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Potentially Unwanted Modifications (PUMs): This setting allows you to choose how Potentially Unwanted Modifications are treated if detected.Use the drop-down menu to choose either Ignore detections, Warn user about detections, or Treat detections as malware. Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs): This setting allows you to choose how Potentially Unwanted Programs are treated if detected.These files may influence system behavior. Scan for rootkits: Rootkits are files stored on your computer's local disk drives which are invisible to the operating system.

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Password protected archives cannot be tested.

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Scan within archives: If this box is checked, archive file types such as zip, 7z, rar, cab and msi are scanned up to two levels deep.

Scan registry and startup items: Executable files or modifications which initiate at computer startup, as well as registry-based configurations that can alter your device's startup behavior.

To be safe, memory objects should be scanned. Threats detected during scans are still considered threats even if they have an active component in memory.

Scan memory objects: Memory allocated by operating system processes, drivers, and other apps.

These settings allow you to determine the areas of your device you want Malwarebytes to scan. An example of the Configure Custom Scan page is shown below. To customize a scan, click the Scanner card, then click Advanced scanners, then click Configure Scan. To avoid long wait times, we recommend you use Threat Scans unless there is a specific location on your device you want to scan. Depending on what locations you specify to be scanned, these scans can take a long time to complete.

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With a Custom Scan, you can choose what and where you want Malwarebytes for Windows to scan on your system.

Heuristic Analysis: Methods used by Malwarebytes in the previously described objects and other areas to detect and protect against threats, and assure those threats cannot reassemble themselves.

File System Objects: Files stored on your computer's local disk drives which may contain malware.

Registry Objects: Configuration changes which may have been made to the Windows registry.

Startup Objects: Executable files or modifications which initiate at computer startup.

Memory Objects: Memory allocated by operating system processes, drivers, and other apps.

If you have a Malwarebytes Premium subscription, a Threat Scan is scheduled to run once per day by default. We recommend you run a Threat Scan daily. Threat Scans are our recommended scan method that detects threats in the most common system locations. The Scanner menu expands to present you with the Scan button, and also Advanced scanners to choose either Quick Scan or Custom Scan. To choose a scan method, instead click the larger Scanner card. To run a Threat Scan, open Malwarebytes for Windows and click the blue Scan button.

The scan method you choose determines how comprehensive of a scan Malwarebytes for Windows runs on your computer. Malwarebytes for Windows provides three methods you can use to scan your computer: Threat Scan, Custom Scan, and Quick Scan.

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