MBAM was… Now with “Malwarebytes For Windows” (paid), they clearly sell it as a full AV, especially since it integrates MBAE, which may has detrimental effects if used alongside other products also offering anti-exploit features.
Anyway the era of the “companion real-time AV model” is long gone.

Malwarebytes is an Anti-Malware, it’s designed to work alongside an Anti-Virus, they really aren’t that different, but in most cases you can use Malwarebytes with another security program.

hello @diwul62:disqus

“but AFAIK Malwarebytes conveniently works together with other AV products. At least they say so. I use both Emsisoft and Malwarebytes Premium for quite a number of years and never encountered any issues. Am I just lucky then?”

It was viable in the past, but now Malwarebytes is changing its stand and clearly announced that from now on their product will be a standalone one.

“That said, I do have the feeling that Malwarebytes intercepts/blocks ‘unsafe websites’ more often than Emsisoft. When MB blocks a site, there is no similar warning from Emsisoft. Shouldn’t there be two pop-ups then?
But maybe it is a matter of finetuning Emsisoft(?)”

We surely have different lists, also it may depend which soft detect the site first, if MBAM block a site first, so since you don’t access it anymore, Emsisoft probably won’t alert.
there is a lot of factors to consider.

As for any other AV application: I agree, don’t use multiple AV applications, due to potential conflicts.

But AFAIK Malwarebytes conveniently works together with other AV products. At least they say so.
I use both Emsisoft and Malwarebytes Premium for quite a number of years and never encountered any issues. Am I just lucky then?
I do have the Malwarebytes-folder excluded from being monitored by Emsisoft (Settings->Exclusions->Exclude from monitoring).

That said, I do have the feeling that Malwarebytes intercepts/blocks ‘unsafe websites’ more often than Emsisoft. When MB blocks a site, there is no similar warning from Emsisoft. Shouldn’t there be two pop-ups then?
But maybe it is a matter of finetuning Emsisoft(?)

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You are aware that Emsisoft Anti-Malware is available in a free version, right? Once your license or trial runs out, it reverts automatically into free mode. The free version allows you to scan for and remove infections and is functionally equivalent to EEK but still offers convenience of a permanently installed application, like context menu integration for example.

When I go to their page I feel totally bullshitted by a button that tells me “Free Download”

As the software itself is of course not free, which is NOT a problem, this is a blatant attempt to trick people. Why would I want anything to do with a company that tells me “We think you are a moron!”

Would you be willing to help us investigate in that issue? It seems to be a rare condition, but it should be fixed. Please email to support@emsisoft.com so they can guide you through some options for locating the source of the problem.

You remind me of a used car salesman.. The other 4 anti-virus programs are completely tuned off until needed. They do not show up in task manager or msconfig or the startup log……

Hello @disqus_IiLz68Am45:disqus,
Indeed, it is what i often observe, people use 2+ AVs at same time, everything is ok when nothing happen in the system, but when an infection occurs then the problems appears.
It is like riding with 2 bikes at same time, on a straight line road, sure you can do well, but when you engage in a slope… ^^

“I have 5 anti-virus/malware programs on my system…….only they are turned off except one […] So, technically, I am only running one ant-virus program, I guess it depends on how one uses them…wouldn’t you say???”

Technically no. Even if they may not conflict right away because you turned some off, their drivers and services are still active and may still create issues not visible, and anyway they still waste resources (via their services, active processes like the one for the gui or engine, etc….)..
What creates issues is not the AV being turned-on or off, it is often because of the drivers.

Why not select one real-time AV and use On-Demand scanners?
Those don’t run in the background, don’t waste your machines resources, don’t conflict. So you can have many of them. I have 5 of them, i can run one after the other when needed while using Emsisoft as the only real-time scanner.

Google: Announcing Malwarebytes 3.0, a next-generation antivirus replacement / Their blog post says, you can run other AV alongside it, but they say, you do not need it and on the forums, they do not really recommend it now, considering that it has problems with itself.