John Hudson - The Free version of MalwareBytes does NOT offer ROOTKITS scans, as listed on this review page, unless the CUSTOM SCAN is chosen & appropriate blocks checked. It does NOT matter that the Protections Tab says that Rootkits is 'checked' to be scanned. It will Not Happen. In fact, my free version doesn't work at All now except on Custom Scan mode (and yes, it is fully 'updated' with the latest FREE version definitions, but refuses to do even the Monthly* 'Normal' scan.).

Malwarebytes Premium 3.2.36 for Mac is powerful antimalware and antivirus program that provides real-time protection against latest threats. It uses advanced anti-malware technology to detect and removes viruses, ransomware, and other malware in real time.

I have tried working with Support but for some reason I just can't seem to explain things so they understand what I mean. I would still recommend the AV (even the free version) but they seem to have turned Mine 'OFF'. Larry Nazimek - I had the free version, but it did not stop malware; it only took it off after I did a scan, which would last quite a few minutes. There were times when I tried to do the scan while working, when the computer was running poorly, but it said there was no malware; after I stopped what I was working on and did a scan, it finally detected the malware.

Since I was getting malware very frequently on my laptop, I decided to upgrade to premium, but it still did not stop the malware. About the only difference is that it would start a scan when I would turn on the computer. Disclosure The content, scores, ratings, trends and reviews expressed on this site are the sole discretion of TheTop10AntiVirus.com. The information is strictly for research and informational purposes only.

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Malwarebytes 3.0 was a major update when it arrived in December 2016 -- and like many major updates, some aspects were a little rough, particularly stability within Windows 10. With version 3.2, the company claims it has corrected some major issues, so let's take a look at how this revision stacks up. Pros It's stable in Windows 10: With version 3.0, some users (us included) experienced seemingly random blue-screen errors in Windows 10 unless we disabled most or all of Malwarebytes' active scanning functions. As a result, there wasn't a lot to distinguish the paid version from the free one. However, we can report that we didn't see any BSODs in Windows 10 during our testing of 3.2. This was the only truly major issue we saw in version 3.0, so addressing it brings Malwarebytes back up to 'recommended' status.

The scanning engine remains high-quality: During our tests, the app's malware scanner picked up some files and a Registry entry left over from an apparently incomplete uninstallation of a third-party driver management utility that, according to Malwarebytes, may have bundled a potentially unwanted program (PUP). Malwarebytes defaulted to placing these files in quarantine rather than deleting them. This is actually the preferred reflex, since PUPs aren't necessarily harmful, and extracting them can disable the program that they came with.

Generally speaking, Malwarebytes' scanning tech is rated favorably by independent testers, such as West Coast Labs and Google's VirusTotal service, and it's cultivated a reputation for not bogging down your PC. Detailed, plain-English explanations: While other security vendors often slather on fancy-sounding terminology, Malwarebytes is good at telling you exactly what a given feature is doing.

Take the 'Usage and Threat Statistics' toggle, for example. This covers the anonymous usage data that it collects.

In the description on its website, Malwarebytes itemizes basic things like, how many people are running the free version, trial version, and subscription versions? Where is Malwarebytes being used globally? What malware is being detected the most, and how often? Its full privacy policy even includes detailed and simplified explanations side-by-side. This kind of transparency about your data -- and the deliberately limited extent of it -- is good to have, and it's not as common in the security industry as it should be.

Cons Limited testing by independent labs: The company asserts that the average 'zero day' malware (the kind that's too new for there to be reliable detection/removal) has only a 55 percent detection rate, which can make a given antimalware app look worse than it is when subjected to a barrage of zero-day infections during testing. Therefore, Malwarebytes does not submit its apps to the full gauntlets provided by AV-Test and AV-Comparatives, whose testing takes special notice of zero-day security. However, if Malwarebytes wants to be recognized among its competition, we'd argue that it needs to submit its apps to the same rigorous standards as the competition, even if those standards can create perception issues.