Anti-Malware software from Malwarebytes is the program that the file mbam.exe is related to. The file serves as the main executable file for the software, launching all the features of the anti-malware program when it is executed upon PC startup. You can see the installation disk image of the file in C:\Program Files\Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware\mbam.exe. The file does a quick scan of the system after boot-up, to determine if there are any existing malicious software and files running in the background. The file may be started manually, or you may allow it to run during specific times of the day, when the PC is running. The file is a 64-bit process that has the file size of 950.67 KB. It occupies about 102.13 MB of RAM space, and has a total CPU resource consumption of 0.86193%. Therefore, you may find the file consuming CPU resources way over than other processes. As a consequence, the file can slow down CPU speed if it is enabled and left running as a background process.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. mbam.exe. is used by Malwarebytes Anti-Malware, If you shut down mbam.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop mbam.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is Malwarebytes Anti-Malware, from your system.

After uninstalling applications it is a good idea to scan you Windows registry for any left over traces of applications. Registry Reviver by ReviverSoft is a great tool for doing this.

The ReviverSoft experts have not yet reviewed mbam.exe

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Malwarebytes Anti-Malware, or your operating system that is responsible for running in functions of that application. Some application require that they have processes running all the time so they can do things such as check for updates or notify you when you get an instant message. Some poorly written applications have many processes that run that may not be required and take up valuable processing power within your computer.

We have not received any complaint about this process having higher than normal impact on PC performance. If you have had bad experiences with it please let us know in a comment below and we will investigate it further.

The first thing you should do if mbam.exe. is causing errors on your computer is to run a Windows registry scan with Registry Reviver If you are still seeing errors after this you should uninstall the program that mbam.exe, belongs to, in this case Malwarebytes Anti-Malware