Early versions were even marketed as a supplementary security application that played well with a user’s existing anti-virus suite. Longtime users of Malwarebytes will be abundantly knowledgeable about the claim that it worked in conjunction with other antivirus products. This is certainly a positive for those who do not need a mass of options to customize every little detail. In summary, the user interface is clean and simple to use. The option to deactivate these seems to be a bit superfluous, especially for users who want to set and forget. These real-time protection options include web, malware, ransomware, and exploit options. Further, the window contains three other windows containing the options available to the user, detection history, the scanner that also displays the time of the next scheduled scan, and real-time protection complete with sliders for deciding what options are to be activated.

Once installed the user is presented with a window featuring a blue city skyline in soft hues of blue and green creating a pleasant backdrop not too visually interesting as to be distracting. To use full-featured product, you have to purchase a license. That being said an anti-virus solution is not solely dependent on price but how well it protects the device it is installed on. If looking to install Malwarebytes Premium on multiple devices the 79.99 price tag may be off putting when comparing its other products that emphasize multiple licensing for larger families. Malwarebytes has the option to purchase five licenses for 79.99 USD. Typically, offerings that include more than one license, here 10 seems to be the magic number, or to protect every device in a household can cost anywhere between 50 and 60 USD as is seen with Sophos and McAfee.

Like many of Malwarebytes’s competitors including Kaspersky, Bitdefender, and Trend Micro to protect one Windows or Mac device will cost 39.99 USD per year. This year saw the release of version 4.3 and this publication deemed it fit to do a full review of Malwarebytes Premium to see how it compares to their competition.Unless you are specifically using the free version of a specific anti-virus suite, price is always an important factor to consider. In 2019 when Malwarebytes released the fourth version of it's incredibly popular anti-virus engine much changed and generally all for the better.

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