https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/malwarebytes-update-released-to-fix-high-cpu-and-memory-usage-in-mbamservice-exe/An update pushed by Malwarebytes today for their Malwarebytes Anti-Malware product has caused a lot of problems for those who use their program. This new protection update caused mbamservice.exe to consume a lot of memory and upwards to 90% of the computer's CPU. A new update has been pushed that resolves these issues.
I know this story is a few days old according to the article. But when reading about the timeline the problem was discovered, I can't help but wonder why doesn't malwarebytes release updates to a set of test computers? These computers could either be in-house, or select employee computers (maybe computers they are given for this purpose).
It feels in the computing world that we are sliding backwards when it comes to being efficient. It seems hardly anyone tests software in real world conditions these days, or if they do they know its buggy so they get cheap testers. Back in the day a 'games tester' used to be a dream job for many a young lad like me.
I just find it amazing that a company the size of Malwarebytes don't do this. But I'm sure they aren't alone.
I'm assuming none of the forum members ran in to this problem? It was on the paid version and it was down to an overzealous web filtering definition. It locked the computer up on boot for many people.
I just use the free version so I can scan manually when I want.