Malware or not? + discussion about running 2 AVs together

[Deleted member 178]

Tweaking the setting is the masterkey in combos; if you know what you doing you reduce significantly the risks of conflicts. It is why Combos are not suited to "average joe" type users.

 

[truoc]

Well its kind of a catch 22 situation, you can run Mbam next to your AV as Umbra pointed out. And imo they are the exception to the rule.
Because the rule states: Do not run multiple AV.
Mbam actually can run next to a AV if you insist and if you know what you are doing.
However if you are just a home user who does not know then you might want to stick with the rule.
That's basically the bottom line.

Malwarebytes has been developed to be a complementary tool next to your main AV, however the real world shows that even with all the efforts by Mbam the competition does not welcome them and this is being reflected in their products.
Hence why you need to exclude some things, otherwise you will run into trouble.

So adding exceptions in each program can *potentially* reduce problems and let both co-exist?

 

[Deleted member 178]

yes

 

[truoc]

yes

Good deal. Thank you!

 

[Nico@FMA]

So adding exceptions in each program can *potentially* reduce problems and let both co-exist?

Yes if you are going to use Malwarebytes next to your main AV then its a Yes.
If you would try this with other products then the results are unpredictable at best and strongly NOT advised.

 

[Deleted member 178]

Kram , you should appeared earlier in the discussion

your post was technical but clear enough to the common users here to grasp the mechanics of hooks and kernels interactions.

good post.