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Other => General Topics => Topic started by: ccookie on July 13, 2010, 08:40:36 PM
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Hi, I was wondering if Malwarebyte Antimalware (for spyware) and Avast! would work together? I heard that Avast! isn't good with spyware, and you need another program for spyware. Would Malwarebyte Antimalware work for this? If not, can you suggest anything else for spyware, or do I even need a program for spyware? ??? Thanks!
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Good combo. They work fine together.
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Malwarebyte Antimalware works great with avast!
I even purchased the Full version with a lifetime licence. 8)
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A simple forum search for mbam and avast brings up many hits including the following:
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=49772.msg421021;topicseen#msg421021 (http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=49772.msg421021;topicseen#msg421021) :)
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I have a question about Malwarebyte. Will it remove spyware also? Is it good? ???
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You wont find many bad things to be said about it here.
It is the go-to second opinion for the majority of the forum users.
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avast! & Malwarebytes work great and is very very great. ;D
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OK, I'm thinking of downloading Malwarebyte on my system with Avast! Thanks!
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Sorry but im curious cookie. Which malwarebytes and avast! you got ? (Free,Paid ?)
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free
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I would only get the free version of Malwarebytes which lets you do on demand scans. A lot of people say you can run the paid version in real time along with Avast! but I personally wouldn't do it. Avast! isn't all that bad against spyware though. It does pretty good. Malwarebytes isn't only for spyware either. It detects and removes a wide variety of malware. I think it's an amazing program myself.
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I have Used Malwarebytes with Avast for about 5years or so...Awesome!! They go real good together..If at any time you are uncertain of if your computer has any adware or trojans or just unsure....Trust Malwarebytes on the full scan...If malwarebytes doesn't find anything...You are 100% safe....I trust it over any anytspyware or scanners....Also if you are using the free version of Malwarebytes just as a scanner..Widows Defende or SpybotS&D or Spywareblaster go good with Avast....for spyware adware etc. defense...Some people Use all of them with Avast with no problems...Another great free scanner is SuperAntiSpyware...you can use it also just as a scanner or second opinion...it's only like 7mb or so ...and always at my desktop available as a scanner....The Only thing to watch out for with Malwarebytes is if you use Spywareblaster or Spybot S&D or SuperAntiSpyware and if you set them to "lock" your default Home Page so changes cannot be made.....Malwarebytes will classify that as a Browser HIJACKING...or security centre Hijacking....So don't set Spybot or SpywareBlaster or SuperAntiSpyware to Lock your control Panel or Homepage.....or if you do unlock them when doing a scan with Malwarebytes.....
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I saw an interview with Malwarebytes' creator and he said that you should never have to do more than the quick scan. He said that was all he did himself. They keep the program updated with all the places that malware inserts itself and if they find out about something infecting a new location, they add that to the quick scan. He claimed that he had tested it and never found any more with the full scan over the quick one.
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I saw an interview with Malwarebytes' creator and he said that you should never have to do more than the quick scan. He said that was all he did himself. They keep the program updated with all the places that malware inserts itself and if they find out about something infecting a new location, they add that to the quick scan. He claimed that he had tested it and never found any more with the full scan over the quick one.
I use Malwarebytes resident and have it update in Realtime so that it uses the Flash scan immediatly.
The Quick scan is all that is needed and I have it run daily in the morning and with avast! and Malwarebytes my sytem has remained malware free. 8)
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I saw an interview with Malwarebytes' creator and he said that you should never have to do more than the quick scan. He said that was all he did himself. They keep the program updated with all the places that malware inserts itself and if they find out about something infecting a new location, they add that to the quick scan. He claimed that he had tested it and never found any more with the full scan over the quick one.
Thanks for posting.
Sometimes I've found setup files (not installed) in other folders.
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Hi, I was wondering if Malwarebyte Antimalware (for spyware) and Avast! would work together? I heard that Avast! isn't good with spyware, and you need another program for spyware. Would Malwarebyte Antimalware work for this? If not, can you suggest anything else for spyware, or do I even need a program for spyware? ??? Thanks!
Avast! isn't good with spyware
Whenever I run mbam free or SAS free nothing is found.
I also have Zemana, but it never finds a real keylogger spying on me.
I go anywhere & do anything on the internet, I have no infections.
Avast! 5 must be doing something right. ;)
Maybe it's all that blocking ZA is doing. ;D
I don't think it's necessary to buy mbam or sas.
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Hey RoadRunner..hehe, I see your config includes OpenDNS, perhaps you'd be more interested in K9 Web Protection (which allows on the fly adjustments to filtering) or SunBelts Clear Cloud which is a more secure DNS than OpenDNS. In testing with VM and TRYING to get infected ClearCloud blocks ALOT to the point I can not load a majority of the malicious sites. As for Avast and MBam, in testing the two together (free versions) I saw no conflicts but would be curious how the Pro or Registered versions might act if they both detected the same malicious files and how that might affect the performance of the PC running two resident protection modules.
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SunBelts Clear Cloud which is a more secure DNS than OpenDNS.
What proof can you offer to back up that statement ???
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SunBelts Clear Cloud which is a more secure DNS than OpenDNS.
What proof can you offer to back up that statement ???
Isn't that obvious Bob, haven't you realised that anything in the cloud is better, cos it's cool and new :P
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SunBelts Clear Cloud which is a more secure DNS than OpenDNS.
What proof can you offer to back up that statement ???
Isn't that obvious Bob, haven't you realised that anything in the cloud is better, cos it's cool and new :P
It was 105.6 deg. in the clouds here yesterday I wouldn't exactly call that cool..... ;D ;D
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Then yours is very hot which is cool ;D
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Then yours is very hot which is cool ;D
But he probably has no humidity though. ;)
Its 29C in here with 52% humidity making it feel like steambath.
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SunBelts Clear Cloud which is a more secure DNS than OpenDNS.
What proof can you offer to back up that statement ???
What proof is the fact that I have been using OpenDNS for a pretty long time and it works nicely but once I switched to CC I couldn't even do my VM testing to TRY to get infected because CC blocked the site from loading before anything could even be downloaded. I test pretty often, multiple times per week in VM and with K9 Web Protection and OpenDNS you get some nice free protection but with CC that is easily doubled in testing over the course of several nights. I would look to get 0 day exploits and often those were blocked with CC, so it isn't due to the fact that I read things such as SunBelt processes anywhere from 100,000-1 Million sites per day and is used by several large corporations and government entities but instead because of my own testing which I found impressive to say the least. Since it is free and easily utilized I suggest anyone try it for themselves and do what suits them best, I can say though it has beaten OpenDNS and Comodo Secure DNS servers in testing (for me at least). Hope this is useful to someone!