDATES MALWAREBYTES FREE VERSION FULL#

Restoring the key brought back full WU functionality.ġ. In BOTH instances, the update process removed the registry key that denotes antimalware program compatibility to receive Windows security updates and. I’ve just updated two Win7 圆4 SP1 computers from Malwarebytes Free 3.3.1 to Malwarebytes Free 3.4.4.