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- Price: Free to try (Protection-disabled); $24.95 to buy (Buy it now)
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows 2000
- Date added: May 06, 2008
- Total Downloads: 10,106,063
- Downloads last week: 359,958
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 2297 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware is a surprisingly effective freeware antimalware tool. It's a relatively speedy malware remover, with the quick scan taking about 10 minutes. 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, 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 an anti-malware application that can thoroughly remove even the most advanced malware. It includes a number of features, including a built in protection monitor that blocks malicious processes before they even start.
Version 1.12 is a bug-fixing release.
What's new in this version:
Version 1.12 is a bug-fixing release.
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User reviews of Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1.12
- Average user rating: 4.5 stars out of 2297 votes
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0 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1.12
"Great, but a few false positives"
Pros: Good detection
Cons: A few false positives.
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0 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1.12
Pros: Looking for a good anti-spyware, which doesn't bring your system's performance down, then this is a very good replacement.
Support is speedy and it updates without problems.
FileAssassin is included, so that's a nice addition.
Works well here. :-)
Cons: Have yet to encounter something I didn't like about it.
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1.12
Pros: This app has the nice feature of enabling your registry editing even if malware has disabled it, allowing the dirties to be cleaned off. Anti-malware succeeded in eliminating Virtumonde/Vundo while Spybot failed.
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1.12
Pros: deffo the best available - found stuff that others missed - including superantispyware.
Thanks.
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1.12
Pros: It Works 100% FINE!
This is a must have software!
IT doesn't matter if you've got Defender, Avast, Lavasoft, etc...
Get this one otherwise you are not safe!
Cons: None.
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