Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Scanner

Its been a while since we ve taken a good look at Malwarebytes Anti-Malware. After the version firstly reviewed by us the application has grown some new features and consolidated its signature database to pull out the latest types of malware from your system. As usual, its purpose is to root out nasties that are generally overlooked by the protection suite habitually residing on your system. So it should be used as a second layer of backup for the computer. The application has not changed too much since our analysis of version 0.68 of Malwarebytes Anti-Malware. In fact, as far as the interface is concerned, a new tab has been added to give you access to the scan logs and see exactly the infected areas (memory processes, memory modules, registry keys/values/data, folders), the number of objects checked and the amount of malware detected. Everything is reported clearly in a simple text document any user can read. Besides the freeware version were going to test, there is also a paid version of the product, which comes packed with more functionality. The $24.95 full version of Malwarebytes Anti-Malware offers real-time protection against nasties and boasts scheduling options for system scans. Other than this there is absolutely no difference between the two. Installation of the program is done in a jiffy and there is absolutely nothing peculiar about it, so were not going to hang around this at all. Once launched, Malwarebytes Anti-Malware presents a simple-looking interface that does nothing but plainness to stand out with. All its options are aligned in eight easy-to-follow tabs. Simplicity and comfort in use are the words to characterize the interface by. Under the Scanner section the app features two types of scans you can appeal to in case of suspicion: a quick one, which checks the system for the most common types of malware, and a full scan, which is designed to run a thorough verification of every drive specified by you (removable ones are accepted, as well as network locations). The Protection area is reserved for the full version of the software. Its purpose is to protect you and your system from intrusions by blocking them before they can do significant damage. In other words, this is the real-time protection center. If you want to check for new updates and load the latest signatures, Update is where you should be. Here you can view info on the database currently protecting you, the release date of the last update, or the amount of fingerprints loaded and ready to protect you against malware. Each nasty, once caught, gets to be sent to quarantine, an isolated place from where it cant do any harm to your system. If the program erroneously picks up a perfectly healthy file, the Quarantine tab is where you can yank it back from among the nasties and restore it to its original place. You can restore them one by one or all of them at once. The same goes for deletion, only in this case the process is not reversible. As for statistics, Malwarebytes Anti-Malware shows the number of elements enclosed in the isolated chamber.