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Malwarebytes pros and cons

Vendor: Malwarebytes
4.0 out of 5
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PROS

Malwarebytes includes comprehensive tools for malware scanning and removal, effectively decreasing security event occurrences by ninety percent.
It offers a centralized management system that simplifies overseeing anti-malware and anti-exploit functionality across different devices and locations.
Features like rollback, which allows users to revert endpoints to a pre-infected state, provide unique recovery options following ransomware attacks.
Its update strategy ensures that Malwarebytes is current, downloading improved malware signatures multiple times daily.
Malwarebytes provides effective protection against zero-day threats through behavior-based detection, identifying and mitigating suspicious activities.

CONS

Malwarebytes should improve its false positive detection to reduce the number of incorrect alerts.
The reporting capabilities of Malwarebytes need enhancements to provide more detailed insights and better display of information.
Malwarebytes lacks the necessary AI features for real-time notifications and automated responses to threats.
The performance of Malwarebytes can be hindered during scanning, making devices slower and consuming more resources.
Malwarebytes should enhance its network database for more comprehensive threat detection and protection.
 

Malwarebytes Pros review quotes

reviewer1714521 - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 15, 2021
Being able to cloud manage it from just a cloud login is valuable. We can get to it from anywhere, which is really helpful. The fact that we can remediate from the cloud console is one of our favorite features.
ER
Feb 3, 2021
It is intuitive and easy to use. For the most part, it does a good job of catching things. It is good at stopping stuff. I did a couple of tests with a password cracker. I tried to load that on, and Malwarebytes didn't let me do that, which was pretty good. It has a rollback feature that I haven't seen with any other company. If one of your endpoints are hit with mass ransomware, you could actually roll it back. I watched a demo of them do that, and it was pretty sweet.
OM
Jun 23, 2022
I was very satisfied with Malwarebytes in terms of its antivirus abilities.
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reviewer1274184 - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 2, 2020
The dashboard actually is good and it is simple.
reviewer1687686 - PeerSpot reviewer
Oct 7, 2021
When it comes to frontend protections, it has some of the best definitions. In addition, they do traditional signature and heuristic detection a lot better than Microsoft and some other players in that space.
reviewer2386575 - PeerSpot reviewer
May 8, 2024
Ten times a day, improved signatures will be downloaded, so it is very up-to-date in terms of malware experience.
MP
Aug 12, 2022
It's very versatile and thorough.
NF
Jan 7, 2021
The pricing of the product is very good.
Dinesh Yadav - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 25, 2023
The most valuable features of the solution are malware scanning and malware removal.
Anas Anas - PeerSpot reviewer
Dec 19, 2022
The most valuable features of Malwarebytes are the EDR and the complete feature set provided.
 

Malwarebytes Cons review quotes

reviewer1714521 - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 15, 2021
I would like to see a little more detail in the log. So, when an event occurs, I'd like to know not just when it happened and on what device, but what activity was taking place on the machine at the time so that we can drill down. If we get a false positive, we have to do a lot of research and go back and forth with our end-users to know why it was a false positive. So, having a little more detail around detections and events would probably be my most asked feature.
ER
Feb 3, 2021
The EPP solution lacks the sophisticated artificial intelligence required for automating reports and letting you know about things in real-time. It stops a suspicious activity in real-time, but it doesn't let you know in real-time. You have to look at a report, and then you find out that something is wrong. You have to manually kick off a scan. With the Advanced EDR solutions, Malwarebytes has the ability to alert you in real-time, but they still don't do automatic remediation or quarantining of devices. That is something that you still have to do manually. So, the endpoint protection piece, which is just like their basic endpoint protection, lacks AI. For the advanced detection and response piece, there is an add-on that comes with it, but it still doesn't go far enough in terms of automatic remediation of viruses. It won't separate that virus from your network if something happens. You have to manually go there and do it.
OM
Jun 23, 2022
It's not good in search hunting.
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reviewer1274184 - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 2, 2020
The product has major problems in almost every facet of setup and use including setup, configuration, lack of functionality, lack of stability, false positives, questionable reporting, inability to protect from randsomeware and poor technical support and development.
reviewer1687686 - PeerSpot reviewer
Oct 7, 2021
Malwarebytes is too simplistic. From a SOC IR perspective, it doesn't give you very much data around it. It doesn't tie things or provide SHA-1 and SHA-256 detection information, which makes it hard to do an additional investigation.
reviewer2386575 - PeerSpot reviewer
May 8, 2024
My clients have frequently encountered some tech support scams where when you go to a particular website, it throws up a fake warning to you and states that you need to call this number.
MP
Aug 12, 2022
Strictly in terms of cyber security, the release cycle should be quarterly, at most. It shouldn't be more frequent than that because, for one thing, keeping up with tech support is difficult.
NF
Jan 7, 2021
The interface could be improved. Currently, you need to really dig around to find the elements you need.
Dinesh Yadav - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 25, 2023
Malwarebytes is not there in the reports from Gartner or IDC...If we look at the market trends and the industry, most customers look at Gartner's reports to identify whether a product is a leader, challenger, or a big product, depending on which they choose.
Anas Anas - PeerSpot reviewer
Dec 19, 2022
Malwarebytes can improve its network database. Malwarebytes can scan the files and registry. It can scan the system with a light agent. It will not impact the performance of your PC. You can do the full scan and database scan using the EDR, and the RAM and CPU consumption will not increase.