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0 pointssam_goody5y ago0 comments

> There are very few that I could actually recommend, like Malwarebytes

Malwarebytes installs a program with elevated privileges that starts on boot and always runs in the background, and regularly sends data home - despite that it is an ON DEMAND scanner.

I have written to the company to understand this virus-like behavior, and have gotten no response.

Do you have a reason to trust them?

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meibo5y ago

Commercial Malwarebytes isn't on-demand, it's an actual anti-exploit/rootkit solution. I assume the free version, which only has the on-demand features, comes with these components anyways? Might explain that behavior.

My reason to trust them is that they seem to be generally respected still, I've been using them for a long time and they've yet to start annoying me with dark patterns and upsells - of course that's not a super great indicator.

33958105y ago

The free version of MBAM is an old-demand scanner but the paid version has "active" protections.

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