Malwarebytes Antivirus is a powerful malware protection tool developed in Santa Clara, California. It is compatible with Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS devices. While this antivirus has some additional features, its main focus is on detecting and removing malware, ransomware, and other viruses.
Its creators recently released Malwarebytes 4.0 for Windows, which employs smarter technologies to detect the most recent cyber threats. Furthermore, it speeds up scans and consumes up to 50% less CPU power. Remember that the Malwarebytes Premium + Privacy plan includes all of these useful features as well as a VPN. If you want a lightweight and fast antivirus program, this is the one for you.
Malwarebytes Premium is now a full-fledged antivirus, not just a backup for your primary antivirus. It performs admirably in our hands-on tests, and its results with independent testing labs are improving.
The first antivirus products were designed to protect against computer viruses, which spread by injecting their code into other programs. Those early viruses were predictable and detectable with simple techniques. Some were even named after the number of bytes they’d add to an infected file. Today, however, we are plagued by polymorphic malware, pernicious ransomware, and other sophisticated attacks. Simply looking at files to identify malware is completely insufficient. The behavior-based analysis is essential in today’s world, and Malwarebytes Premium provides it, along with additional layers of protection. It performed admirably in our hands-on tests and has begun to receive favorable ratings from independent testing labs.
Malwarebytes, like Webroot, Kaspersky, Bitdefender, Trend Micro, and others, costs $39.99 per year to protect one Windows or macOS device. You can protect five devices for $79.99 per year. Sophos Home Premium costs less; $50 per year allows you to install it on up to ten devices. And McAfee charges $59.99 per year to protect all of your Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS devices.
A status panel across the top of the main window depicts a silhouetted landscape complete with clouds, mountains, and a city skyline. When everything is in order, the panel issues a report “Awesome! Your computer is secure.” The bottom half of the window is divided into three simple rectangular panels. On the left, you can view the statistics for the most recent scan or click for a full history. To the right, four layers of security are controlled by simple toggles. A scan is initiated by clicking the middle panel. It’s a neat, appealing design.
Malwarebytes includes limited signature-based detection as one of its many layers, but it heavily relies on more modern detection methods. Web protection prevents traffic to known dangerous addresses from being sent by the browser or a malicious application. Ransomware protection detects behaviors that occur when an unknown program prepares to encrypt your files. It should detect even zero-day ransomware attacks, with no need to recognize anything other than ransomware-like behaviors.
Exploit attacks take advantage of security flaws in popular applications, allowing them to gain control. Even if you keep your operating system and programs patched, there will always be a period when the vulnerability is known but has not yet been patched. Malwarebytes protects a number of popular applications from attacks. This is generalized protection against exploit behaviors, not specific exploit protection.
Click the Security tab in the Settings window and then the Advanced Settings button at the bottom to see what exploit protection entails. This opens the Anti-Exploit settings window, which warns you not to change anything unless instructed to do so by a tech support expert. Take a look but don’t touch. Malwarebytes will teach you how to enforce DEP (Data Execution Prevention) and ASLR (Address Space Layout Randomization). It prevents ROP (Return-Oriented Programming) attacks and attacks on system memory.
A malware hack attack must get the malicious program onto your system, execute the code, and avoid detection by the operating system and antivirus. In contrast, a phishing attack only needs to fool the (possibly distracted) user. Phishing sites imitate banks, retailers, and even gaming sites, and they frequently use URLs that appear to be legitimate. A victim who logs in to the bogus site has given away their login credentials. Hello, bank account! Goodbye, online reputation!
The free Malwarebytes scanner is well-known for its ability to remove difficult infestations, but it does not provide real-time protection. Malwarebytes Premium is a full-fledged antivirus with numerous layers of defense against malicious attacks, some of which are not found in competing products. Malwarebytes, like Webroot, another behavior-centric antivirus, doesn’t always agree with antivirus lab tests, but it’s been steadily improving, with more and better test results. It received the highest possible malware protection score in our hands-on testing and also performed well in tests using fraudulent (phishing) websites and malware-hosting URLs.
You will first need to download the free download of Malwarebytes. Once it is installed on your device, you will be able to create an account and purchase the paid subscription, if you would like.
MalwareBytes CANCEL GUIDES
Get together the following account information:
First Name
Last Name
Phone Number
Email Address
Username
Password
Billing Address
City
State/Province/Region
ZIP/Postal Code
Country
Reason for Cancellation
Last 4 Digits of Card
Date of Last Charge
Amount of Last Charge
E-Mail
Follow these steps:
Prepare an email and include your account information as listed
Request that the agent cancel your account within the body of the email
Request that the agent provide you with a confirmation number or email within the body of the email
