Hello, admin, I want to ask if you have ever used antivirus program Malwarebytes" Anti-Malware? Can it be used as the main antivirus on a computer? I noticed several strange things about her, for example:
- She deleted from my computer one very necessary program that had been running for several years, in general this program was paid, but I downloaded it on a torrent for free - maybe it was actually a virus?;
- For some reason, it finds some viruses only when scanning again;
- And more questions, Malwarebytes" Anti-Malware blocks access to many sites, I don’t like it, I went into the settings of the Security Module and unchecked the Enable blocking of malicious sites option, but this does not help, there is still no access to many sites.
Antivirus program Malwarebytes Anti-Malware
Hello friends! A few years ago I had an interesting incident. One webmaster came to our company and literally with tears in his eyes complained that he could not get to his own website from his home computer, the provider and the router settings had nothing to do with it, we checked this immediately, the reason turned out to be different.The webmaster was prevented from accessing his own website by the (then little-known) Malwarebytes Anti-Malware program installed on his computer. We found exactly which program settings blocked access to the site and still got to the site, but why did the program consider the site malicious ?
The webmaster downloaded all the site files to his computer and did not find any malicious code in the site files. Numerous Internet services for checking sites for viruses said that the site was clean. The well-known AI-Bolit scanner, designed to search for malicious codes on websites, also found nothing. We wrote a letter to https://www.malwarebytes.org/, in which we asked to explain the reason for blocking the site antivirus program Malwarebytes" Anti-Malware and they answered us. "No problems were found on your site and the site will be excluded from our database of malicious sites very soon."All that was left was to wait, and I had to wait a long time, exactly two years later, the webmaster called me (I didn’t even immediately understand what was going on) and told me the news that his site was no longer blocked by this program. This is how my first acquaintance with Malwarebytes" Anti-Malware happened.
If you read information about this program on the Internet, you will understand that this is almost the best anti-virus program in the world, it’s one of the set-and-forget programs, now your operating system is reliably protected from infection by almost any malicious program. I assure you, friends, this is far from true, and this is being told to you by a person who often uses Malwarebytes" Anti-Malware to treat computers infected with viruses. There is some kind of inconsistency in this, right? It seems like I constantly use this program and at the same time hint to you that it has some shortcomings. Let's figure it out.
- How to download and install the Malwarebytes Anti-Malware antivirus program;
- All the pros and cons of Malwarebytes" Anti-Malware;
- How to properly configure the Malwarebytes Anti-Malware program;
- How to scan and much more.
Note: description of most of the existing paid and free antiviruses, as well as their rating is described in our other article - . Our website also has reviews of all the best antivirus scanners Dr.Web CureIt, ESET Online Scanner, HitmanPro, Cezurity Antivirus Scanner, Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool. Full review antivirus software is located .
What I like about Malwarebytes Anti-Malware
1) Malwarebytes" Anti-Malware finds almost all existing malicious objects, be it Trojans, worms, rootkits, Spyware software) and so on. The program's "Quick Scan" mode will find and neutralize all malware in a relatively short period of time.
2) Malwarebytes" Anti-Malware can be installed on a very infected computer, literally teeming with viruses, on which NOD32 and Kaspersky will not be able to install; also, launching anti-virus scanners Dr.Web CureIt or Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool will end in error, and Malwarebytes" Anti- Malware is a no-brainer; it installs easily, scans and removes viruses. Personally, I have always had problems with computers that are hopelessly infected with viruses, but recently, in exactly half of the cases I can get by with just the Malwarebytes Anti-Malware program.
3) The program has a special Chameleon mode! If your computer is infected with numerous malware, then they have probably blocked you from downloading any antivirus, any other than Malwarebytes Anti-Malware. The special Chameleon module will help you download and install the Malwarebytes Anti-Malware program, as well as clean your computer from viruses and all this in automatic mode!
4) On this moment, Malwarebytes" Anti-Malware is one of the best anti-virus scanners. It is constantly updated with new virus signature databases.
5) If you use Malwarebytes Anti-Malware only in scanner mode, the program works for free.
6) All detected threats are sent to quarantine; if necessary, any file can be restored from quarantine.
7) Malwarebytes Chameleon technology will allow you to run the Malwarebytes Anti-Malware program when it is completely blocked by virus programs.
8) Malwarebytes" Anti-Malware has additional remedy(our own development) Malwarebytes Anti-Rootkit, designed to find and remove rootkits.
Disadvantages of the Malwarebytes Anti-Malware program, but this is my personal opinion
1) When you install Malwarebytes "Anti-Malware on your computer, the program runs for 14 days free of charge and is fully functional, that is, in addition to the anti-virus scanner, it has real-time protection that can detect and neutralize malicious files when attempting to perform destructive actions. And this already a claim to a full-fledged antivirus program.After 14 days, we are faced with the choice of whether to buy the program or stay with one scanner.
2) I bought the program and decided to use it instead of an antivirus on one of my computers, as a result I came to the conclusion that “Malwarebytes” Anti-Malware is not suitable for a full-fledged antivirus, it lets through a lot of viruses. What’s most interesting is that the program allows “malware” to run its own malicious processes, but if you then run a scan, Malwarebytes Anti-Malware finds and neutralizes these same “malware”. In short, nonsense.
3) But even when scanning, the program does not find all viruses. Last week I found 22 viruses on users’ computers and placed them in the “Warning Viruses” folder; when scanning this folder with my standard antivirus, all 22 viruses were found,
And when scanning the same folder with Malwarebytes Anti-Malware, 17 viruses were found.
4) Real-time protection. Let's run all these malicious files on a test machine. Of the 22 two virus files Malwarebytes Anti-Malware did not allow only 10 to run, which means the remaining 12 are now running in our operating system. In turn, the standard antivirus installed on the system did not allow a single malicious process out of 22 to execute.
5) Malwarebytes "Anti-Malware, immediately after installation, decides for you which sites you can access and which you cannot. And in this case, the algorithm of the program is not at all clear. I have a list of sites, when visiting which you will immediately be planted with a virus “(don’t go to grandma’s), so, according to the program, you can go to all these sites, but you can’t go to completely harmless ones. In other words, the program blocks access to many clean sites. According to my calculations, approximately every twentieth site existing on the Internet according to the Malwarebytes Anti-Malware program, it is infected.
When you visit an allegedly infected Malwarebytes website, Anti-Malware will display a window like this and you will naturally not be able to access the site.
Or even worse, there will be no window and your browser will simply tell you that the desired site is not available (which is what happened to our webmaster).
You may notice - what if these sites are actually malicious? I will answer this way - you can check them on various services for checking sites for malware, for example https://www.virustotal.com/ru/ or http://antivirus-alarm.ru/ and you will see that this is not so. It’s very good that Malwarebytes Anti-Malware has settings where you can disable this outrage. Security module. Disable blocking of malicious sites.
Installing Malwarebytes" Anti-Malware
Go to the official website of the program
http://www.malwarebytes.org/
Click on the button Free Version Download,
Download and install the Malwarebytes Anti-Malware program. You don’t have to change anything during the installation process,
but in the final phase of installing the program, be sure to check the box Enable free trial period of Malwarebytes" Anti-Malware PRO and the program will work fully functional for 14 days, we want to determine how well the program will work as a full-fledged antivirus, and not just a simple scanner. We also tick the boxes Malwarebytes" Anti-Malware Update And Launch Malwarebytes" Anti-Malware.
Malwarebytes" Anti-Malware Settings
Friends, keep in mind that by default the Malwarebytes Anti-Malware program is configured for maximum protection.
Scanner
In this tab, you can select the type of scanning your computer for the presence of malware. In my experience Quick Scan always finds all working viruses and neutralizes them. To start scanning, you need to check desired type and press the button Scanning.
If malicious objects are found, we will know about it immediately. After scanning is completed, click on the button Show results.
We carefully look at the found objects, if among them there is a file you need that is accepted by the program as a virus, then uncheck it and click Delete objects.
A detailed report is issued about the scanning performed and the viruses removed. In some cases for complete cleaning You will need to restart your computer.
Security module
We tick the boxes we need.
Enable protection file system - Malwarebytes" Anti-Malware will work in real time, monitoring all processes in the operating system, that is, like a full-fledged antivirus.
Enable blocking of malicious sites And Enable blocking of malicious websites, when the security module is started- if you check both of these points, you will not be able to access those sites that, according to the program, contain malicious code. If you you do not want To have the program decide for you which sites you can access and which you can’t, uncheck both of these items.
Run the security module along with Windows- must be marked.
Updates
You can run Malwarebytes" Anti-Malware updates manually at any time
Quarantine
If any file got here by mistake, select it with the left mouse and click the Restore button.
1. Problems with installation and startup.
Some types of malware prevent installation Malwarebytes Anti-Malware and other security features. If, when you try to install MBAM, the installation does not start, first try renaming the installer file, for example to explorer.exe or winlogon.exe. If this doesn't help, you can try changing the file extension to .scr, .com, .pif, or .bat and start the installation by clicking on explorer.com(or other file what did you rename it to?). You might also try downloading and renaming the installer to a known clean computer, and then transfer it on a flash drive or CD to the infected one.
Note: Malwarebytes Anti-Malware uses Inno Setup rather than the Windows Installer Service, if continuing the normal installation fails, try installing the program and scanning in safe mode. This is generally not recommended, as Safe Mode loses some of the effectiveness of detecting and removing malware. After scanning and removing malware in Safe Mode, it is recommended to uninstall Malwarebytes Anti-Malware, then reboot to normal mode and repeat the installation and scan.
If MBAM does not start after installation, go to the folder and try renaming the file mbam.exe, as stated above for the installer file.
Malware can also break the launch association .exe files. If the association is violated, launching any programs becomes impossible. To restore the association, download the FixExe.reg file and save it to your desktop. Run the downloaded file double click and agree to the warning about entering data into the registry by pressing a button Yes.
Another way to run MBAM would be to use the tool Rkill. This tool terminates certain processes and blocks writing to certain branches of the registry, thereby preventing malware from interfering with MBAM and other utilities.
Download Rkill follow one of the links provided and save it to your desktop
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Run Rkill double click (in Windows Vista/Seven launch required right click mouse from administrator name
).
- A black window will appear and disappear command line- this is a normal situation and means that the launch Rkill produced successfully.
- If nothing happens, download Rkill another link and try again.
- You can make as many startup attempts as you like Rkill.
- After scanning MBAM, do not restart your computer
.
There are situations when, after installation or during the launch of MBAM, malware deletes the file mbam.exe. In this case, you may receive a Windows warning " The system cannot find specified file
" or " mbam.exe - Application Error".
In this case, you need to install MBAM on a known clean computer, go to folder C:\Program Files\Malwarebytes" Anti-Malware, copy the file from there mbam.exe on the desktop, rename it according to the above instructions, and transfer it to the infected computer, where you need to copy this file to the directory C:\Program Files\Malwarebytes" Anti-Malware, then launch and scan.
2. Problems with updating.
It happens that malware blocks access to the update server, and when you try to update the database, MBAM will report an error. In this case, you can download the update installation file ( MBAM-rules.exe) and start installing updates by double-clicking on the downloaded file. Please be aware that updates distributed in this manner go out less often than for the function of updating databases built into the program. If these addresses are blocked by malware, you can download the update file to a known clean computer and transfer it on a flash drive or CD to the infected one.
Another way to update is to move the definitions file rules.ref from an uninfected computer. To do this, you need to follow the following steps.
- Install MBAM on a known clean computer.
- Launch from the menu Database update.
- After the update is completed close MBAM.
- Go to the folder ( this folder has the attribute " Hidden", so before you go, turn on the display hidden files
)
- Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Malwarebytes\Malwarebytes" Anti-Malware
- Windows Vista/Seven: C:\Documents and Settings\Users\All Users\Malwarebytes\Malwarebytes" Anti-Malware
- Copy the file rules.ref to a flash drive or burn to CD and transfer along the same path to an infected computer.
Many other problems are discussed on the official
MalwareBytes antivirus(MalwareBytes Anti-malware) is an easy-to-use program created by MalwareBytes. This company brought together many programmers under its roof who developed free utilities to remove a variety of malware. Therefore, MalwareBytes Anti-malware, despite its very powerful virus detection and removal mode, remains free for users using it at home. There is also a premium version of the program, its main difference is the presence of a computer protection module in real time.
MalwareBytes antivirus is a program that can quickly scan your computer for viruses and then easily remove them. The program detects a variety of Trojans, adware, potentially unnecessary programs, spyware, ransomware viruses and other malware. The program interface is very simple, so its use will not cause difficulties even for a novice user.
Main features of MalwareBytes Anti-malware:
- Can work in all modern Windows versions, including Windows 10
- Availability of quick scan mode
- Possibility to perform full check computer for viruses or scan a separate disk, directory or file
- Availability of a computer protection module (only for the paid version)
- Daily database updates
- Can quarantine files and restore them if necessary
- Ability to create an ignore list for scanning and protection modules
- Flexible settings to speed up the program
- Availability of Russified version
- Works great and does not conflict with anti-virus and anti-spyware programs already installed on the computer
- Integration with contextual Windows menu, which allows you to scan any file
You can often encounter the fact that with MalwareBytes Anti-malware, it detects Trojans, spyware and malware that well-known antiviruses did not even notice. Therefore, its use is recommended and strongly justified. Even if you don't intend to buy it full version to protect your computer in real time, do this from time to time. full scan computer. And most importantly, don’t forget, MalwareBytes Anti-malware does not conflict with existing installed antivirus. And since you can’t spoil the porridge with butter, a system that has MalwareBytes Anti-malware + antivirus is protected much better than one that has only an antivirus program installed.
How to use MalwareBytes antivirus
The instructions below are very simple and will allow any user to check their computer for viruses using MalwareBytes, and if malware is detected, they can be easily removed and restored to normal operation operating system and Internet browsers. If you encounter any problems, feel free to write a comment on this article or create new topic on our forum. If you are interested, then scroll down this page.
Where and how to download Malwarebytes Anti-malware
To download latest version Malwarebytes Anti-malware program from the official website, click on the link below.
Instead of a classic antivirus, you can also use the premium version of Malwarebytes, which combines several methods for detecting and removing viruses, Trojans and other malware. Malwarebytes is an antivirus, which blocks encryption viruses and ransomware (ransomware), prevents the penetration of malware through holes in programs already installed on the computer (very important due to the fact that in such popular products as Adobe Flash Player and Java, new vulnerabilities are constantly being found, and patches for them do not always appear quickly) and allows you to protect your computer in real time from known viruses and programs whose actions can harm the system or your data.
We recommend that you purchase the premium version of Malwarebytes antivirus, which will help you protect your computer from possible infection in future. The main difference between the premium version and the free version is the presence of a real-time computer protection module. To purchase, follow the following link.
(also called MBAM) is a free and very effective security tool. The product has a paid Premium version that comes with real-time protection and scheduled scanning, but we'll look at the free version for home users.
If you do not have this antivirus scanner installed on your device, download Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 2 on our website. The scanner can be used absolutely free on home computers for non-commercial purposes.
The installation process is extremely simple, it is only important on the last screen of the wizard to uncheck the “Enable free trial period of Malwarebytes Anti-Malware PRO” option and click the “Finish” button.
To update software modules, you may need to restart your computer. Close other programs first.
This is what it looks like main interface Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 2.2 programs
If this is not your first time running the program, you may see a yellow warning about an outdated database. Click “Fix” on the main interface window or “Update Now” on the alert that appears above the taskbar notification area.
If a software module update is available, MBAM 2 will prompt for installation new version. Click OK and follow the instructions at the beginning of the article.
If Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 2 is not working, Windows users XP users can launch the program by opening the Start menu -> All Programs, expanding the Malwarebytes Anti-Malware folder and selecting the Malwarebytes Anti-Malware icon.
In Windows Vista, 7 and 10, users can open the Start menu, type "malware" into search bar and select Malwarebytes Anti-Malware.
Windows 8 and 8.1 users can click keyboard shortcut WINDOWS KEY+Q to open the application search and enter the phrase "malware" and then select Malwarebytes Anti-Malware.
Setting up Malwarebytes Anti-Malware
At the top of the program window, click the “Options” button. By default, the “Basic Settings” section will open. On this tab, you need to make sure that the “Context menu in Explorer” option is enabled. This will allow you to start scanning files and folders using the item context menu in Windows Explorer.
Also note that the “Restore Default Settings” option represents quick way to reset the configuration in all tabs available for free version. Other tabs contain a “Recommended Settings” link that only applies to that specific tab.
Open the “Detection and Protection” tab by selecting the appropriate item in the left navigation menu. First of all, check the “Check for rootkits” option to strengthen your Malwarebytes Anti-Malware protection. Advanced heuristic analysis (Shuriken) and archive scanning are enabled by default. Users who made changes to local policies security (or group policies), which may be detected as malicious (for example, disabling Windows Defender) must configure the handling of potentially unwanted changes. For the “PUM (Potentially Unwanted Modifications)” option, select “Alert user about detections.”
Please note that protection against potentially unwanted programs(PUP) in Malwarebytes Anti-Malware may flag many installers because they contain third-party software. There is no need to worry about dangerous installers unless they are flagged as malware in scan results.
Then, select the “Update Options” tab. Set the “Notify if the database is more than ... days out of date” option to “1”. In this case, MBAM will be guaranteed to use the latest database signature data.
Make sure that the “Check for program updates when checking for database updates” option is enabled. If necessary, on this screen you can configure a proxy server.
On the History Options tab, for privacy-conscious users, we recommend disabling the “Provide anonymous statistics to help fight malware” option.
In the “Scan log settings” section, it is better not to touch the “Save log file to disk” option; change the value only if your computer is critically low on free space.
This completes the setup of the free version. Other options are available for PRO users.
Managing quarantines and logs
All detected malware is quarantined by default. Since the quarantine folder can take up quite a bit of space, it is recommended to empty it a month after detection. The free CCleaner tool will help you cope with this task.
You can also restore objects to their original location if you are confident in what you are doing.
Click the History button in the top bar of Malwarebytes Anti-Malware. The “Quarantine” section will open and display all objects that were detected and placed in it. The easiest way to empty a folder is to click the “Delete All” button. The action must be confirmed.
The user can delete individual objects by simply selecting them with the mouse and clicking the “Delete” button. The action must be confirmed.
Be careful with the “Recover” button - do not use it unless you are absolutely sure that the object being restored is not malware.
To view Malwarebytes Anti-Malware logs, click the “History” button in top menu program and then select the “Program Logs” tab in the left navigation menu. Here you can open any presented magazines. Logs need to be checked only for subsequent deletion; other actions with them are not available.
The screenshot shows a sample scan history log that provides a summary of all important settings and results. Pay attention to the scroll bar in the first section - there is much more information there than is displayed on the screen.
The “Export” button allows you to copy the report to the clipboard or save it to a file TXT format or XML for further analysis.
MBAM maintains daily security logs, which include information about the database and software updates performed.
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