I went to install Malwarebytes on my desktop computer but got a weird installation error message; “mbam.exe – Unable To Locate Component. This application has failed to start because MSVBVM60.DLL was not found. Re-installing the application may fix the problem.”
I tried downloading another copy of Malwarebytes and re-installing it, thinking I got a bad file, but I just got the same error. Doing a quick google search led me to the bleepingcomputer.com forum. I guess that error means that visual basic is damaged. How it got damaged is beyond me, but it’s a pretty easy solution. Be sure to uninstall Malwarebytes first. Then all you have to do is download and install service pack 6 for visual basic 6.0. Install Mbam again after that is finished. *Poof*, all fixed.
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#1 by Anonymous on October 24, 2013 - 10:43 AM
GRazie davvero utile
#2 by Tam on August 16, 2011 - 3:53 PM
THANK YOU!! This was driving me crazy! Got the same error message on HijackThis as well.
#3 by Ryan on February 24, 2011 - 12:27 AM
FINALLY got it to work. You would think such a popular and highly recommended program would work properly. Thanks for the help.
#4 by Lowell on December 15, 2010 - 1:07 PM
Thanks. Worked great!
#5 by Alex on October 8, 2010 - 1:02 PM
It worked. Thanks 🙂
#6 by geovanni on August 17, 2010 - 5:27 PM
sry link is here for the dll file needed
http://www.dll-files.com/pop.php?dll=msvbvm60
#7 by geovanni on August 17, 2010 - 5:26 PM
easy for those that this method did not work where this here should .. easy just download the msvbvm60.ddl from here and once downloaded extract it to the file designated , example:extract to c;___/___/malwarebytes .. where ever u have malwatebyte s folder and then its fixed
#8 by jen3ral on August 17, 2010 - 5:53 PM
Awesome, thanks 🙂
#9 by Anonymous on July 24, 2010 - 1:52 AM
It did not fix the problem for me either unfortuneatly!! But thanks for your input.
#10 by Wesley on July 13, 2010 - 3:26 PM
The solution worked for me! THanks!
#11 by Malwarebytes Zealot on December 14, 2009 - 6:18 PM
thank you for the fix – I got the same problem today, but somehow I think it was related to a failed installation of the runtime by an old abandonware game.
#12 by Mike on July 2, 2009 - 9:07 AM
Thanks for the tip. I had the same problem, and your fix worked.
#13 by Anonymous on November 11, 2009 - 10:32 PM
Didn’t help the problem
#14 by jen3ral on November 12, 2009 - 9:22 AM
Did you get the exact same error? I’m not sure if OS would make a difference, but this happened in XP for me.