If you don't use the system tray icon, open Malwarebytes, click on the gear icon for settings, and click on Check for updates under General. To update Malwarebytes now, you can right-click on the Malwarebytes system tray and click on Check for Updates. So, don't bother downloading an offline database from third-party websites - the cake is a lie.
We compared our last-released file to the competition "updated" database three months later, and the file size is identical. At the time of this article, we're unaware of any file we can share that allows you to copy and paste a file to update manually.Īdding to the confusion is a couple of websites that keep updating the dates of their "offline database" when all they're really doing is trying to set a cookie for affiliate sales. That was replaced with mbam-rules.exe, which would update your Malwarebytes with the free updater. you used to copy rules.ref, and or nf from any updated Malwarebytes installation. Malwarebytes now updates every hour to keep you protected, again, eliminating the need for an offline databse. Our best explanation that they prefer you to download updates in the program via the cloud. We can't find any mention of why but the direct file link no longer works. Somewhere in June of 2020, Malwarebytes no longer made the offline update available for download. TIP: Hard to fix Windows Problems? Repair/Restore Missing Windows OS Files Damaged by Malware with a few clicks