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EdSun Jun-03-18 11:53 PM
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"free replacement for malwarebytes"


          

can anyone recommend a free replacement (shareware not trial version) for malware bytes. I saw bitdefender recommended on one tech site.

  

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TtechMon Jun-04-18 12:43 PM
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#1. "RE: free replacement for malwarebytes"
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See my post in Daniell's recent thread about Malwarebytes. You just have to deactivate the trial and it will switch to the free version.

https://www.pcqanda.com/dc/dcboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=2&topic_id=565409&mesg_id=565409&page=

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Paul DMon Jun-04-18 05:44 PM
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#2. "RE: free replacement for malwarebytes"
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What Ttech said, but...
What are you looking for exactly? If you're looking for free real time protection I doubt you'll find it. Free Malwarebytes is probably the best all-round after the event scanner, although IMHO SuperAntiSpyware does a better job on cookies. Both are worth having.

In light of all the kerfuffle about Russian intervention in US affairs I wouldn't touch Bitdefender with a barge pole. Perhaps I'm paranoid but there are suggestions they are complicit in that.




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lenjackTue Jun-05-18 12:32 AM
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#3. "RE: free replacement for malwarebytes"
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Free Malwarebytes is fine, if you simply remember to run it manually on a periodic basis. The only real difference is that the paid version is constantly running in the background, making it a kind of set it, and forget it, kind of thing.

  

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Paul DTue Jun-05-18 02:13 AM
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#4. "RE: free replacement for malwarebytes"
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Tue Jun-05-18 02:14 AM by Paul D

  

          

That's a bit over-simplified.

Free MB is an after the event scanner. It can't prevent anything nasty happening, it can only clean up problems that have already found their way into the machine. The paid version on the other hand is a VERY effective preventative It actively stops you going to dodgy websites, thus preventing the nasties that the free version can only clean up. It's also (since version 3) an excellent anti-virus - the only one I use now.

I was lucky enough to get the old lifetime deal just before they changed to annual subscription. Best computer investment I ever made. The current annual licence is expensive.

If you want to rely on free prevention IMHO you need a separate anti-virus, Malwarebytes and SuperAntiSpyware. MB is a pretty thorough scanner, but SAS does a far better job on third party cookies.





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lenjackThu Jun-07-18 09:25 PM
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Agee with Paul D. My comment was indeed over simplified.

  

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EdFri Jun-08-18 11:24 AM
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Thanks for that link. I downloaded and installed Malwarebytes and it was the FREE never expire version.

  

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