[HOME]1:28 PM October 3, 2017

Malwarebytes - Unable to connect the Service

Tried to run Malwarebytes last night and got a small pop-up error claiming it was Unable to connect the Service.

malwarebytes-unable-to-connect-to-service

The solution to fix was simple. On my windows 7 machine I clicked on Start then Control panel, the went into Administrative Tools and double click on Services.

I found the Malwarebytes Service in the list, it was Disabled.

So I right-clicked on it and went into properties.

malwarebytes-service-properties

In the properties window, On the General tab, In the Startup type: section, I click on Disabled and switched to Automatic.

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Then I clicked on the Apply button. This allowed me to then click on the Start button to start the service.

Malwarebytes should start up just fine after that.