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Top performer Trend Micro spotted our test app's dodgy-looking actions, and close their processes before they could download anything. That's a good end-result, but others are more cautious. It blocked them all on launch, though, keeping us safe. Malwarebytes ignored the behavior and, initially, the files. The first involved test apps which exploited common Windows tools to create processes, download malicious files and generally behave in a suspect way. To try to verify this, maybe get some more detail, we put Malwarebytes through a few tests of our own. It does appear in the Q1 2021 Consumer Report, though, where it came last out of 15 with a Total Protection rating of 91% (Sophos, AVG, ESET and even Microsoft Defender scored 100%.)

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Malwarebytes hasn't submitted its software to SE-Labs consumer tests for a while. That placed it 19th out of 21 apps: only K7 Security and eScan scored lower. Malwarebytes has never been the best performer in conventional lab tests.ĪV-Comparatives' July-October Real-World Protection test saw Malwarebytes placed 13th out of 17 contenders with a protection score of 99.6%.ĪV-Test was even less impressed, awarding Malwarebytes 5.5/6 for protection in its October 2021 Windows Home User test. (Image credit: AV Comparatives ) Protection

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If you find your PDF reader isn't working properly after installing Malwarebytes, for instance, turning off the various exploit features for PDF apps might deliver a fix. (Should you apply 'Dynamic Anti-HeapSpraying Enforcement' to all your browsers, for instance? Quickly, now.) Other options are easier to understand, though ('Disable loading of VBScript libraries'), and just having this level of control does bring some benefits. These options are so technical that even the most expert of users might struggle to know what to do with them. The Settings dialog is mostly about toggling features on and off (updates, notifications, web filtering, malware protection and so on), but you do get fine-tuned control over Malwarebytes' exploit protection, where the packages uses multiple techniques to protect against zero-day attacks for common applications and application types. Results were only average in our tests, but even that's enough to be useful, and it's a worthwhile addition to the package. This works at the network level, with no need for browser extensions, ensuring it protects all your apps. Malwarebytes also provides simple URL filtering, detecting and blocking any attempts to access malicious links. (Image credit: Malwarebytes) URL Filtering Malwarebytes began well, with its core service beating off all our attempts to close it down, remove or disable it. We test for this by launching various attacks of our own - deleting files, closing processes, disabling services, more - and checking to see if our performance remains intact. Malware may try to disable antivirus before attempting to infect a system, so a good security app needs to be able to protect itself. This didn't look a package that would slow you down, but AV-Comparatives' last Performance Test results suggested otherwise, placing Malwarebytes a disappointing 14th out of 17 contenders.

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We were offered the chance to have a 14-day trial of Malwarebytes Premium, and although this requires handing over an email address, there were no other hassles of any kind (we didn't even have to confirm our email.)Ĭhecking the Malwarebytes installation folders showed a relatively lightweight package with around 400MB of files, and just a couple of significant background processes. And there is an army of fools who just cannot tell how useless it is.Malwarebytes installs quickly and easily. MBAM is pure garbage, but Malwarebytes has an astonishingly aggressive and effective marketing campaign in place. MBAM seemed to detect it, but crashed and could not remove it. Then I reset the VM and placed a well-known malware sample.

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I activated each of the two malicious applications, and saw the resultant network activity, and MBAM remained utterly silent, even after a manual scan. I purposely found and placed two malicious applications on the VM both were unknown to all scanners on VirusTotal, except for one generic detection (which was probably just a lucky guess). Gives a false sense of security.īottom Line: Years after trying to use MBAM to remove malware from a friend's computer-and finding it completely useless for that task-I set up a VM and gave it another shot. Wastes your time and (potentially) money.

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