Freezing/Locked Up

[jnjroach]

Is Malwarebytes running a Service?

Any applications that runs as a Service (Steam, iPlayer, Anti-Malware, etc. ) could cause this as well....

 

[raqball]

How do I check? It does run in the background I believe..

 

[olimjj]

Do you have real time protection turned on for Defender?

 

[raqball]

Do you have real time protection turned on for Defender?

Yes I did.. My new unit so far is running fine with the same settings though.

Should I turn that setting off?

 

[olimjj]

Yes I would only have 1 real time protection running, until you can confirm that they can coexist and if there is any benefit in implementing that scenario.

 

[raqball]

Ok will do.. I thought Windows Defender was for anti virus and Malwarebytes was for all the other crud..

 

[jnjroach]

How do I check? It does run in the background I believe..

In Extended Task Manager right click on the Malwarebytes entry and select "Go to Services"

 

[jnjroach]

Ok will do.. I thought Windows Defender was for anti virus and Malwarebytes was for all the other crud..

Defender does both - I only use 3rd Party for spot scans and not as a service....

 

[olimjj]

I believe defender does have a anti-malware component, but it doesn't address the co-exist aspect, even if it did not.

 

[olimjj]

To be honest I do not like to add services as a general rule. In fact I try minimize them if possible, along with all the unnecessary start up programs. I mainly depend on Defender, and run Malwarebytes manually on occasion (not as a service or running in the background) if I want to get extra reassurance.

 

[raqball]

Ok cool.. I left Defender running in background and turned off real time protection for Malwarebytes.. I will just run a weekly scan with Malwarebytes from here on out..

I wonder if that was my issue.

 

[olimjj]

One more thing, I would also check your start up programs. You can use task manager and also CCleaner - Tools -Startup.