Dustin wrote:

>> Are you aware of anyone who has loaded MBAM onto a fresh/clean
>> computer and then run the programme - the result should of course be
>> that nothing untoward would have been found. Has that machine then
>> been examined forensically to determine if MBAM has (just perhaps!)
>> surreptitiously installed it's very own malware - maybe even a
>> rootkit?
>
>I require clarification. Are you saying you believe malwarebytes might
>be doing something nefarious, David?

I would like to know the same thing. What mechanism allows the MBAM
program (and others like it) to hook into the file system.

That is not a trade secret I'm sure.