Hi there
It actually does "Smart copy" which virtually amounts to the same thing.
However if on an SSD it's a moot point since any data block is accessible at essentially the same time -- no moving parts so no "rotational delay" in accessing different areas of the disk to pick up all the "chains".
In general though of all the suggestions for speeding up a PC using an SSD is likely to be the cheapest and by far the most effective one in the short term.
Cheers
jimbo
I can confirm that MBAM Free v3.5.1 does have a service called Malwarebytes Service that starts up with Windows (although real time protection is turned off.) I changed the startup type of the service to Manual on my system (right after installation) since I only use MBAM for occasional on-demand scans. I wouldn't know about the service causing slow boot times for Windows or of resource hogging while the service is running in the background but here's an interesting comment made by a member of the ghacks.net website on the MBAM 3.5.1 review article below.
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A look at Malwarebytes 3.5.1 - gHacks Tech News
I concur with the commenter that MBAM takes a long time to start when the service has not already started.
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I run full version of Mbam and Norton and I don't really notice either slowing down my computers my MB are UEFI 2009 ERA and my notebook 2016 ERA, Of course, all are on SSD's for OS and program files I never run a full scan of either unless I screw up and download something I shouldn't have or I see any unusual things happening on my computers.I can confirm that MBAM Free v3.5.1 does have a service called Malwarebytes Service that starts up with Windows. I changed the startup type of the service to Manual on my system (right after installation) since I only use MBAM for occasional on-demand scans. I wouldn't know about the service causing slow boot times for Windows or of resource hogging while the service is running in the background but here's an interesting comment made by a member of the ghacks.net website on the MBAM 3.5.1 review article below.
Source:
A look at Malwarebytes 3.5.1 - gHacks Tech News
I concur with the commenter that MBAM takes a long time to start when the service has not already started.
The complaint about double checking shut down is not for us advanced users it's for regular users that might be shutting it down by accident or to make them think about what they are doing.
Respectfully, it does not amount to the same thing, virtually or in reality. I used to think the same thing until I was shown that I was mistaken by @Bree:
Do I need to defrag the hard disk even if I format the hard disk Solved - Windows 10 Forums
Starting at post #7 and proven by my own testing:
So here are the results of my testing:
I made a backup image of a Windows 10 installation that was in a 250GB partition. First when I restored the partition, I shrunk it by 1GB so the restored partition was 249GB is size. This was the result:
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Expanding the partition back to 250GB did not change the fragmentation. Conclusion: the partition was defragged (file by file copy) when it was shrunk and restored.
Now, here are the results when I restored the partition without resizing it:
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So....the behavior Bree posted is correct. Restoring the partition without resizing is a sector by sector restore, not file by file, and no defragging occurs. So if you want to defrag during your restore, you have to shrink the partition when you restore it - then you can expand the restored partition back to it's original size after the restore is complete.
(Free)MBAM service is there but it's in manual mode and not started at any time
Unless running, even if it stays in taskbar, it consumes very little resources so it's not any threat to performance.
It's not particularly heavy on resources even when running scans, pretty well written program, my only annoyance is slow start, even from very fast SSD and whole system.
Yes, that was exactly the GHacks.net member's complaint about MBAM Free. For the program to launch quickly, it must be set to start with windows
When you do this, the startup type of the Malwarebytes Service is changed from Manual to Automatic (Delayed Start.) This adds up to Windows startup time (service launch and in turn, tray application launch, etc.) So, when you run the MBAM main program, it launches quickly since all necessary components have already been loaded and running. This is acceptable if MBAM real-time protection were turned on but for an on-demand scanner, starting up with windows just to be able to launch the main program quickly is just gimmicky. It's simply better to put up with slow program launch time until Malwarebytes improves startup performance.
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