Is there a good alternative to Malware Bytes?

After trying many times to resolve conflicts between NIS and MWB (paid version),

 

I've given up. I just don't have the time to endlessly tweek setting.

 

So, that being said, is there a decent alternative to Malware Bytes anyone can recommend?

 

Thanks!

i have both and no conflicts. The trick is to not run malwarebytes in the back ground then their will be no conflict. malwarebytes is the best the other close is ad-aware by lavasoft 

Hitman Pro.

 

http://www.surfright.nl/en/downloads/

 

Superfast scans, doesn't need to be installed at all, the best detection rates in the business, and free.

bc

 

If you bought the Pro version of MBAM then you can disable the background checking and effectively turn it into the free version which does not conflict with other security software.

Have you contacted MB support? I have both and I don't have any conflicts. In fact the most recent time my Norton started acting funny was right after I installed Zone. I think the "conflicts" are something made up by Norton Support

Yes, I contacted them. Their "solution" didn't work...

Thanks everyone. I'll try to disable the backround checking first. If that doesn't work, I'll give Hit man pro a try.

You can use Hitman Pro even if you use MBAM, as a third opinion. Scans take 30 seconds (with an SSD) and there isn't even a need to install it, just run it. It has higher detection rate than any other antivirus (it uses a combination of BitDefender, Kaspersky and Emsisoft cloud definitions).

I just disabled the Anti-Spyware module on Norton AV and I leave Malwarebytes Pro running. No more conflict messages and I am not risking anything as I believe Malwarebytes' Anti-Spyware protection to be superior to Nortons.

 

BTW, I have contacted both companies - the problem is with Symantec, not Malwarebytes. There was no conflict in all the years I have run both together until last year when Norton decided to push their A-S protection. Nothing changed within MWB.

 

Thank you.

 

Jim

SuperantiSpyware Free is also a decent back up scanner, if only for a second opinion to your other programs.

Hi J-Mac,

 

Sorry to interfere but have you considered what could happen if MBAM and NIS find similtaneously a threat??

Can you imagine??

The kingdom of the conficts...

It's your choise, I deeply respect that but I wouldn't try it on my systems.

 

Best regards,

Well, Malwarebytes {Pro should find it if it is spyware and Norton AV should not, since I have the AS module off. Norton should only "grab" it if it matches a virus infection sig, correct?

 

Thank you.

 

Jim

Hi,

 

In theory YES, but what if NIS have the spyware payload signature in it's database and decides to take action??

I'm not writing NIS or MBAM code so I cannot tell for sure what the final behavior will be but there is always a chance of a conflict and probably a complete system freeze...

Hope this helps,

 

Regards,

J-Mac, malware covers a multitude of things including trojans, rootkits and key logging type applications, as well as viruses.

 

If you like, regard Norton as a one stop shop for all your protection, and use only ONE real time protection program. Norton needs to work on it's own, without another program competing in real time. 

I don’t know of any other AV program that won't co-exist with Malwarebytes Pro. If NAV were to step in and "take action" when the module is off then I would have to get rid of it. I simply do not feel that Norton's Anti-Spyware capabilities are near as effective as Malwarebytes Pro.

 

Can either of you say why Norton suddenly started to insist that it cannot run with Malwarebytes Pro last year?

 

Jim

BTW, I am not using NIS; NAV.

The same applies, in regards to detections. It's industry recommended by pretty much all antivirus vendors, not to run two real time programs.

Try Comodo there is trial version I got this though Cnet


Bombastus wrote:

Hitman Pro.

 

http://www.surfright.nl/en/downloads/

 

Superfast scans, doesn't need to be installed at all, the best detection rates in the business, and free.


Thanks for the link.  I bookmarked it for future reference.


J-Mac wrote:

I just disabled the Anti-Spyware module on Norton AV and I leave Malwarebytes Pro running. No more conflict messages and I am not risking anything as I believe Malwarebytes' Anti-Spyware protection to be superior to Nortons.

 

BTW, I have contacted both companies - the problem is with Symantec, not Malwarebytes. There was no conflict in all the years I have run both together until last year when Norton decided to push their A-S protection. Nothing changed within MWB.

 

Thank you.

 

Jim


I tend to agree with you based on my experience in about 11 months elapsed time running MBAM Pro and Norton 360 simultaneously.

 

Except for a few Autofix dialog boxes that have disappeared since, if memory serves, Norton issued a patch for this particular conflict with MBAM, I haven't seen any visible conflict issues with MBAM Pro coexisting with Norton 360.

 

I'm a member over at the MBAM forum and have read some info about their product regarding AV conflicts with MBAM Pro.

 

Based on that, in addition to my own PC experiences to date, I've decided to continue running both scanners together.

 

I realize that it goes against the advice here and I respect that input but for me, I guess I like the confidence / peace of mind when I see a MBAM tray notice that it's blocked or prevented an intrusion due to the real-time protection.

 

Some of those notifications are probably non-issues or possibly generated by false-positives, but I like the idea of a malware/PUP-specific product running alongside my AV product.

 

There's another reason that I'm not concerned about the possibility of an intrusion getting past simultaneous scanners. 

 

I always have a spare HDD that's been recently cloned so I have a plug-and-play recovery method available in the event of an intrusion getting past both scanners due to a conflict between the tools.

 

I guess its something that I'd like to evaluate after 1 year of running in this mode and then go from there.

 

I've got about 6 weeks remaining before I reach the 1-year anniversary as a Norton customer.  As far as Norton's AV protection goes, it's been a win.gif for me.

 

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J-Mac,

 

I don't think it is correct to blame Norton for flagging something MBAM is trying to do when Norton is just doing its job!

 

Try looking at it this way:

 

 1 -- In order to do its job MBAM has to dive deep into the system and "mess" with what it finds -- so does malware!

 

 2 -- Malware tries to stop MBAM from doing its job and one thing MBAM does is offer a download/install version that uses a different identity every time so that malware that tries to block it can't do that just based on name.

 

 3 -- So if Norton is doing its job it will flag MBAM as digging down into the system and it's no good saying that Norton ought to be able to identify MBAM as safe since that is just what malware wants to deceive security software, and the computer user, into believing.

 

 4 -- If you don't like Norton and don't want to use that is a perfectly valid decision on your part but please don't blame Norton for playing safe with your system ......

 

Especially when you can get the best of both worlds by using Norton the way it is designed to run and using the non-interactive, free version of MBAM as backup when you want to double check your system for things that may have sneaked in, or even been invited in by the user which is hard for Norton to prevent or you will end up with the VISTA like UAC which asked you if you really wanted to do something every time you clicked on an installed application to start it or change it ..... so infuriating that not only did Norton Labs offer a free experimental tool that civilized UAC but also Microsoft radically changed it for Windows 7 ....

 

That's the way I look at it.