On Thu, 07 Jan 2016 00:11:36 +0100, FredW 
wrote:

>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.


Great, thank you.
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