Avast! 5 and MBAM

[MikeRepairsComputers]

I am computer tech and a MBAM reseller partner. I have sold over 500 MBAM sice April.

I have previously been installing AVG Free 9 and selling each customer MBAM

Now that AVG 2011 is out and crashing on 64 bit win7, I need a new solution.

I heard that Avast! is compatible with MBAM protection module.

Does it need MBAM process exceptions?

This is what I have been using:

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Directory Excludes

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For Windows XP:

C:\Program Files\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Malwarebytes

For Windows Vista and Windows 7 32 bit:

C:\Program Files\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware

C:\ProgramData\Malwarebytes

For 64 bit versions of Windows Vista and Windows 7:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware

C:\ProgramData\Malwarebytes

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File Excludes

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* Click on Add List then copy and paste the text inside the CODE box exactly as written into the AVG window.

Select the entries appropriate to your version of Windows:

For Windows XP:

C:\Program Files\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\mbam.exe

C:\Program Files\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\mbamgui.exe

C:\Program Files\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\mbamservice.exe

C:\Program Files\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\zlib.dll

C:\Program Files\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\mbam.dll

C:\Program Files\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\mbamext.dll

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Malwarebytes\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\rules.ref

C:\Windows\System32\drivers\mbam.sys

C:\Windows\System32\drivers\mbamswissarmy.sys

For Windows Vista and Windows 7 32 bit:

C:\Program Files\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\mbam.exe

C:\Program Files\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\mbamgui.exe

C:\Program Files\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\mbamservice.exe

C:\Program Files\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\zlib.dll

C:\Program Files\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\mbam.dll

C:\Program Files\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\mbamext.dll

C:\ProgramData\Malwarebytes\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\rules.ref

C:\Windows\System32\drivers\mbam.sys

C:\Windows\System32\drivers\mbamswissarmy.sys

For 64 bit versions of Windows Vista and Windows 7:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\mbam.exe

C:\Program Files (x86)\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\mbamgui.exe

C:\Program Files (x86)\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\mbamservice.exe

C:\Program Files (x86)\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\zlib.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\mbam.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\mbamext.dll

C:\ProgramData\Malwarebytes\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\rules.ref

C:\Windows\System32\drivers\mbam.sys

C:\Windows\SysWoW64\drivers\mbamswissarmy.sys

Thanks for any help. Can any avast! users comment on the above and if I will like avast better than AVG 9?

[GT500]

I heard that Avast! is compatible with MBAM protection module.

Does it need MBAM process exceptions?

The last time I checked, avast! 5 does not need exclusions to be compatible with our protection module. However, adding exclusions is a good idea anyway, as it can help reduce the risk of compatibility issues later on down the line.

[MikeRepairsComputers]

Great! thanks. I will add the exclusions anyway.

[GT500]

Great! thanks. I will add the exclusions anyway.

You may want to check and see if avast! 5 stores its exclusions list in the Windows Registry. If it does, then you can export them as a .reg file, and then importing them on a new computer is very easy.

[YoKenny1]

I use Avast! V5 on my systems but only the Free version on Windows 7 and the Pro version on XP Pro.

Avast! Internet Security has a firewall and needs the MBAM exclusion entries added.

Edit: It has a very good forum that is much better than AVG's forum and one of tha main reasons I left AVG.

Edited October 1, 2010 by YoKenny1

[noknojon]

@ Mike Computers -

YoKenny has been a long time Avast ! user and has assisted many MBAM users with setting up of Avast ! on their systems -

He is a good help/source of information on the program -

Thank You -

[MikeRepairsComputers]

I switched to Avast 5, it scanned 560,000 (550G) files in 16 minutes with my i7 quad core SSD on 64 Bit Win7. wow that is fast

I dumped AVG and will install Avast 5 free and MBAM realtime on all my customers computers.

I am a MBAM reseller.

Thanks for the help.

[YoKenny1]

You may want to consider this

What is the business case for being a reseller?

There are several well defined business reasons you may wish to resell avast! products as part of your business.

1. At no up-front cost, you can, subject to acceptance into our reseller program, add a multi-award winning antivirus solution to your product offerings;

2. Some customers will ask you for avast! - if you don't offer it, they may go elsewhere;

3. Our software will probably compliment your other services and offerings;

4. We offer good margins and, as you grow your sales of our products, so the benefits of being a reseller increase as well;

5. We make a very good product, which we are promoting world-wide, and your business can be part of that success.

https://support.avast.com/index.php?_m=know...kbarticleid=188

[MikeRepairsComputers]

Thanks YoKenny1, I signed up up yesterday.

Mike