Malwarebytes - is it worth £16.55?

MarkBargain

I use Avast! antivirus, which is fine, but I was thinking of getting a real-time spyware scanner to increase my protection (especially thinking of key loggers for passwords). Malwarebytes seems to be the most recommended one so I downloaded the free version. That looks good, but to get the real time protection it costs £16.55 (using a 15% discount code). My questions are:

1) has anyone used the paid version and is it worth it?
2) if anyone know of any bigger discount codes?
3) is Malwarebytes the best or can anyone suggest better alternatives?

UPDATE: I have Windows 7 and see that includes Windows Defender, which has real-time protection. So perhaps I am already covered. Any comments welcome!

mttylad

1) Yes & yes.
2) I have had it for free - but I wont discuss that here.
3) Yes & no.

Windows defender - come on - its got "Windows" in the title.

Full of holes.

patman99

With a good A/V and firewall, the free version of Malwarebytes is more than sufficient. Just do a scan before you do online banking, or once a week and you will be fine.

MarkBargain

mttylad - thanks for your response. Has the Malwarebytes' real-time protections stopped an infection on your machine that you know of? I appreciate Windows Defender isn't going to be most secure, but I was just thinking it may be okay when paired with Avast and regular scans with the Malwarebytes free version.

patman99 - thanks for your reply. My firewall is the Windows 7 one, so maybe that is a bit lazy! Perhaps I should consider Outpost or Online Armour. Also, I need to check my router settings...

closed

Too many realtime scanners will slow your machine down, and that includes defender. Ditto 3rd party firewalls.

Avast + windows firewall + manual scans with malwarebytes will cover most infections without crippling your machine performance

free4440273

I have the paid-for version too and it's a lifetime install/ can't really complain for that price/ I suppose it depends what other anti-malware/virus software u have installed too/ I like to keep mine fairly minimal and not bloated/SO:

Avast + mbam + FF + NoScript (but I use the brilliant Opera too ) //

Guys_Dad

MarkBargain wrote: »

mttylad - thanks for your response. Has the Malwarebytes' real-time protections stopped an infection on your machine that you know of? I appreciate Windows Defender isn't going to be most secure, but I was just thinking it may be okay when paired with Avast and regular scans with the Malwarebytes free version.

patman99 - thanks for your reply. My firewall is the Windows 7 one, so maybe that is a bit lazy! Perhaps I should consider Outpost or Online Armour. Also, I need to check my router settings...

PC Tools free firewall is excellent.

SirDigbyChickenCeasar

MarkBargain wrote: »

I use Avast! antivirus, which is fine, but I was thinking of getting a real-time spyware scanner to increase my protection (especially thinking of key loggers for passwords). Malwarebytes seems to be the most recommended one so I downloaded the free version. That looks good, but to get the real time protection it costs £16.55 (using a 15% discount code). My questions are:

1) has anyone used the paid version and is it worth it?
2) if anyone know of any bigger discount codes?
3) is Malwarebytes the best or can anyone suggest better alternatives?

UPDATE: I have Windows 7 and see that includes Windows Defender, which has real-time protection. So perhaps I am already covered. Any comments welcome!

Over time, we have observed that the large paid-for Anti-Virus and Anti-Malware Software offering have become victims of their own success; That is to say, that trojans are crafted to circumvent specific vendor tools.

The best cover you can get, believe it or not, is to install several overlapping freeware solutions. Similiar to the manner you would use several screenscrapping websites to attain a near comprehensive overview of the consumer market for insurance, the use of several overlapping freeware Anti-Virus and Anti-Malware solutions will increase your chances of cover, whilst affording you the advantages of avoiding the payment of License fees, and avoiding a false sense of security: Simply paying more does not mean you are covered.

For comprehensive cover, I recommend a stack of AVG Lite, Avast!, MalwareBytes and one of the big two, such as Norton or McAfee. You may also fancy putting on something such as ZoneAlarm to monitor your ports. Of the last two, a trial version/free version with a new system for 12 months will always suffice.

If your concern for security exceeds this, consider Software solutions to encrypt your transactions over the Internet.

If PC performance becomes an issue for you, remove one of either AVG Lite or Avast. Both are CPU intensive.

Hope this helps.

kwikbreaks

Ni Ni Ni - making an assumption there

Every AV product I've clapped my eyes upon warns that it should not be run in conjunction with another AV product. Multiple anti-spyware/malware scanners would be ok.

It is possible to become paranoid over PC protection.

aliEnRIK

SirDigbyChickenCeasar wrote: »

For comprehensive cover, I recommend a stack of AVG Lite, Avast!, MalwareBytes and one of the big two, such as Norton or McAfee. You may also fancy putting on something such as ZoneAlarm to monitor your ports. Of the last two, a trial version/free version with a new system for 12 months will always suffice.

If your concern for security exceeds this, consider Software solutions to encrypt your transactions over the Internet.

If PC performance becomes an issue for you, remove one of either AVG Lite or Avast. Both are CPU intensive.

Whats 'AVG LITE'?
And your suggesting Avast, whatever AVG LITE is AND Norton or Mcrapee??
Zonealarm is considered quite unsafe these days

kwikbreaks

aliEnRIK wrote: »

Whats 'AVG LITE'?

Google search suggests it's just what giveawayoftheday called the nomal AVG free - http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/avg+lite/ (ie chocolate fireguard class)