
Item removal during a reboot is extremely smooth and quick…on our example system the “cleanup reboot process” looked exactly like a normal reboot ( terrific!). If there are any malware problems that need to be removed during a reboot, you will see the following message detailing exactly what will be taken care of as soon as you restart your computer. Once Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware has finished removing the malware, it will automatically display a scan log like this. Once the Malware Removal is Completed and a Quick Look at the Reboot Request As with other functions in Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware, this part of the process also goes very quickly ( wonderful!). This is what the removal process looks like. Once you have looked over the list and verified the items that you want taken care of, click “Remove Selected” to remove the malware from your system. This allows you the opportunity to check for any false positives that might have occurred. Notice that for the moment that “No action taken” is listed for everything.

file, memory process, registry key, etc.), and the location on your system.

You can see the names of the malware, category (i.e. To see what Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware found, click “Show Results”.Īfter clicking “Show Results”, you will see the following window with a compiled list of all malware objects found. Notice that it took less than 23 minutes to scan our example system! Click “OK” to close the Scan Complete Message Window. Once Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware has finished scanning your computer, it will display the number of items scanned, the number of infected objects found, and time elapsed.

Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware found 170 infected files on our example system within the first 1.5 minutes…now that is quick! You can also see exactly where and what Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware is currently scanning.

You can see what the scanning process looks like here.
