Anyone else have problems with the new version of MalwareBytes?

MalwareBytes self-updated on my system yesterday to version 2.0.1.1004. The first scan I did froze and when I tried to close it, I got a pop-up saying the program was not responding. Today when I booted up, the HD light stayed on quite some time. I opened the Task Manager and mbam was using 30% CPU and I now have an icon for it in my taskbar which wasn't there in the previous version. How can I get rid if the icon (customizing the taskbar to "Show Only Notifications" didn't get rid of it)? Also how to get mbam processes out of the Processes in Task Manager (mbam.exe, mbamscheduler.exe and mbamservice.exe) which weren't there previously? I tried End Process, but they keep reappearing. Should I even try to disable them?

 

Reinstall MBAM + see if it works better.
SAS is also available and about the same. Use with SpywareBlaster

 

I assume it's the free trial. What is the problem with that?

 

>>The trial will expire and cost whereas the free version will not.

 

The free trial is the reason that all those processes are running when you boot. You should be able to go into the Settings -> Advanced Settings and disable what you don't running at boot.
The latest [MG]beta release 2.0.2.1012 should resolve some of the problems you're experiencing.