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[jdmac44]

Hi there. I've been turned on to Malwarebytes by a friend who works in our IT services department and from what I can see I'm impressed. But after looking into the issue of malware and realizing how large of a problem it is, how many threats there are out there, I can't help but wonder, how are you able to keep up with every new threat that comes along? I would think that as a smaller newer company you would have a major disadvantage of resources as compared to someone like Symantec in being able to keep a comprehensive set of malware profiles. And I understand that much of the malware that's out there is a lightly modified copy of others that have been around for awhile, but it sounds like that's becoming less the case. I just wonder, how do you keep up? I'm not a geek, but I'm more technically inclined than anyone in my family and amongst many of my friends (so they come to me by default for help on stuff like this) and I'm considering putting a group buy together, but I want to be sure I'm buying into a product that won't let them down. Thanks!

[lordpake]

I am not a company rep but I think I can answer.

People behind MBAM focus on the malware not yet detected by majority of AV companies. They don't add threats already well-known. Besides that, Bruce and others seem to be able to put together some nice heuristics that identify newer variants of known threats

In effect, MBAM is intended to complement your existing security software (AV), not to replace it.

[TeMerc]

To add to what lordpake said, we do concentrate on newer infections and expend an enormous amount of time doing it, most of us don't sleep very long.

What we lack in sheer number of employee force we make up for in time with our noses to the grind. That's why you'll always find support open 365 days a year, at least as long as I'm manning it you will. And you'll always find our researchers poking around the forums.

No rest for the wicked.

[jdmac44]

Okay, sounds good. So then I suppose then this AVware is intended and okay to run simultaneously with another AVware app? I know that can cause conflicts, will it cause one of the big boys such as Norton or McAfee to balk?

[exile360]

Nope, it is designed to happily coexist alongside an antivirus (like Norton or McAfee) and is made to fill the gaps that they miss.

[swagger]

jdmac44, on Apr 6 2009, 03:26 PM, said:

Okay, sounds good. So then I suppose then this AVware is intended and okay to run simultaneously with another AVware app? I know that can cause conflicts, will it cause one of the big boys such as Norton or McAfee to balk?

MalwareBytes' is not classified as an anti-virus program... It's an anti-malware program so yes, it will work along side an A/V with no problems.

[jdmac44]

Schweet. Thanks all.