Is there any way of testing this product? I would hate to find out after the fact that I wasn't protected like I thought I was.

I take it this is from the post at Wilders? Feel free to point them at the thread already started.

I am getting the trial code coordinated with the other developers as we speak.

Setting up a VM and then finding some of the malicious products in the wild would probably be your best bet, unless you have a disposable system around that you can temporarily install an OS on and test openly, with the full knowledge that you'll be formatting it and getting rid of the malicious files you encountered.

I am sure that Bruce will have a more apt (and specific) method of giving you test procedures for testing Malware.

John, I think he meant protection, which we are in the process of.

ahh, testing the protection module prior to purchasing it - sorta like the trials you were discussing....

gotchya.

Kind of. Although, sa I've said in another thread, I purchased AM yesterday. So this would be more like self-assurance.

See, I thought you had already purchased it - so in effect, what you want is to actually test it against known malware, right?

No, not quite. I guess I'm looking for something that might not exist. AVs have the eicar test file, in many form too so that the user can see that not only was the .com file detected but so was the .zip file and the .zip2 file. Someething like that would be nice, if indeed it exists, to where AM could showoff.

Aha. You can rename an executable to d.exe and place it in your root drive. That is our little testing file.

nice. Gonna create a blank d.exe file in root right now and see if MBAM goes crazy or not.

Thanks for the info, Marcin!

Heh.

I just created d.exe in the Root Drive (C:\) and scanned with MalwareBytes. It didn't find anything.

Just saw post below: Nevermind.

It has to be executable. A blank EXE will not execute. I suggest you just rename HJT or another program to name it d.exe

File has to be bigger than 0 bytes as well for scanner to pick it up.

good point - thanks for the tip.

I might be funny and RAR up a *nix distro, then make it self extracting and then rename it to d.exe and place it in the root - jsut to see what MBAM does....

I am starting with a 180 MB ISO....wish me luck