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- Price: Free; paid upgrade available $24.95 to buy (Buy it now)
- Operating system: Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/Server 2008/7
- Date added: December 03, 2009
- Total Downloads: 29,297,639
- Downloads last week: 611,480
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 2541 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:
Version 1.42:- (FIXED) Minor issue during reboot after malware cleanup.
- (FIXED) Various errors during scan.
- (FIXED) Improved multiple heuristics.
- (FIXED) Minor issue while removing items from ignore list.
- (ADDED) Internet Explorer version included in scan logs.
- (ADDED) Protection logs now show on Logs tab.
- (ADDED) Ability to ignore blocked IP addresses permanently.
- (ADDED) 64-bit compatibility for context menu. <... see all new features
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- Average user rating: 4.5 stars out of 2541 votes
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Version: Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 1.42
"good program helps to get ride of unwanted ad ware"
Pros: works good but has problems now
Cons: did not have any problems befor but it resets my color settings from medium 16 to low 8 when ever I use it getting ready to remove it never had this problem before
Summary: it keeps resting my color settings now
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Version: Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 1.42
"Works really well with anti-virus software!"
Pros: Works and it's free!
Cons: Nothing! Works great!
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 1.42
Pros: It's free. It's small. It's fast.
Cons: It doesn't catch everything.
Summary: Use it in addition to other anti-virus software such as AVG Free.
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 1.42
"Found things other programs didn't."
Pros: Great Product but before you run a scan always check for Updates first. After installing the program it found a lot of junk in my PC and removed it. You could tell it increased my PC speed.
Cons: None so far
Summary: One of my PC friends told me about this product and told me it would find things that other similiar programs hadn't found. He sure was right.
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 1.42
"I should just "ditto " Griz48. It is winner in my book"
Pros: Love how it found 200 problems right after I had ran a paid software that declared me free of problems.
Cons: pop-ups ( I only add this because some do not want any. This is not so intrusive.)
Summary: I kept having porblems with the other programs. Their results always came back with nominal results. I downloaded this right after a scan of a PAID software. It found almost 200 problems. After fixing the problems ,My system ran much faster. A g... read more >>
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