Malwarebytes is an antivirus program that will help you eliminate multiple threats and remove malicious programs from your computer. Of late, Malwarebytes stuck on scanning file system. Our technical team has worked on some troubleshooting methods to resolve the scanning error. This error is quite common with Windows laptops and PC users. There are many reasons responsible for this kind of error. For instance, an incomplete scanning will cause many issues to the operating system on your computer. If you are one of those many Malwarebytes users facing such an issue, you can end your worries. In this Malwarebytes article, we have discussed the possible steps/methods to ensure that Malwarebytes does not get stuck while scanning a file system.
Method 1: Remove And Reinstall Malwarebytes
- Make sure that your Windows computer is turned on.
- Open the Run command on your computer (Windows key + R).
- In the Run command Open field, type regedit.
- Press the Enter button.
- Based on the operating system being a 32-bit or a 64-bit, select the file location HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Malwarebytes’Anti-Malware or HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware.
- Now, open the Microsoft BitLocker Administration and Monitoring tool (MBAM).
- Click the Deactivate option.
- Post that, open settings for MBAM and click the checkbox to deactivate the option Enable self-protection module.
- Open the Malwarebytes support page and download the mbam-clean.exe tool.
- Follow the commands on the screen and complete the installation.
- Restart the computer.
- Download the latest version of Malwarebytes from the official support page.
- Install it on your computer.
- You will no longer face the issue of Malwarebytes stuck on scanning file system.
