What is Malwarebytes Anti-Malware?

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware is software application developed by Malwarebytes Corporation. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 55.38% of installations running this operating system. Malwarebytes Anti-Malware's installer is typically 55.00 MB in size and installs around 62 files. The most common release is 2.1.8.1057 with 49.19% of all installations currently using this version.

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware is most popular in the United States with 70.95% of installations residing in this country.

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware adds 1 scheduled task to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times. When using a computer that is connected to the internet, Malwarebytes Anti-Malware is known to create 1 firewall exception to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

About Malwarebytes Anti-Malware?

Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware (MBAM) is a sophisticated computer software designed to detect and eliminate a wide range of malware threats. MBAM is specifically engineered to detect and remove malware that may elude traditional antivirus and anti-spyware programs, encompassing rogue security software, adware, and spyware. With its batch mode scanning capability, MBAM is able to comprehensively scan for threats while minimizing interference with other on-demand anti-malware software running on the system.

Software Behaviors

Services:

mbamscheduler.exe runs as a service named 'MBAMScheduler-BackupByMalwarebytesPortable' (MBAMScheduler-BackupByMalwarebytesPortable) "Malwarebytes Anti-Malware scheduler".

Firewall:

mbampt.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Malwarebytes Anti-Malware\mbampt.exe'.

Scheduled tasks:

unins000.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{3623315F-2C1A-4D08-9A49-16549193E2F2}' (runs on registration).

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:

mbam.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Malwarebytes Update.

Registry entries:

mbam.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'New startup' and executes as "C:\Program Files\Malwarebytes Anti-Malware\mbam.exe".

Software Details

URL:

https://www.malwarebytes.org

Support:

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Installation path:

C:\Program Files\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\

Uninstaller:

"C:\Program Files\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\unins000.exe"

Size:

55.00 MB

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