MBAM Pro

[veryparanoid]

On 9/18/2012 at 8:36 PM, exile360 said:

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It is true that Malwarebytes Anti-Malware is not designed to replace your antivirus, but as your account shows, Malwarebytes Anti-Malware finds what your antivirus might miss. That's always been our focus, and that remains just as true today. We don't detect the vast majority of infections out there, but we do specifically target the latest, nastiest 0-day threats that antivirus software tends not to detect, not to remove, or both.

So do you not have an antivirus program that we should run all the time?

[AdvancedSetup]

Hello @veryparanoid

I split your topic off to it's own topic as you replied to a topic that was 9 years old.

 

The current version of Malwarebytes can replace your antivirus if wanted. You can also run it alongside Windows Defender if you choose to.

https://www.malwarebytes.com/antivirus

Thanks

 

[veryparanoid]

thanks

 

I thought my mbam did that antivirus stuff too.

would be nice if there were an explicit list of all the items that one needs and whether they run all the time or else when they should be run one off

[Porthos]

20 minutes ago, veryparanoid said:

would be nice if there were an explicit list of all the items that one needs and whether they run all the time or else when they should be run one off

What Windows are you using?

[AdvancedSetup]

Unfortunately, there is no explicit list. There are many lists 😁

 

1. Recommend using a Password Manager for all websites, etc. that require a password. Never use the same password on more than one site.
   https://www.howtogeek.com/240255/password-managers-compared-lastpass-vs-keepass-vs-dashlane-vs-1password/
2. Keep all software up to date - PatchMyPC - https://patchmypc.com/home-updater#download
3. Keep your Operating System up to date and current at all times - https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-update-faq-8a903416-6f45-0718-f5c7-375e92dddeb2
4. Install a content blocker for your browser. Malwarebytes Browser Guard (Free)
   Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/malwarebytes/  
   Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/malwarebytes-browser-guar/ihcjicgdanjaechkgeegckofjjedodee 
5. Keep your Firewall enabled at all times
6. Further tips to help protect your computer data and improve your privacy: https://forums.malwarebytes.com/topic/258363-tips-to-help-protect-from-infection/ 

 

Further reading if you like to keep up on the malware threat scene: Malwarebytes Blog  https://blog.malwarebytes.com/

Hopefully, we've been able to assist you with correcting your system issues.

If you do have further questions, concerns please let us know.

Thank you again @veryparanoid

 

 

[veryparanoid]

2 hours ago, Porthos said:

What Windows are you using?

98se ( but never on the internet)

xpprosp3

8.1

10 

soon hopefully ubunto distro of linux

 

 

[veryparanoid]

1 hour ago, AdvancedSetup said:

Unfortunately, there is no explicit list. There are many lists 😁

 

1. Recommend using a Password Manager for all websites, etc. that require a password. Never use the same password on more than one site.
   https://www.howtogeek.com/240255/password-managers-compared-lastpass-vs-keepass-vs-dashlane-vs-1password/
2. Keep all software up to date - PatchMyPC - https://patchmypc.com/home-updater#download
3. Keep your Operating System up to date and current at all times - https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-update-faq-8a903416-6f45-0718-f5c7-375e92dddeb2
4. Install a content blocker for your browser. Malwarebytes Browser Guard (Free)
   Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/malwarebytes/  
   Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/malwarebytes-browser-guar/ihcjicgdanjaechkgeegckofjjedodee 
5. Keep your Firewall enabled at all times
6. Further tips to help protect your computer data and improve your privacy: https://forums.malwarebytes.com/topic/258363-tips-to-help-protect-from-infection/ 

 

Further reading if you like to keep up on the malware threat scene: Malwarebytes Blog  https://blog.malwarebytes.com/

Hopefully, we've been able to assist you with correcting your system issues.

If you do have further questions, concerns please let us know.

Thank you again @veryparanoid

 

 

thanks

i was referring to  only the mbam products

i see several that seem complementary on the site here

 

[AdvancedSetup]

Malwarebytes Premium

Malwarebytes Privacy VPN

Malwarebytes Browser Guard

Those are the main offerings for Consumer, home users.

 

 

[Porthos]

4 minutes ago, veryparanoid said:

98se ( but never on the internet)

xpprosp3

Those 2 can not install the CURRENT version of Malwarebytes. Will never be fully secured.

 

[veryparanoid]

11 minutes ago, Porthos said:

Those 2 can not install the CURRENT version of Malwarebytes. Will never be fully secured.

 

understood 

but what about the others ??

[Porthos]

25 minutes ago, veryparanoid said:

but what about the others ??

Turn off the following setting in Malwarebytes and it will let you use Defender as well. Be aware that Defender in 8.1 is not as good as Defender 10 Win 10/11.

Malwarebytes is not designed to function like normal AV scanners and uses a new kind of scan engine that relies mostly on heuristics detection techniques rather than traditional threat signatures.  Malwarebytes is also designed to look in all the locations where malware is known to install itself/hide, so a full or custom scan shouldn't be necessary, especially on any sort of frequent basis (like daily), especially since the default Threat Scan/Quick Scan checks all loading points/startup locations, the registry, all running processes and threads in memory, along with all system folders, program folders, and data folders as well as any installed browsers, caches, and temp locations.  This also means that if a threat were active from a non-standard location because Malwarebytes checks all threads and processes in memory, it should still be detected.  The only threat it *might* miss would be a dormant/inactive threat that is not actively running/installed on a secondary drive, however, if the threat were executed then Malwarebytes should detect it.  Additionally, whenever a new location is discovered to be used by malware the Malwarebytes Research team adds that location dynamically to the outgoing database updates so the locations that are checked by the default Threat/Quick Scan in Malwarebytes can be changed on the fly by Research without requiring any engine or program version updates/upgrades.

An AV (Defender) will catch the file just by downloading it or just opening a folder with a detected file in it.

For example, you get an email with an infected attachment, Malwarebytes will not even blink until you run it yet Defender will detect it if it is in their database without even actually clicking on it.

Then I will leave you with this.

As good as Malwarebytes is, it is just a layer of protection.

Using a browser that has Ublock Origin and the Malwarebytes Browser guard enabled is also a layer of protection.

Not opening attachments from an email unless you were expecting it from a specific user during a specific time period.

Do not use Torrents. Do not install every free software you find. Do not click links in an unknown email. Go directly to the site listed in the email.

Having a monthly image of your computer on an external drive that is only connected during the backup is actually better than any protective software ever made. Macrium Reflect free is the program I use and place on every computer I service.

 

Edited December 22, 2021 by Porthos