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Originally Posted by Oren L Miller
Malware bytes has a free version that I like a lot. Comcast will give you the latest and greatest Norton for free. IMHO malware bytes stops them from coming in the fastest!  |
I'm not sure that Malwarebytes offers any "real time" protection unless you buy the "pay" version. In other words, if you are using the free version you have to update it manually and run scans yourself. It is not going to protect you from threats "coming in" but may find them if you do a scan. It does no good to install this free program on a computer unless the user updates it and manually scans with it. I am using Norton Internet Security, free through Comcast, and it has worked flawlessly, blocking and catching threats. I know because I see the notices and logs. Malwarebytes is a good back-up program and the free version doesn't interfere with my internet security program. If you have Vista or Windows 7 you also have Windows Defender installed. This program primarily works to prevent and remove spyware and popups. It may be turned off if you have other antvirus/antispyware programs in use. Scanning with Malwarebytes rarely finds anything except a few cookies, and I think this tells me that Norton is doing an outstanding job of protecting my computer.