Q&A Is Malwarebyte still good as an on-demand scan?

[Dixz45]

Today I wanted to install Malwarebyte to scan. I haven't done that for a long time since Kaspersky told me to delete Malwarebyte even though it was an on-demand checker.
I know that Malwarebyte now markets itself as a full protection program like kaspersky and Bitdefender, but it seems that it is not
However, my question is...
Does anyone see that the program is still good and has new discoveries as it was in the past, or is everything he owns now in the had become in protection programs?

 

[kC77]

mbam actually does a lot better than Kaspersky/bit defender/eset/Norton in a real-time test against 1000 recent .exe samples.

mbam got 100% blocked... seems it's detection / protection is excellent!

(I don't use mbam but was just testing it's abilities)

 

[Dixz45]

Thanks @kC77

What I know is that real-time detection and blocking is different from detection on scan
Have you tried a malwarebyte scan of an infected system with the samples you mentioned?

 

[kC77]

Thanks @kC77

What I know is that real-time detection and blocking is different from detection on scan
Have you tried a malwarebyte scan of an infected system with the samples you mentioned?

ah I thought it meant on "access" scan (realtime) I've not done an on "demand"
cleaning a compromised system I'm not that bothered about, I prefer to not allow it to get infected in the first place.

 

[CyberDevil]

Does anyone see that the program is still good and has new discoveries as it was in the past, or is everything he owns now in the had become in protection programs?

It has quite a lot of false positives. Recently it flagged a lot of files from my work project as malware, which was just asp.net for the back-end of a website. But I can assume it's not bad for a scanner, it helps to find any suspicious objects, but I'm not sure that this behavior will be liked by everyone.

 

[Anthony Qian]

As Malwarebytes doesn’t detect non-PE malware, it isn’t a good scanner imo.

Try ESET Online Scanner, Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool, and Norton Power Eraser instead.

 

[simbatippe1234]

Hi, I use Sophos Virus Removal Tool+KVRT+Roguekiller & Norton Power Eraser.

 

[Evjl's Rain]

yes, MB is still extremely good against PUPs/adwares which many good AVs fail to protect (kaspersky, bitdefender,...)
however, there is no portable version which is a deal breaker to me

I prefer hitman pro + norton power eraser

 

[ScandinavianFish]

Malwarebytes is only good against executable files, it fails against everything else

 

[KevinYu0504]

I still think Malwarebytes and AdwCleaner was the best PUP/PUA scanner ,
other Anti Virus comparison did not focus on this aspect .

I often encounter people with computer problems when they seek help,
the common problem is an ad or annoying infection.
Usually after using Malwarebytes or AdwCleaner,
the problem can be solved effectively.

However , if you are using free version of Malwarebytes , it was just a scanner ,
there is no real-time protect , should be no need to worry about compatible issue with other Anti-virus software ,
you can keep it in your system .
(even you are already using other antivirus)

 

[Dixz45]

ah I thought it meant on "access" scan (realtime) I've not done an on "demand"
cleaning a compromised system I'm not that bothered about, I prefer to not allow it to get infected in the first place.

It is difficult to combine the two protections in real time and Malwarebytes alone is not the same as Kaspersky or Bitdefender

It has quite a lot of false positives. Recently it flagged a lot of files from my work project as malware, which was just asp.net for the back-end of a website. But I can assume it's not bad for a scanner, it helps to find any suspicious objects, but I'm not sure that this behavior will be liked by everyone.

I do not know about the false positives, which differ from one protection program to another according to the classifications of protection companies

As Malwarebytes doesn’t detect non-PE malware, it isn’t a good scanner imo.

Try ESET Online Scanner, Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool, and Norton Power Eraser instead.

I use ESET Online Scanner but I don't know if it is good at detecting PUP.Adware like malwarebytes even though it has options for that
I also used Norton Power Eraser a long time ago

Hi, I use Sophos Virus Removal Tool+KVRT+Roguekiller & Norton Power Eraser.

Hi Use Sophos HitmanPro

yes, MB is still extremely good against PUPs/adwares which many good AVs fail to protect (kaspersky, bitdefender,...)
however, there is no portable version which is a deal breaker to me

I prefer hitman pro + norton power eraser

This is what I wanted to make sure of

Malwarebytes is only good against executable files, it fails against everything else

However they market their product as a complete protection program

I still think Malwarebytes and AdwCleaner was the best PUP/PUA scanner ,
other Anti Virus comparison did not focus on this aspect .

I often encounter people with computer problems when they seek help,
the common problem is an ad or annoying infection.
Usually after using Malwarebytes or AdwCleaner,
the problem can be solved effectively.

However , if you are using free version of Malwarebytes , it was just a scanner ,
there is no real-time protect , should be no need to worry about compatible issue with other Anti-virus software ,
you can keep it in your system .
(even you are already using other antivirus)

It was always on my desktop and laptop as an on-demand scan program but Kaspersky started asking for it to be deleted and putting it in the incompatible category even though the real-time protection was disabled (the picture shows the Kaspersky message)

 

[marcopaone]

Use EEK (Emsisoft), NPE and KVRT.
Also you can use F-Secure Scanner and Eset

P.S I also mention WiseVector StopX

 

[KevinYu0504]

It was always on my desktop and laptop as an on-demand scan program but Kaspersky started asking for it to be deleted and putting it in the incompatible category even though the real-time protection was disabled (the picture shows the Kaspersky message)

Don't worry , I am using Kaspersky and Malwarebytes Premium (with real-time protect) in same time ,
Kaspersky also show the compatibility warning , you can click Ignore on Kaspersky。

However, I would recommend you to refer to the MB official notes on compatibility ,
do what they suggest :

https://support.malwarebytes.com/hc/en-us/articles/360038522974-Malwarebytes-for-Windows-antivirus-exclusions-list

 

[Dixz45]

Don't worry , I am using Kaspersky and Malwarebytes Premium (with real-time protect) in same time ,
Kaspersky also show the compatibility warning , you can click Ignore on Kaspersky。

However, I would recommend you to refer to the MB official notes on compatibility ,
do what they suggest :

https://support.malwarebytes.com/hc/en-us/articles/360038522974-Malwarebytes-for-Windows-antivirus-exclusions-list

Thank you I will try this

 

[simbatippe1234]

Hi, where do you get Malwarebytes Free, don't you have to use the Trial first, or am I mistaken?

 

[Lament]

Hi, where do you get Malwarebytes Free, don't you have to use the Trial first, or am I mistaken?

You can disable real-time protection and when the 30-day trial expires, you'll be reverted to the free version.

 

[Lament]

For me I prefer EEK. Anyway, if I ever find any infection using any SOS, I would do a clean just all right away.