Malwarebytes Forced Trial

SidecarFlip wrote:
I used CCleaner and have for years. Nice program, Have it on my Android phone too...and it's freeware.

Be sure that you are aware of this Security Notification

sherlock62 wrote:
All this is not necessary! All you have to do is right mouse click on the Malwarebyte's icon in the task bar and then remove the check mark where it says Open when Windows starts.

This is the answer. I would not uninstall as MB is very good.

cCleaner is excellent but has a completely different function than Malwarebytes.

I used CCleaner and have for years. Nice program, Have it on my Android phone too...and it's freeware.

sherlock62 wrote:

braindead0 wrote:

az99 wrote:
It would be real nice if they informed you what you are going to get when all you clicked on to do was an update. Be honest and tell the customer they are being forced to use the premium version for a trial period.

The program also auto starts at boot and you can't disable it in startup of Task Manager.

You most certainly can prevent it from starting up, it's either in one of the startup folders, a windows registry Run key or (less likely) being launched as logged in user by a service.

Try running msconfig, that should give you a handy user interface to disable startup of anything. Be warned you can disable startup of necessary items using this. Start with the 'Startup' tab, sort by Manufacturer and you should find it easy enough. Uncheck, follow instructions..don.

All this is not necessary! All you have to do is right mouse click on the Malwarebyte's icon in the task bar and then remove the check mark where it says Open when Windows starts.

Or simply uninstall the free program if you don't like the conditions.. that's pretty easy.

braindead0 wrote:

az99 wrote:
It would be real nice if they informed you what you are going to get when all you clicked on to do was an update. Be honest and tell the customer they are being forced to use the premium version for a trial period.

The program also auto starts at boot and you can't disable it in startup of Task Manager.

You most certainly can prevent it from starting up, it's either in one of the startup folders, a windows registry Run key or (less likely) being launched as logged in user by a service.

Try running msconfig, that should give you a handy user interface to disable startup of anything. Be warned you can disable startup of necessary items using this. Start with the 'Startup' tab, sort by Manufacturer and you should find it easy enough. Uncheck, follow instructions..don.

All this is not necessary! All you have to do is right mouse click on the Malwarebyte's icon in the task bar and then remove the check mark where it says Open when Windows starts.

Just keep in mind, some folk are less technical than others.

az99 wrote:
It would be real nice if they informed you what you are going to get when all you clicked on to do was an update. Be honest and tell the customer they are being forced to use the premium version for a trial period.

The program also auto starts at boot and you can't disable it in startup of Task Manager.

You most certainly can prevent it from starting up, it's either in one of the startup folders, a windows registry Run key or (less likely) being launched as logged in user by a service.

Try running msconfig, that should give you a handy user interface to disable startup of anything. Be warned you can disable startup of necessary items using this. Start with the 'Startup' tab, sort by Manufacturer and you should find it easy enough. Uncheck, follow instructions..don.

az99 wrote:

The program also auto starts at boot and you can't disable it in startup of Task Manager.

More misinformation from az99.. Someone needs to double check stuff before posting crapola here.