Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware (MBAM) is acomputer application that
finds and removes malware. Made by Malwarebytes Corporation, it was
released in January 2008. It is available in a free version, which scans
for and removes malware when started manually, and a paid version,
which provides scheduled scans, real-time protection and a flash memory
scanner. MBAM does not scan files contained within an archive file (ZIP
or other type).
MBAM is intended to find malware that other anti-virus and anti-spyware programs generally miss, including rogue security software,
adware, and spyware. MBAM scans in batch mode, rather than scanning all
files opened, reducing interference if on-demand
anti-malware software is also running on the computer.
MBAM is available in both a free and a paid edition. The free edition must be run manually, while the paid version can automatically perform
scheduled scans. The paid version also adds real-time protection, IP
based blocking to prevent access to malicious web sites and a flash
memory scan option, which only scans the open services, programs and drivers.
MBAM is available in English, Arabic, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan,
Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch,
Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian,
Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil),
Portuguese (Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian,
Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, and Vietnamese.