Guest bugmenot Posted October 31, 2008 ID:33028 Share Posted October 31, 2008 First let me congratulate you on a very high quality product! You should be very proud Now my question. I have seen on other posts on this forum that MBAM is designed to detect and remove the 'harder' varieties of malware. Does this mean that it is not designed to catch the 'regular' spy/adware etc? By regular I mean the stuff that typical anti-spyware apps seem to find. Basically, I'm asking: Is MBAM an anti-spyware app? As well as trojans/rootkits and whatever.Forgive me if I'm being unclear, I couldn't think of a better way to phrase this.Thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
melboy Posted October 31, 2008 ID:33032 Share Posted October 31, 2008 Whilst this list doesn't give a totally detailed analysis of everything MBAM finds, it gives you an idea of what it goes after.MalwareNet Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerardwil Posted October 31, 2008 ID:33033 Share Posted October 31, 2008 Some additional info:Have you ever considered what makes an anti-malware application effective? We at Malwarebytes have created an easy-to-use, simple, and effective anti-malware application. Whether you know it or not your computer is always at risk of becoming infected with viruses, worms, trojans, rootkits, dialers, spyware, and malware that are constantly evolving and becoming harder to detect and remove. Only the most sophisticated anti-malware techniques can detect and remove these malicious programs from your computer.Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware is considered to be the next step in the detection and removal of malware. In our product we have compiled a number of new technologies that are designed to quickly detect, destroy, and prevent malware. Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware can detect and remove malware that even the most well known anti-virus and anti-malware applications fail to detect. Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware monitors every process and stops malicious processes before they even start. The Realtime Protection Module uses our advanced heuristic scanning technology which monitors your system to keep it safe and secure. In addition, we have implemented a threats center which will allow you to keep up to date with the latest malware threats.Activating the full version unlocks realtime protection, scheduled scanning, and scheduled updating. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elero Posted October 31, 2008 ID:33037 Share Posted October 31, 2008 Thank you for the link melboy, i've been searching for this one Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bugmenot Posted October 31, 2008 ID:33039 Share Posted October 31, 2008 Thanks a lot for the link melboy, it helped @gerardwilThank you for the info. However, it gives the impression that MBAM detects viruses - does it? I never thought it did...Thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
berny Posted October 31, 2008 ID:33050 Share Posted October 31, 2008 Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware is considered to be the next step in the detection and removal of malware. In our product we have compiled a number of new technologies that are designed to quickly detect, destroy, and prevent malware. Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware can detect and remove malware that even the most well known anti-virus and anti-malware applications fail to detect.Hi,I am aware that you have created a great toolbut how comes the program itself is so small compared to some other as/am-tools ?Does this means you use less deff's and more "technique" ? Thanks for satisfying my curiosityBerny +++ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elero Posted October 31, 2008 ID:33057 Share Posted October 31, 2008 Does this means you use less deff's and more "technique" ? Nosirrah wrote on SSUpdater.com that MBAM has no huge database with old defs. So i think you are right Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bugmenot Posted November 2, 2008 ID:33367 Share Posted November 2, 2008 Thank you for the info. However, it gives the impression that MBAM detects viruses - does it? I never thought it did...Anyone know the answer to this?Also, an answer to my original question by a mod would be greatly appreciated - no offense to the other commenters intended, its just that since they develop the product, they may be able to give a more detailed answer Thanks, this has been a great help Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nosirrah Posted November 2, 2008 ID:33369 Share Posted November 2, 2008 Does this means you use less deff's and more "technique" ?This has a lot to do with two things . We do not add legacy defs (malware that there is no way to come into contact with any more) because there are two effects that do not help the user :1. pass tests only designed to award detection of millions of long dead old threats2. huge slow database and much slower scan timesPassing fake tests and making our scan very slow does not help anyone . MBAM uses advanced heuristics combined with defs targetted at todays new malware and common AntiVirus software failures . This keeps MBAM on top of th new stuff that AV software is having issues with and keeps our scan nice and fast .However, it gives the impression that MBAM detects virusesWe detect virus installers and we have limmited detection of virus infected malware files . We do not unpatch legit files as this is the job of dedicated antivirus software .We are not trying to compete with antivirus software , only fill their gaps . For obvious reasons we are not going to change our name to Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware , trojans , worms , rootkits , adware , spyware , bots , and virus installers . http://www.malwarebytes.org/malwarenet.phpViruses that we have hit are on the list . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bugmenot Posted November 2, 2008 ID:33382 Share Posted November 2, 2008 Thanks everyone for all your help! @nosirrahNah, the name wouldn't be so catchy From one very satisfied customer! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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