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Malwarebytes

Malwarebytes is a security software company that provides antivirus and anti-malware products for home users, small businesses, and enterprises.

It was founded in 2008 and is based in Santa Clara, California, USA

Detection and comparison

Malwarebytes has good malware detection rates, according to some independent tests by AV-Test and AV-Comparatives

It claims to catch threats that other antivirus products miss, especially zero-day threats and ransomware. However, it also has some drawbacks, such as poor web protection, limited VPN data, performance issues, and false positives

Prices and plans

Malwarebytes Free: This plan is free and offers on-demand scanning for existing threats on your device. It does not include real-time protection or other features.

Malwarebytes Premium: This plan costs $3.75 to $5.00 per month for one to three devices, or $44.99 to $59.99 per year. It includes advanced antivirus and anti-malware protection, web protection, ransomware protection, exploit protection, and Browser Guard, a browser extension that blocks ads, trackers, malicious websites, and scams.

Malwarebytes Premium + Privacy: This plan costs $8.33 per month or $99.99 per year for five devices. It includes everything in the Premium plan, plus a VPN service that protects your online privacy and security.

Malwarebytes for Teams: This plan is for small businesses and costs $119.97 per year for up to 20 devices. It includes everything in the Premium plan, plus priority support and centralized management.

Malwarebytes Endpoint Protection: This plan is for enterprises and costs $699 per year for up to 100 devices. It includes cloud-based endpoint security with real-time protection, web protection, ransomware protection, exploit protection, application hardening, anomaly detection, payload analysis, behavior monitoring, and centralized management.

Malwarebytes Endpoint Protection and Response: This plan is also for enterprises and costs $849 per year for up to 100 devices. It includes everything in the Endpoint Protection plan, plus endpoint detection and response capabilities, such as threat hunting, isolation, remediation, and rollback.