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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: 27,526,744
- Downloads last week: 595,020
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 2345 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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User reviews
- Average user rating: 4.5 stars out of 2345 votes
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Version: Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 1.41
"Wow what a brilliant Product!"
Pros: This is a great product it detects and removes malware that other security programs fail to detect. I ran this program after uninstalling Limewire and it detected loads of malware it removed all of the malware.
Cons: Have not found any yet...
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Version: Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 1.41
"A useful helper in removing malware"
Pros: -Database updated often
-Fast scan
-Rooted out difficult-to-find malware files
-No false positives
-Free
-Simple interfaceCons: -Didn't find all malware files -- after full system scan, "Antivirus Pro 2010" was able to reinstall itself (from one leftover folder in registry)
-Many features only on paid version (e.g., scheduling for scans and updates, full-time protection)Summary: I probably wouldn't have been able to get rid of the "Antivirus Pro 2010" Trojan without Malwarebytes Anti-Malware. It found about 15 malware files hidden throughout my registry and files that would've taken days to find manually--if they could have... read more >>
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 1.41
Pros: Very fast in quick scan mode. AVG, Malwayrebytes, Spybot are my standard install for computer repairs.
Cons: none so far
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 1.41
Pros: I had always used Ad-Aware, though I'd heard it was not as good as it once was.Found my homepage was hijacked did full scan with Ad-Aware (over 1hr)and it found nothing.Did a quick scan with Malwarebytes & it resolved the problem in under 10 minutes!
Cons: No cons at the moment. It did exactly what I needed it to do quickly and efficiently. It found several bits of spyware quickly whereas Ad-Aware found nothing in over 1 hour! A big,big thank you to the people at Malwarebytes!
Summary: I just want to re-iterate how great this product is. I know I have only used it once so I have not tested it fully, but how could it be that an established program like Ad-Aware found nothing when doing a complete scan which lasted, annoyingly, over... read more >>
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 1.41
Pros: Rid my computer of nagging trojans that expensive tools couldn't.
Cons: Sometimes requires starting computer in safe mode to work. Documentation should recommend that.
Summary: Amazing for a free tool. Cleans viruses, trojans, etc. that are let through and not cleaned bu other tools.
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