Help! Tried to upgrade MBAM and computer is messed up now

[MikeW]

Just a reminder to make sure you have the necessary exclusions set as MSE and Mbam 1.75 can cause system freezes on XP

Follow instructions here post no9 = https://forums.malwarebytes.org/index.php?showtopic=10138&page=1&#entry181018

[winchester73]

dumpprep 0 -u

I'm assuming you meant dumprep, which is XP's built-in fault logging software.  If a serious error is encountered, Dumprep.exe writes the details to a text file and prompts you to send the error information to Microsoft.

The -u indicates it is a user fault check.

It is started automatically via Run, RunOnce, RunServices, or RunServicesOnce entries.

You might re-start your computer and see if it clears out.

You also might wish to give your system a day or so to sort itself out before updating, installing, deleting, etc ...

[pastywhitegurl]

ah. ok.  thanks for that information on the start up file.

So, it seems likely  I don't need that program at all, since MS is no longer supporting XP?

On the exclusions for MBAM and MSE... I've been running them both for a long time and had no problems with freezes.  Although I just started using the MBAM PRO version a week ago, so maybe the problem doesn't show up right away.  I'll get those exclusions set up.  Thanks.  I had read about that but since I wasn't having a problem, hadn't done it yet.

[MikeW]

Your correct in that it is only a problem with the pro version

[winchester73]

So, it seems likely  I don't need that program at all, since MS is no longer supporting XP?

Well, MS might not be interested in the dump, but it might be useful for someone else looking to diagnosis a problem.  It is not a required program, and the choice is yours whether to disable it or not (I presume you are not asking about removing, deleting, uninstalling, etc).

Should you choose to, you can disable it ... right click on My Computer, select Properties and then Advanced. Startup and Recovery has a settings  button, click on it and find "Write debugging information".  Click on the down arrow and select "None", then "OK" your way out.

[pastywhitegurl]

No, not looking to uninstall it.  Basically, just try to keep unnecessary programs out of the start up list so that boot times are not extended.  But if this only runs when there is a crash or failure, then its probably not any kind of issue for startup.

I've also removed the memory dumps from the clean list on CC Cleaner, now that I know what they are for.  I'm now only removing temporary files and unneeded cookies.

[Corrine]

Microsoft explanation on what happened:  Antimalware Engine 1.1.10502.0 was released to customers on 17 April 2014 - Antimalware Engine Notifications - Site Home - TechNet Blogs