Running Avast with MBAM

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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Are there going to be any conflicts if i run Avast I.S with MBAM paid version??

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No.
They work great together.

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+1 See my sig below ;D

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They work well together as my signature shows.

For avast! IS you will have to exclude MBAM services though.

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Im running mbam pro with avast on windows 7 64 bit like yourself with no problems.
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Snap MBAM Pro on win7 with avast free 6.0.945 beta and no problems.

I also haven’t excluded any MBAM files or locations and the same in MBAM no avast folders excluded, though I would recommend excluding the c:\windows\temp_avast5_ folder where avast unpacks/places temp files it is going to scan.

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How will i do that?

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I am running avast AIS and MBAM-PRO and have not excluded anything, never had a problem with this

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add these exclusions in file system shield/ exclusions and settings/exclusions, you’ll probably have to copy and paste each one seperately, they might not be needed but they are here if you want to add them.

C:\Program Files (x86)\Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware\mbam.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware\mbamgui.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware\mbamservice.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware\mbam.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware\mbamext.dll
C:\ProgramData\Malwarebytes\Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware\rules.ref
C:\Windows\System32\drivers\mbam.sys
C:\Windows\SysWoW64\drivers\mbamswissarmy.sys
C:\Program Files (x86)\Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware*
C:\ProgramData\Malwarebytes*

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Why did you include this wildcard:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware*
C:\ProgramData\Malwarebytes*

You already have excluded the files ???

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Thats what malwarebytes is now saying have to be excluded, but not really sure if avast needs them anyway.

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For fear of repeating myself, but it appears necessary.

I have MBAM Pro on my win7 netbook with avast 6.0.945 beta and I have excluded none of the MBAM folders or files, what I have done is exclude the c:\windows\temp_avast_ folder (if using avast 5 that would be the avast5 folder) so that the resident MBAM scanner doesn’t scan files that avast sends/unpacks files in this folder so it can scan them.

I have otherwise not had any problems and I tend not to pre-empt problems but rather react to them.

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Thanks