Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware - Great Tool to Keep your Computer Clean
Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware is a very popular among the user free anti-malware utility, which can be used to scan and remove Trojans, along with other malware such as viruses, worms, rootkits, dialers and spyware.
MalwareNET, which is Malwarebytes' online database, revealed that nearly 20% of the total objects detected by Anti-Malware were related to Trojans.
Other features of this program include multiple-drive scanning including networked drives, quick scanning, ignore list, quarantine to hold threats and restore them, context menu integration to scan files on demand, the FileAssassin option under the More Tools section for removing locked files, extra utilities to help remove malware manually, and settings to enhance performance of the program. It works together with other anti-malware utilities as well.
The software incorporates 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. This assessment has been confirmed by many users throughout the Web, supported by the security experts’ opinion.
The installation process is fast enough, offering up the well-kept change log and an instant definition file update. The utility is very easy to use, with no complicated menus systems. You don’t have to hunt to find the tools you need. The scanning screen contains 2 simple options, quick scan, and a full system scan. The interface is completely intuitive and streamlined for simple navigation. Note, that software doesn’t require a system reboot when installing or updating.
However, real-time protection, scheduled scanning, and scheduled updating are only available to the pay version.
Main Features
- Support for Windows 2000, XP, and
- Light speed quick scanning.
- Ability to perform full scans for all drives.
- Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware Protection Module. (requires registration)
- Database updates released daily.
- Quarantine to hold threats and restore them at your convenience.
- Ignore list for both the scanner and Protection Module.
- Settings to enhance your Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware performance.
- A small list of extra utilities to help remove malware manually.
- Multi-lingual support (English, Albanian, Arabic, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Korean, Latvian, Macedonian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian).
- Works together with other anti-malware utilities.
- Command line support for quick scanning.
- Context menu integration to scan files on demand.
Website: http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php
Summary: I would definitely recommend to keep the software handy as party as your anti-malware destruction toolbox.
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