Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware

Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware version 1.35 running under Windows Vista.
Developer(s)	Malwarebytes Corporation
Stable release	1.41 / 2009-9-10; 59 days ago
Operating system	Microsoft Windows
Type	Anti-malware
License	Proprietary (freeware and commercial)
Website	malwarebytes.org

Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware (MBAM) is a computer application that finds and removes malware.^[1] Made by Malwarebytes Corporation, it was released in January 2008. It is intended to find malware that other anti-virus and spyware programs generally miss.^[2]

Contents 1 Software information 2 Reception 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Software information

Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware is available in both a free and a paid edition.^[1] The free edition must be run manually, while the paid version can automatically perform scheduled scans. The paid version also adds real-time protection and IP blocking to prevent access to malicious web sites. ^[3]

[edit] Reception

• PC World's Preston Gralla wrote that "Using Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware is simplicity itself".^[1]

• CNET cited Malwarebytes as being useful against the MS Antivirus malware.^[4] CNET awarded it April 2009 Editor's Choice along with 25 other computer applications^[3][5]

• Bleeping Computer, has listed Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware as a method of removing fake security applications such as MS Antivirus^[6][7]

• Mark Gibbs of Network World gave the software 4 out of 5, saying that "It does the job and only the lack of a detailed explanation of what it has found stops it from getting 5 out of 5."^[8]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Malwarebytes Homepage