Robby wrote:
OK, Krusty -- I bought the lifetime MBAM Pro license. Only $25. Not bad.
Have d-l'd it but not installed yet. Want to have it so there is no conflict with NIS.
If you have a moment, could you point me in the right direction on this, for how to use MBAM Pro just for "on demand" scans?
Tks.
Robby,
To disable the real-time protection in MBAM, uncheck the following boxes in the "Protection" tab:
- Enable filesystem protection
- Enable malicious website blocking
- Start protection module with Windows
- Start malicious website blocking when protection module starts
Or you can just uncheck the "Start protection module with Windows" box so Windows won't launch MBAM at PC restart / bootup.
I have that box unchecked since I have a script that will launch MBAM about 45 seconds after a restart / boot. I do that to obtain a faster bootup time. It also eliminates issues with some PC's that will take a longer time to boot to the Desktop with MBAM Pro enabled.
You may want to consider leaving the "Flash Scan" option enabled. This will run a flash scan when MBAM auto-updates, depending on the user's frequency choice in the "Scheduler" section.
I like the Flash Scan since it will detect PUP's automatically during the scan.
I have my frequency set at 55 minutes, the longest time allowed.
To run an on-demand scan, in the "Scanner" tab, select the type of scan desired. MBAM recommends the "Quick" scan. I have that one scheduled to run unattended overnight.
A "Full Scan" isn't generally recommended on a routine basis as the Quick Scan will scan the areas where potential malicious intrustions typically reside.
I used to run overnight Full Scans but switched to Quick Scans a few months ago.
I've been running Pro (realtime) for about 1½ years on 2 Win 7 x64 PC's (both with Norton 360 2013 ver) without issues.
My Pro scanner blocked one of my frequent-visit websites yesterday that had a variant of the "goon.exploit" presence at the site. I contacted MBAM and the block was legit (not a false-positive).