About a year ago, I got my laptop fixed (hardware problem), & when I started using my laptop again, I tried to update all of the software I had downloaded (as my laptop had been out of commission for about 2 years). This included Avast & Malware Bytes. The combination of these 2 updating crashed my computer & put it in an endless loop of trying to restart itself before it fully booted up. I had to take it back to my computer guy, who had to uninstall the update for Malware bytes (just the update, not the whole thing) just so I could turn the computer on.
Today, I made the stupid mistake of downloading something that I shouldn’t have, & now I’ve got malware all throughout my system. I’m running my old version of Malware Bytes now, but it’s several years old, as I can’t update it for fear of crashing my computer again. Because of the malware my computer currently has, I can’t run Avast, & other sources cite Malware Bytes as the best way to get rid of the problems that are preventing Avast from running & causing a slew of other issues (which I will deal with one at a time, as they come up, Avast is my biggest concern for now).
Has anyone else had this problem with Avast & Malware Bytes not playing nice, & if so, how have others fixed it?