Wifi/Device Manager/Settings/Control Panel Stop Working Until reboot

Slartybart · 07 Jun 2016

axe0 said:

I'm fairly sure that there shouldn't be a problem with updating the BIOS.
The tutorials are for UEFI because it is a different motherboard, though the method is the same.

simrick said:

Slartybart, I think you're right there - the BIOS is pretty old, and the OP says this had also been happening in W8 before the upgrade:
From Post #3.

Thanks, was looking for confirmation after Jcorella17 pointed to the UEFI reference - I believe that's a red herring and the P.1` BIOS offered on the MSI support page should be flashed.

The consensus is that Jcorella17 SHOULD update the BIOS to P.1

Jcorella17 · 07 Jun 2016

Slartybart said:

The consensus is that Jcorella17 SHOULD update the BIOS to P.1

I'll hold out on updating the bios and reduce the risk of me messing up my PC.

My old RAM was very faulty, it could not even finish a pass on memtest, so I'm hoping it was the main problem. I installed a new set of RAM(s) yesterday (2x8) and the bug hasn't popped up.
No need to enable Steam at startup since it only takes a few moments to start manually.

If the bug occurs again I'll move onto the next step and install the BIOS update.

Jcorella17 · 12 Jun 2016

CRYING TEARS OF JOY!
I FIGURED OUT HOW TO TEMPORARILY FIX IT!

Bug appears
Exit MBAM
Network and internet window stops freezing
Disable then re-enable the wifi adapter
Wifi returns
Reboot MBAM

Wonder why Mbam does this though...

DM log before I exited MBAM is attached.

Slartybart · 12 Jun 2016

Great work figuring out it was Mbam and thanks for posting the solution that worked on your system.

Current Mbam (free) version: 2.2.1.1043

Are you up-to-date?

No - then you should update

Yes - then you should report it to Malwarebytes

eMail contact page
-- or --
Forums - Malwarebytes Forums

edit: I just looked at the collector info and Malwarebytes show vers. 2.2.1.1043

simrick · 12 Jun 2016

MBAM! Wow...I am shocked. Glad you figured that out! :)

axe0 · 13 Jun 2016

I am not really much shocked, the web protection feature does give many users problems unfortunately and it sounds like the web protection feature is causing problems.

Jcorella17 · 13 Jun 2016

I'm actually using the premium version of Mbam, just deactivated encase it was the problem when it happened, THEN I did the DM_log.

Next time it happens I'll disable the web protection module and see if it fixes it.

Posted from mobile, excuse the quick response.

trinsic · 13 Jun 2016

I bet this is related to the HIPS part of malwarebytes, if you are running the full version. Are you keeping that software up to date? I had a customer that had a problem with connectivity and when I disabled HIPS that fixed the problem. Updating malwarebytes which was 6 months out of date permanently fixed the problem.

Jcorella17 said:

CRYING TEARS OF JOY!
I FIGURED OUT HOW TO TEMPORARILY FIX IT!

Bug appears
Exit MBAM
Network and internet window stops freezing
Disable then re-enable the wifi adapter
Wifi returns
Reboot MBAM

Wonder why Mbam does this though...

DM log before I exited MBAM is attached.

axe0 · 13 Jun 2016

@trinsic, the software is up to date as @Slartybart mentioned

edit: I just looked at the collector info and Malwarebytes show vers. 2.2.1.1043

trinsic · 13 Jun 2016

Ok sorry didnt see that, it looks like then that this is a bug with your particular setup. I would check to see if the reported BIOS update description mentions a fix of any kind related to your wireless connection, or check to see if you have the most recent drivers for your wireless connection. Other than that reporting the problem to malwarebytes is a good idea.

axe0 said:

@trinsic, the software is up to date as @Slartybart mentioned