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[Clarification] MalwareBytes is NOT an antivirus - Cyber Saint - Jun 11, 2014
Greetings contributors and lurkers of the White Hat Help section. It seems that more and more people are recommend MalwareBytes, which is totally fine, but the issue is - they are recommend it as an antivirus or they are recommend it at times that it is not needed to be using an anti-malware software. Specifically in threads where people are asking what antivirus application they should use, or something along the lines of that nature, they recommend MalwareBytes. MalwareBytes Anti-Malware is an anti-malware tool like the name suggests.
This is the definition of an antivirus software:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antivirus_software
Information on what MalwareBytes is and does:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malwarebytes'_Anti-Malware
A broad explanation of anti-malware:
http://www.techopedia.com/definition/25873/anti-malware
Please in the future do not recommend Malware-Bytes as an anti-virus when it is in fact not. As much as I love MB, it just isn't what it is for, they have their own uses. And while they are easily confused, and similar to some, they have differences and they need to be noted. If you plan on helping out here, keep this in mind.
Lots of love,
* - Ｔ ｅ ｓ ｓ ｅ ｒ ａ ｃ ｔ - Jun 11, 2014
Thanks for the thread Cyber. I don't know how long this thread will remain up, but I hope it gets hot. Aura had posted one awhile back too. A big fat rant.
MBAM is NOT an Anti-Virus, it says that in the product name people.
* - Aura - Jun 11, 2014
You're a few months late Junior 😎
https://hackforums.net/showthread.php?tid=3995478
* - Supreme - Jun 11, 2014
Here is also a great explanation by Aura on the differences between Antivirus and Antimalware
* - Cyber Saint - Jun 11, 2014
(Jun 11, 2014 08:13 PM)MaiTriCks Wrote: Thanks for the Cyber. I don't know how long this thread will remain ed, but I hope it gets hot.
MBAM is NOT an Anti-Virus, it says that in the product name people.
Yea, like I said in the thread, MBAM stands for MalwareBytes Anti-Malware, not MalwareBytes Anti-Virus.
* - Aura - Jun 11, 2014
(Jun 11, 2014 08:16 PM)Supreme Wrote: Here is also a great explanation by Aura on the differences between Antivirus and Antimalware
LOL I wasnt expecting anyone to remember me posting this thread ! Thank you for remembering it 😝
* - Cyber Saint - Jun 11, 2014
(Jun 11, 2014 08:16 PM)Aurа Wrote: LOL I wasnt expecting anyone to remember me posting this thread ! Thank you for remembering it 😝
You do good, champ. Didn't know about this, wasn't registered, just felt like it needed to be clarified.
* - VRUMM - Jun 11, 2014
You guys and your technical terms. I quit.
* - Aura - Jun 11, 2014
(Jun 11, 2014 08:19 PM)Sh1eld Wrote: You guys and your technical terms. I quit.
Pls sh1eld NOU. I iz stop bullying u.
Also Cyber trust me, no matter how many threads we create on this, it will always comeback. It will never end. A bit like members testing their stubs on their own system and not in a VM.
* - VRUMM - Jun 11, 2014
(Jun 11, 2014 08:20 PM)Aurа Wrote: Pls sh1eld NOU. I iz stop bullying u.
Also Cyber trust me, no matter how many threads we create on this, it will always comeback. It will never end. A bit like members testing their stubs on their own system and not in a VM.
What if some stubs have anti vm hurr?
* - Aura - Jun 11, 2014
(Jun 11, 2014 08:44 PM)Sh1eld Wrote: What if some stubs have anti vm hurr?
You manually test it on a old isolated computer that you have on your network with no network permission and share, obviously hurt durr.