On Wed, 06 Jan 2016 14:09:32 -0800, charles  wrote:
>On Mon, 4 Jan 2016 21:55:25 -0500, "David H. Lipman"
> wrote:
>
>>There have been many discussions about bugs in MBAM v2.x and whether we 
>>should "switch" from v1.75 to the newer v2.20 product.
>>Although Malwarebytes has not yet officially retired v1.75, Malwarebytes is 
>>now applying signatures for "file level scanning" that are v2.x dependent. 
>>That means v1.75 will now fail to detect many files in which the new v2.x 
>>signature constructs are applied to. This can create a False Negative 
>>situation where v1.75 will fail detect malware on a PC not because they 
>>aren't yet detected but because the that version will not detect them. At 
>>this time this also is a problem with Virus Total. They are using a v1.75 
>>based engine so files that are detected with v2.20 will not be shown to be 
>>detected on Virus Total as well.
>>
>>Malwarebytes has been silent about this change and that's not good. It is my 
>>opinion that applying signatures for "file level scanning" that are v2.x 
>>dependent should NOT have been implemented until v 1.75 was officially 
>>retired.
>>
>>Therefore it is my "strong" recommendation that all users, using the free or 
>>paid-for version of MBAM v1.75, must now move to v2.20.
>>
>>MBAM v1.75 is no longer reliable, viable or "safe" to use.
>
>
>Is there any [point to having Malwarebytes in addition to Kaspersky?
>Do they duplicate each other, supplement each other, or serve
>different functions.  Their web pages seem more designed to confuse
>rather than enlighten, or maybe it's just me, I am old.

https://www.malwarebytes.org/
The first sentence says it all:

/Malwarebytes Anti-Malware catches threats that antivirus doesn't./

MBAM is not an antivirus (see -anti-malware- in the name).
Kaspersky is an antivirus.
They do not duplicate, but they supplement each other.
(catches threats that antivirus doesn't.)

I use my antivirus AND Mbam (pro) both real-time without any conflict.
I have a second antivirus and a second antimalware program installed
 for on-demand second opinion.

-- 
Fred W. (NL)
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