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4 weeks ago
The software itself does a decent job of catching threats, but I was stunned when my Malwarebytes Premium renewal came in at almost double what I paid the first year. There was no heads-up and no loyalty consideration. For a security product I expected more honesty around pricing.
Decent threat detection
Renewal price jumped sharply without notice
As an on-demand scanner Malwarebytes is fantastic and pairs well alongside my main antivirus. It finds tracking cookies and PUPs reliably and the interface is clean. It loses a star because it occasionally flags legitimate software I installed as suspicious, which means extra clicks to whitelist things.
Thorough scanning, clean interface
Occasional false positives
Malwarebytes cleaned up two adware infections that my previous antivirus completely ignored. The scans are quick and the real-time protection sits quietly in the background without slowing my laptop. My only minor gripe is the constant nudges to upgrade to the premium tier.
Effective malware removal, light on resources
Frequent upgrade prompts
Malwarebytes blocked a ransomware attempt that came through a malicious download, quarantined it instantly, and walked me through the cleanup. The detection engine is genuinely excellent and the dashboard is easy for a non-techie to understand. This is the security software I now recommend to my whole family.
Caught ransomware in real time, clear dashboard
I wanted to like Malwarebytes but the full scans hammer my CPU and make my older laptop almost unusable until they finish. It also seemed to conflict with my existing security tool, causing slowdowns. The protection may be good but the performance hit is too much for my machine.
Scans spike CPU and slow the system