The new Malwarebytes (MBAM) v2.0 looks "Rogue"-ish IMHO- My rant...

[Earth Bound Misfit]

Last edited Fri Mar 28, 2014, 05:38 AM - Edit history (7)

Featuring lots of garish red, orange, etc 400 x 150 popups (Popups? We ain't got no popups. We don't need no popups! I don't have to show you any stinkin' popups!) screaming HOLY SH*T YOUR SH*T'S ON FIRE! FIX IT BUCKO!...it's numerous nagging reminders to upgrade to full version...etc... To the average or novice user this can be unnerving, to say the least.

It's still a GREAT product, I just don't like it's "Rogue-ish" GUI & popups. I DETEST popups. Other AV's like Norton LOOOOVE popups. People HATE Norton.

Fix it MBAM. /end

MBAM 2.0 screengrabs:



Typical Rogue AV Virus screenshot:

[hobbit709]

1. Once it's updated and runs the first scan it looks a lot better, even the free version.

Of course I bought a stack of paid for versions a couple of years ago when they were on sale for $9.95

As far as the screen goes, look at all the red and warnings on the real Windows Security Alert screen.

[Earth Bound Misfit]

2. Windows Security Alert screen?

Running W7 here... dunno what that is, if I have it then I have it turned off. Are you referring to UAC? I have it turned off too.

[hobbit709]

4. But most people don't and it comes that way on a prebuilt one.

In 7 it's the action center screen.
Of course I tweak the hell out of the settings on mine.
My Windows 8 gaming laptop took 3 hours of tweaking before it behaved properly.But it now looks and feels like 7.

[Earth Bound Misfit]

5. Action Center, got it.

I have all that turned off too. I keep a library of updates post SP1 & use this DISM script to update my install ISO and Win Toolkit to add drivers, tweaks, reg file tweaks, themes, hotfixes, program add-ons etc... and save it to a bootable USB stick. Recently added an SSD & did a clean re-install on my lappy in under an hour & a half... of course I had image backups in case things went BLOOEY.

[hobbit709]

6. Getting ready to upgrade my main system.

Haven't decided yet if I want to use the image or make a fresh install just to clean out the clutter. Adding a 480 Gb SSD and an NVidia GTX650 Ti card. Already has an AMD FX-8350 OC'd to 5GHz and 16 Gb RAM.

[TM99]

3. Nah, it just looks odd on desktops

because it is tabletafied and post modern flat design.

Still a great program nonetheless!

[Earth Bound Misfit]

7. MBAM is listening...

https://forums.malwarebytes.org/index.php?showtopic=3283&p=813577

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 2.0.1.1004 (Released April 4, 2014)

Improvements:

Database is now updated automatically after installation
Notifications are no longer displayed if the Dashboard is in focus to reduce redundant information
Significantly reduced the size of all tray notifications
Reduced the intensity of the colors used for tray notifications and status banners in the Dashboard
Database out of date and scan has never been run notifications now reduced in severity to orange instead of red

Issues Fixed:

All scheduled scans should now run without popping up the main UI so that users are not interrupted

https://forums.malwarebytes.org/index.php?showtopic=145758