My computers been a little bit slower starting up Windows. That's about the only difference I've noticed currently.

And my computer's been a little bit slower since starting up AVAST

Any news Don?

Haven't tried it yet... too busy, and going away for a week Friday, so...

But anyone with problems should still post here with specific details to help narrow down the issues...

nope i have never had this issue, right click malwarebytes and run it as an administrator

I did, not sure if it worked. Before I did I clicked the begin trial link so all it says instead of Pro is trial. The trial version is 2 weeks long so I guess I'll find out soon enough but I did right click and ran as administrator. Only time will tell now I guess. If not, I think I'm going to have to get a different version of it

you should be fine , i wouldnt worry too much about it

Ok, cool. Thanks. I hope you're right!

Ok, so I read some of the comments that have been added to the torrent since I downloaded it and others are having the same problem as I am. I guess when you update it, it kicks you back down to a free version. If you don't ever update it though, won't it become out of date rather quickly? How else are you suppose to have the most current malware definitions to scan for?

well you can always just pay for the pro version...

well if u hack the program then worrying about it becoming the free version when you update wouldnt be an issue)

i think the free version is just as good as the pro honestly not that much of a difference

I agree. I think the feature that I like most is it's a proactive program. Basically I like the real-time protection. The pro version seems to protect your computer from becoming infected. The free version seems to be reactive in that it fixes your computer after it's already infected.

I have the free version and I get prompted for definition updates. In fact, I was just prompted that my definitions are 7 days out of date.

true, but i dont even use the real time protection because it is annoying as it is always running in the taskbar and a notification pops up when its soemthing it doesnt like even if it may be harmless,

you can always get the free version and run a full scan once a week or more often

That's what I do and will continue to do. Have you ever used Spybot?

I used Spybot way back when, I found it annoying and i think malware is much better

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Thanks DD. I was thinking of just breaking down and buying it. Lifetime subscription for around $20 is not bad at all.

Has anyone ever used Linux? Some guys are working were telling me about it and supposedly the new Ubuntu system is suppose to be pretty nice. Was thinking of switching my laptop (aka - the download computer) to it since it runs EXTREMELY slow due to Windows 7.

I took a computer science course as a freshman in college and played with linux a bit, it is a nice os, but i am soo used to windows (even though i hate microsoft) that i stick with it

Yeah, the new system is supposedly A LOT more user friendly. I've read online that if people were thinking of switching from Windows, now's the time. It looks like a Mac almost in terms of appearance. The only problem I found with it somewhat was that some software isn't Linux compatible. I'm still thinking about it. My friend at work said he could do it to where when it boots up, I could choose whether I want to run Linux or Windows (which I think is pretty sweet!). Seriously giving it consideration.

Yeah the whole not having eveyr piece of software being Linux compatible is a big turn off for me. Your friend is talking about having your pc do a "dual boot" where you can choose the OS you want. I have been thinking of doing that for my HP Touchpad (tablet) it currently runs on its native WebOS platform which I like, but a popular online group called Cyanogenmod hacked it to where it also runs on Android and I can choose which OS I want to run when I turn it on.

The group also hacks other tablets and basically all smartphones to do bunch of cool stuff, and the best part is you can download the "roms" they make to hack your device for free.

Currently, I dont have any time to do any of this cool stuff to my devices but hopefully once I am done with school I will give it a shoot and put android on it.

Cool, let us know how it turns out DD. I'd be curious. I've got an iPhone 3GS and always wanted to jailbreak it but I'm afraid of bricking it. However, when I get the new iPhone later this year, I may do it then since if I do brick it, it won't be a big deal since it won't be the phone I use daily.

As for my computer, I think I'm going to do the dual boot up. If I don't like it, I can just use the Windows but I watched a couple of videos on youtube about it and I'm intrigued. Not having to worry about antiviruses or spywares would be AWESOME! If all goes well, I'd think about switching my desktop as well (which is the computer I use for surfing the Internet, etc).

Thanks, lets us know how the dual boot goes.

Absolutely. Probably going to have it converted Monday night so hopefully by Tuesday or Wednesday at the latest I'll have it back. Fingers crossed, I can't wait!

So I finally took your advice Geoff and downloaded Spybot Search & Destroy. I was having too many pop-ups recently. I would go to one of my torrent sites and Firefox was saying it blocked 6 pop-ups, which is WAY too many. So I downloaded Spybot with the intention of finding something and then removing the software. However, I think I may keep it after all. It found 8 things and got rid of them and now I don't have as many pop-ups being blocked which is AWESOME! I just have to get used to the interface though. Pretty ordinary compared to MalwareBytes (or at least in my opinion it is).

Well, when you're not purposely scanning, it just sits in the background and watches over everything -- no interface at all!

Nice. So will it block potentially malicious sites or things from infecting my computer before they happen? If so, that's similar to the MalwareBytes Pro version.

That I don't know, cuz it's never warned me -- I only notice it when installing/updating software, asking me to confirm the changes to the registry...

Gotcha. What does the Immunize feature mean? What's it do exactly?

Click on the Help button in that section and it'll explain it. It's for IE, which I don't use, but "it modifies Internet Explorer, through official ways, to block a lot of the bad stuff known to Spybot-S&D."

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AWESOME! Thanks for the heads up Dapper_Don. I think I'll DEFINITELY be purchasing this now that it's so reduced in price.