While that’s perhaps the closest or least inaccurate characterization, I’ve noted that the folks at Malwarebytes avoid calling it that. It’s not quite an anti-spyware toolĪnother characterization that you’ll not find anyone using is calling Malwarebytes Anti-malware an anti- spyware tool. I run (and recommend) Microsoft Security Essentials as my anti-virus tool. In fact, if you run Malwarebytes Anti-malware, you’ll see that they explicitly recommend that you run anti-virus tools in addition. The folks in the Malwarebytes forums are quick to point out that Malwarebytes Anti-malware isn’t a substitute for anti- virus software. Which is exactly how I recommend it be used. Malwarebytes for Windows reverts to a manual scanner that detects and cleans up malware infections only when you run a scan. Quoting their website, after the trial period if you do not purchase: After the trial period is over you’ll need to choose whether to purchase the full product to continue to use the full product. The free download is now a trial version of the Malwarebytes premium version.
There is, however, much confusion about “free”. The rest of this article has not yet been updated to reflect that, but my recommendation to use it as a free second-level malware scanner stands. Malwarebytes has progressed to a full-featured anti-malware tool. To understand why I might actually recommend something that I don’t use frequently, we need to understand Malwarebyte’s role and how it fits into my view of the war against malware. I do recommend Malwarebytes Anti-malware often – almost daily, in fact. That article was about software that I use frequently and have installed on most or all of my Windows-based PCs.
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