

- #INSTALL MALWAREBYTES UPDATE#
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In terms of real-time protection, Malwarebytes successfully blocked 98% of the malware files, which is excellent. During my testing, Malwarebytes detected 95% of the malware files I had previously downloaded to my device, which is a pretty good result. Please read Supplementing your Anti-Virus Program with Anti-Malware Tools for information about trustworthy and effective anti-malware programs which can find and remove adware, spyware, browser hijackers and potentially unwanted programs.Malwarebytes is a minimalistic, easy-to-use antivirus program that provides good protection against malware, but not much else. If you choose to use Windows Defender (or any other anti-virus), then I recommend adding an additional anti-malware solution. Therefore, you need both an anti-virus and an effective anti-malware solution for maximum protection. In simplistic terms, Anti-virus programs use massive databases with different scanning engines and detection methods to scan for infectious malware which includes viruses, worms, Trojans, rootkis and bots.Īnti-malware programs use smaller databases and generally tend to focus more on adware, spyware, unwanted toolbars, browser hijackers, potentially unwanted programs and potentially unsafe applications.Īnti-virus and Anti-malware solutions with anti-exploitation features protect against zero-day malware, drive-by downloads, exploits, exploit kits and ransomware. Essentially, they look for and remove different types of malicious threats. Anti-virus and anti-malware programs each perform different tasks as it relates to computer security and threat detection. This is true for most anti-virus solutions. However, although Windows Defender provides some anti-malware is weak, meaning it does not provide comprehensive protection and cannot prevent, detect and remove all threats at any given time.
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Microsoft changes behavior of Windows Defender in Windows 8.Windows Defender on Windows 8 - Introduction and FAQs.
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Windows 10 Defender provides the same level of protection against malware as Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) provides on older operation systems plus enhanced protection against rootkits and bootkits.
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Windows 10 Defender is just as good as any other free antivirus solution (and probably easier to use for the novice) without bundled toolbars or nagging popups.

Quietman7's Best Practices for Safe Computing The best defense against infections is to read and understand the following posts here on BC:
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If you are repeatedly getting infections, or even just repeatedly having your antivirus/security software quarantine things on a routine basis, you need to look first at your own habits of interacting with cyberspace. Most do not sneak in stealthily, but are directly invited in by user action. I have said, again and again and again, the most accurate predictor of your likelihood of getting any sort of infection is your history of getting infections. It isn't even "set it and forget it" it's already set and takes very good care of itself. I now strongly favor it over third-party free (and, in fact, paid) antivirus solutions because it very simply works and is integrated right into Windows. The upgrades it received as part of release 1709 are very significant. Windows Defender is evolving into a top-notch product that is routinely landing in the top 10 of the third-party antivirus testing outfits these days.
