1 Jan, 2018 → by ClaimboUser303204
Free version of anti-malware software
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I want to warn customers whom it may concern about selecting the ~ Nov. 2018 "UPDATE" for their FREE version of Malwarebytes Anti-Malware software. Be prepared for the company to deceptively wrest control away from your PC's Windows Defender (main firewall) and to reset all your previous settings per manual and periodic use of Malwarebytes. I have used this free software for several years and want nothing more to do with this company... EVER. The insidious deception involves leading diligent PC customers to intuitively believe they need an update. After all, what could be more critical online these days than to be running the latest, most secure updates of malware & virus protection? WRONG! Malwarebytes wasted over an hour of my time (not including these communications to warn others) investigating why my trusted Windows Defender shield icon with reassuring green checkmark had disappeared from my Win10 Taskbar, then having to do troubleshooting web searches, then REMOVING Malwarebytes from Programs and Features FOREVER, then having to restore my settings, all the while compelled to restart my laptop a couple times, not knowing why there had been a red X-mark in my Defender shield icon (when it finally did reappear!). NEVER AGAIN! Windows Defender and/or Avast is all I need. Buh-bye Malwarebytes trash... And good riddance!