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Malwarebytes removes 1 billionth infection
It's always nice to read some exciting news from the people who develop our favorite apps, and the team over at Malwarebytes had a big announcement in their forums yesterday morning. In less than a year and a half, Anti-Malware has removed more than one billion infected items from users' computers.
That's an impressive figure, and a strong testimony to the quality of their software. Anti-malware has been an indispensable part of my technician's toolkit since it was released and it keeps getting better. The app is so popular now that it's hard to believe I considered it one of my "lesser-known malware apps" back in July of last year.
To get your hands on a copy of a truly great free application, head over to their site and download it now.
That's an impressive figure, and a strong testimony to the quality of their software. Anti-malware has been an indispensable part of my technician's toolkit since it was released and it keeps getting better. The app is so popular now that it's hard to believe I considered it one of my "lesser-known malware apps" back in July of last year.
To get your hands on a copy of a truly great free application, head over to their site and download it now.
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Subscribe to commentsEl TacoApr 22nd 2009 5:03PM
Malwarebytes has caught many viruses that Kaspersky didn't catch. That's why I have both on my computer.
shibathedogApr 22nd 2009 5:15PM
So how does this compare to Spybot/ad-aware/etc? I find it hard to believe other software doesn't have similarly impressive numbers at about the same scale of time:infections. (starting out with so much of the stuff already well documented from the others before it helps too) I regularly clean computers for people that have more than 3000 infections, and i've seen them often enough to make me sick with more than 8000 infections. I can only imagine the grand totals of infections on large networks, even if each computer only has a handful of objects. There are also a TON of different individual objects and the number grows at an insane rate especially nowadays. I remember when you didn't even have to worry about this crap.
shibathedogApr 22nd 2009 5:16PM
I used improper examples I know, still it applies. (Why is there no edit?)
pingApr 22nd 2009 8:25PM
2005 called and wants it's spybot back. Malwarebytes is the sh|t
nicbotApr 27th 2009 5:24PM
Sorry, but thanks to 'Ping' lmao!
SpyBot and Ad-Aware have gone the way of the buffalo imo. With tools like Malwarebytes and Super-Antispyware, other more antiquated tools have bloated them selves out of the market...well my market at least.
sniping_dreamerApr 22nd 2009 8:35PM
Absolutely love this program. I believe it removed Conficker for me.
Mark SApr 25th 2009 2:13PM
Your last link in this post takes readers to a paid product, not a free one.
RApr 23rd 2009 4:11AM
I got hit with something pretty bad recently. Annoying pop-ups that served ads based on Google search queries. It also disabled Windows Update and bypassed Zone Alarm. And sucked up CPU time.
Tried Ad-Aware, but it didn't find anything except for a few suspicious cookies. Boo.
Then tried Malwarebytes and it found over a dozen things.. miscellaneous DLL files and registry entries. Quarantine, delete, reboot.. system back to normal. I love it!
michas_piApr 23rd 2009 11:10AM
Malwarebytes found a trojan in a file I didn't even know I still had, buried deep in my storage drive.
This software is awesome.
MarcoApr 25th 2009 8:44AM
>> To get your hands on a copy of a truly great *free* application,
>> head over to their site and download it now.
Free like free-of-charge? It says it’s Shareware and costs $24.95
For almost the same price I’d get PrevX 3.0
Lee MathewsApr 25th 2009 8:51AM
Where did you look, Marco? The paid version gets you some additional features, like automatic updates, but the free version is no different when it comes to removing malware.
MarcoApr 25th 2009 9:10AM
Now this is funny... Just a few minutes ago, the link (http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam-download.php) pointed to their Shareware version. Now it points to the freeware version on CNET... :-o
Thanks for your reply, Lee.
KixxApr 26th 2009 12:49AM
Have you heard of a-squared? This free sw is also unforgiving to malwares, etc.
try it here
http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/free/
MikeMay 7th 2009 8:23PM
WOW! 1 billion infections sounds like a very large number for a small program that has only been around for 4 years, so I guess Norton has removed at least 10 billion infections since they have been around since the 1990, has a much better detection rate and holds 61% antivirus market share as of 2007. Spybot and Ad-Aware must have removed at least 3 times as many as Malwarebytes since they have been around much longer.