The user interface has been revamped, while the scanning engine is faster and more effective.Īn Anti-Rootkit system and the new Chameleon technology system that detect malicious file at startup are also being offered as part of the package. Windows XP makes up to 20 percent of Malwarebytes’ userbase, so this new decision is quite important, company officials said.Īt the same time, Malwarebytes explained that the new Anti-Malware Premium solution, which combines five different technologies to provide state-of-the-art protection to users on all Windows versions (and not only on Windows XP), also comes with updated modules to block malicious URLs, adware, and toolbars.

Today, however, Malwarebytes announced that a new security product called Anti-Malware Premium, which becomes available to users today, will support Windows XP for life, which means that you should be on the safe side on your XP machine as long as you use this app. The software also has a feature called Chameleon, which attempts to get round viruses that tries to block or disable anti virus software programs.įinally, Malwarebytes doesn't seem to take up much processor percentage or RAM when on startup or running.Even though Windows XP will be retired next month, the majority of security vendors on the market will still support it, so their products will all work on the ancient operating system for at least two more years.

As for the free version, get it downloaded and used, you cannot possibly ever regret it. It should be mentioned here that the premium version is not free. I have upgraded to the premium version which gives great real time protection. The latest version perhaps doesn't have as easy or simple an interface as previous versions however, this is evened up by the interface being more self explaining which in my opinion makes it better to understand for the novice and more informative for the intermediate user. The full scan taking about 45 to 50 minutes on my laptop system. I am now using it on Windows 10 and up to now it seems to work perfectly. Simple to use but most importantly, highly effective. I started using this software years ago and can only say that it has become better over the years.

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