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- Price: Free; paid upgrade avaialable $24.95 to buy (Buy it now)
- Operating system: Windows 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows 2000
- Date added: September 10, 2009
- Total Downloads: 27,022,188
- Downloads last week: 601,989
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 2326 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: Seth Rosenblatt on February 10, 2009
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware is a surprisingly effective freeware antimalware tool. It's a relatively speedy malware remover, with the quick scan taking about 8 minutes even with other high-resource programs running. The heuristics engine proved on multiple computers during empirical testing that it was capable of determining the difference between false positives and dangerous apps.
The app has some nice features rolled in, too. It supports multiple drive scanning including networked drives, context menu options including a scan-on-demand for individual files, and the FileAssassin option under the More Tools section for removing locked files. The interface is simple, but pleasant-looking and well-organized. Tabs live just below the oversized logo, with few options per tab to keep down the clutter. The installation process was fast enough, but interestingly offered up the well-kept changelog and an instant definition file update.
Do note that the real-time protection is restricted to the paid version, as is the scheduler for updates and scans. Overall, though, Malwarebytes Anti-Malware is a responsive malware remover that does what it should with a minimum of fuss.
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Publisher's description
From Malwarebytes :Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware is a high performance anti-malware application that thoroughly removes even the most advanced malware and spyware. With one of the fastest, most effective quick scans and malware removal capabilities on the market, this program is the perfect addition to your PC's defenses. The full version of the product includes a number of key features, including the ability to schedule updates and scans and most importantly, a real-time malware protection module that blocks malicious processes before they even start.
What's new in this version:
- (FIXED) Drastically improved product load speed on slower machines
- (FIXED) Issue with IP Protection blocking certain IPs it should not
- (FIXED) Improved memory usage in scanner and protection module
- (FIXED) Improved malware removal capabilities
- (FIXED) Scan detecting items that did not exist (junction issue)
- (ADDED) Support for Hebrew language
- (ADDED) Support for both 32-bit and 64-bit
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- Average user rating: 4.5 stars out of 2326 votes
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Version: Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 1.41
Pros: - Very Fast Scans
- Effective in Detection and Removal of malware
- Low system resource utilization
- User-friendly default settings (Set not to load on startup by default)
- Highly customizableCons: Nothing so far
Summary: I've tried several other anti-malware/anti-virus programs including Norton Anti-Virus, Avast!, AVG Free, and AdAware. These beats all of them hands-down. It's fast, easy-to-use, non-invasive (i.e. no annoying pop-ups), and most of all effective. ... read more >>
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Version: Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 1.41
Pros: Tried various different anti malware tools, and others have left things behind, this one seems to get everything.
Cons: none that I could find
Summary: cheap, reliable, and the most effective one I've found
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Version: Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 1.41
"My #1 go-to program for any malicious software."
Pros: Absolutely outstanding update intervals at atleast 3 a day. Excellent user-interface design that will be remembered forever. Bonus program, "File Assassin" will delete most files, and for the rest, deletes them in startup on next boot. 5 Stars.
Cons: They recently lowered the fingerprint count of the database to 'improve the performance' of the program; I, personally, did not see any difference between the program then and now. Otherwise, there's no more cons.
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Version: Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 1.41
Pros: This product get rid of those nasty locked files that other well known products can't handle quickly and easily!
Cons: I haven' found any cons.
Summary: I had an infection with locked files that my Trend Micro product, nor it's support-chat staff could help remove (they wanted me to pay another $64 for advanced support and remotely enter my computer - that wasn't going to happen). I found Malwarebyt... read more >>
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Version: Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 1.41
Pros: Actually worked where Spybot and Avast couldn't
Cons: None that I could find.
Summary: A young man was using my wifes computer and got the virus "Advanced Virus Remover" to attack and take over. I tried Spybot Search and Destroy, then Avast, and they seemed to get rid of most of the virus (I could actually use my computer) but when I ... read more >>
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