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You publish 20,000 clean patches, but one goes wrong and you're a PC-crippler forever


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Malwarebytes pushed a patch, then a patch for the patch

 
By Richard Chirgwin 29 Jan 2018 

 
Security software vendor Malwarebytes has overwritten two updates to its products and apologised to users who found their machines turned into near-bricks.
 
The problem started with a production update the company pushed out last Friday, which sent users to their keyboards complaining of excessive RAM and CPU consumption.
 
Affected products included Malwarebytes for Windows Premium, Malwarebytes for Windows Premium Trial, Malwarebytes Endpoint Security (MBES) and Malwarebytes Endpoint Protection (Cloud Console).
 
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