Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1.50

Rated 20/50 by oldcodger at Mar 20, 2008

I was a beta tester for this program and defended it vigorously thro the beta stages. It does work but only to a limited extent compared to some other similar programs. After the beta testing was over it was then necessary to pay for the program and frankly, there is no way I would pay for this. Both the freeware and professional editions of Superantispyware are vastly superior as is Spybot freeware. As I said earlier, I have defended this program thro its beta testing stages but, as others have indicated, they are sceptical about where some of the comments left here have come from. I now have to admit that I too feel that the comments are being manipulated either by the author or his friends. The program is most definately not as good as some of the comments would indicate. My impartial advice would be to go for one of the free spyware removal programs I mentioned earlier. If you must try this program, then run it first then run the others afterwards. I think you will find that the detection rate is far lower than the others.

Rated 50/50 by OvrDriVE at Mar 20, 2008

Gotta give this a 5. It found and removed what symantec's removal tool could not. decent program for what it does.

Rated 10/50 by preinterpost at Apr 2, 2008

1 extra poing for posting a change list 5 minus points for manipulating the forum and trying to push this security risk onto unsuspecting user's PCs. Stay away.

Rated 10/50 by King of Holland at Apr 8, 2008

If a (worthless) tool costing $25 is this far and still have to fix these kinds of bugs, I really wonder the few poor souls that hand over their money. Besides, I think it only detects a handful of nasties, and not even able to fix them too. Even if this was freeware, it still wasn't worth the download.

Rated 50/50 by leofelix at Apr 9, 2008

one of the best antimalware I ever used. pros: it's freeware too (with no real time module and some feature) light, efficient, it removes rookits, rogue utilities, spyware and trojans. MalwareBytes' Antimalware is compatible with the most of antivirus and firewall.

Rated 50/50 by lurkingatu2 at Apr 13, 2008

i beta tested for mbam and did not see oldcodger there downloading the software in hopes of getting it free is not beta testing you have to give feedback also and if it's that bad why are hjt log readers using it look around and i doin't think finding cookies are better detection rates as you doin't need a malware tool to get them off your pc

Rated 50/50 by johnnyutah97 at May 6, 2008

Malwarebytes' has created a very impressive product - it was able to detect a malware instance on my wife's machine that no other competing product was able to identify. I hope Anti-Malware starts getting the positive press that it deserves. It is a great, simple to use product and the team was very helpful and responsive!

Rated 20/50 by jofin at May 7, 2008

I too was a beta tester and what oldcodger claims is absolutely true. The author did send the email and request beta testers leave positive feedback here. I think oldcodger has been more than fair in his comments telling people to make up their own minds. Left to me. I would say that malwarebytes is useless, worthless and if anyone pays for it, they need their heads examined.

Rated 10/50 by oldcodger at May 7, 2008

In response to lurkingatu2 who claims he did not see me downloading the software. Unless I used the same download name and he was part of the administratiuon for this program he couldn't possibly have known I was downloading it! Just to put him clear, I also received the email from the author hitting out at this website for bad feedback and requesting beta testers to leave positive ones. Unlike him, I can only leave feedback based on facts - Superantispyware and Spybot are vastly superior to this offering and I am absolutely certain that there will be paid software which is also superior. I shall shortly reproduce the authors email here, confirming the above. In addition, there is not a doubt in my mind that the author continues to try and manipulate this forum ( and probably others ). In my earlier post, I suggested that potential users try this and compare it to the others suggested above and then make up their own minds. This surely, is a fair and just comment. Just what is the author so scared of ? Why did he request others to leave positive ratings ? Could it be that he desperately wants our money for an inferior product ? Why are comments left giving great ratings when I and many others think they are unjustified. Make up your own minds - don't let me or others influence you.

Rated 50/50 by leofelix at May 22, 2008

do you speak italian? Take a look here, if you do no not speak italian you can see the pictures:) http://www.megalab.it/ar...hp?id=1257&pagina=3 nobody asked crazy.cat (one of the most important italian security related researcher) to write very good opinion about MalwareBytes'Antimalware.

Rated 50/50 by thejaffe at May 30, 2008

I am a frequent visitor here, never felt compelled to write a review until now. Oddly, I had never used this product until last week, and not really knew much of it. But I used the free version after MANY hours of fighting with a machine I was repairing. I own a computer service and have 1000+ clients, am no way a newbie/weekend warrior. This machine was filthy and infected; and kept re-infecting at a ridiculously insane rate. I had run full scans with avast home, spybot, and several rootkit removers, and they mostly identified and did their "trys" at removal. After many rounds of this; I Googled the specific infection that was causing me A LOT of stress, and in some forum, this product was suggested. I installed, ran and it not only found the demon I was fighting; but a few more the others had missed. 1 reboot later and some small cleanup; and all was finally well. So I have to rate this a 5 because it did so well. Also to offset some harsh criticism as "worthless". Maybe it's not going to cure world hunger or AIDS, but it worked perfectly well for me, and was FREE, so to say it has no value is unfair. Some people get a bit crazy and bent about authors wanting to profit from their labours, and maybe even authors go to far trying to profit (based on comments here). But if they spend a great deal of time developing something; why begrudge them the ability to make a buck or two? They still offer a free version, of which saved me from smashing things and generally going nuts. Like I stated, I am a professional and skilled repair tech, and even I need tools to help sometimes. Especially with things I don't see every day and has variants that replicate and hide. This tool helped me weed out a nasty one. This review only applies to the free version, I have no experience with the pay version. I plan on adding this to my toolkit, and recommend it to anyone to try. Free is free. If you don't like it, or it's not for you, no harm done r

Rated 40/50 by bobad at May 30, 2008

Exactly what thejaffe said. Scanning is a tad slow, detection is average, but removal is well above average. It detects and removes some very nasty (I assume) Smitfraud variants that hide and morph. 1 point off because the better freeware scanners have resident protection. MBAM's best use is to disinfect after the fact, and shouldn't be relied on as primary protection.

Rated 50/50 by [deXter] at Jun 6, 2008

Used this on many machines to clean as many as 7 different variants of Vudno. Worked like a charm. This alone speaks volumes about this program, considering that Vundo is such a pain to remove. Malwarebytes shines where all other AVs and antimalware apps fail.

Rated 50/50 by esr at Jun 6, 2008

I won't speak towards the fights below- I will offer my direct experience with this tool. I finally got tagged by one of the java trojans this week. Random slowness & attempts to open various ips in the 85. range meant to be adverts of some sort. One of the Vundo varients. Was unable to clean with ad-aware, which did not find a thing or spybot, which found parts of it, but was unable to clean it. Nod32 3.0 never alerted. Manual instructions for cleaning were mostly accurate, but not overall helpfull. MBAM found it, and a second that hadn't even been hinted at prior to it's scan. Cleaned everything with two reboots. In short- it found & cleaned, for free. May not be perfect, but it worked for me...

Rated 50/50 by Genital.Joe at Jun 10, 2008

Outstanding software, with the best results, (for me) at fully removing the crapware others like Ad-Aware (

Rated 10/50 by Undesired Username at Jun 28, 2008

Want a BSOD? Start a scan and then right click the tray icon and exit the application. Fun stuff! Does ANYONE test software these days?

Rated 40/50 by normishmael at Jun 30, 2008

Undesired username: what the hell are you talking about? this program does not have a tray icon! Just the open window tabs. I am toggling these from restore,move,size,minimize,maximize and close, with no problem. Just because your machine bites the dust while a certain program is installed or active,does not mean its the cause. My machine is the most skittish,nurosis ridden, tempermental twit to ever escape from CastleGates,but it has no problem with this one.

Rated 10/50 by Undesired Username at Jul 3, 2008

normishmael--It DOES have a tray icon, as a matter of fact. The icon only appears when you use the REAL-TIME component, which is for paying users. I can see you really know your way around the program. As for knowing what the cause of my machine "biting the dust" is, well it's pretty clear, since it happened (1) The instant I performed an action with the program, and (2) the name of the Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware driver was listed right in the BSOD text!

Rated 30/50 by MHJ at Jul 8, 2008

As of now, i have mixed emotions about this program (v1.20). Finding and removing malware like Trojan.Vundo is quite good, if i had to rate just that it would be a 4-5, but when it comes to the "Protection Module", the rating drops to a clear 1, and that's since v1.10 when i started testing it. I did NOT experience a BSOD yet but several error messages that caused the module to crash, and that was only caused due to loading some portable apps i use, and/or messing with the settings a little bit, which is unacceptable. Also the load times of several programs are inappropriate when you are using the protection module. I've read several threats in their forums and the developers keep saying "developing takes time" and such, but after testing 10 new versions with no real improvement, i start losing my faith. For now, not recommended to spend your money on this, unless u have enough of it and don't care. Otherwise, you better stay away from purchasing it, because it's just the same as throwing your cash out of the window, sorry.

Rated 50/50 by Eldar at Jul 8, 2008

@Undesired Username: If you do experience a BSOD, just send your minidump file to their support. They are very responsive to possible problems and a fix will follow shortly after. A previous version produced a BSOD when performing a scan, which was fixed pretty quick when it was reported. As for the icon it does show when you're using the paid version. (= realtime protection & automatic updates) I'm not saying it's a perfect program, but they're doing their best. Also most spyware warriors are recommending it today, instead of the previous AVG AS, which does tell us something about the quality of this software. Problems can always arise with protection software, but I applaud them for their swift response to those concerns. I say well done & keep up this excellent work. :-)