I've run free Malwarebytes with a few windows generations of MSE, Defender, etc. and together they give me sufficient confidence to have no need to compare the former nor the latter with anything else. I've subscribed to the paid Malwarebytes version once or twice for maybe 3 or 4 years total, but I'm careful and savvy enough, that the free version is as excellent and reliable as I require. I currently run it on both a Windows 7 desktop and 2 Win 10 Surfaces. It works very well, unintrusively, and does not use extraordinary resources that I note on any of my systems. I also don't see big differences between anti-malware and anti-virus categories, though I don't doubt that I could be more literate on these matters than I have felt a need to be in now almost four decades of micro-computing. I've also run Kapersky and more so Avast under Win 7, but neither at all for 10-15 years
NOTE: If I was a ruthless surfer/browser, or had high security needs because of the content of my work, I would consult a pro, and/or at least use the paid version of Malwarebytes. IN ANY CASE, ALWAYS BACK UP. GOOD BACKUP PRACTICES ARE MORE IMPORTANT FOR YOUR DATA AND YOUR SLEEP THAN GOOD ANTI-WHATEVER PRACTICES.
06-14-2021 07:57 PM
