
With our Firewall Manager you can optimize the protection with just one click. Your Windows Firewall is a key element in protecting your whole system.Our Web Protection stops you from visiting dangerous websites, and proactively blocks malicious and phishing URLs in websites, social networks and email.The PUA Shield discovers potentially unwanted software that is hidden within legitimate software.Our intelligent learning system NightVision protects you and your devices against new and evolving threats.Once a new thread has been identified, you are instantly protected against it. Our Protection Cloud can detect these never-seen-before attacks. This way, we protect you from Zero-Day-Attacks, where cybercriminals use new methods to infiltrate your system. The fingerprints of new unknown files are automatically uploaded to our cloud and analyzed in real-time. This was called version 3, and was greeted with mixed reviews.Avira’s free antivirus software uses the latest cloud technology to offer you the fastest and most reliable real-time scanning and data protection. Just two years later in 2016, Malwarebytes described itself as an antivirus replacement that focuses on checking the behavior and using new technology to find threats that traditional suites may have missed.


It was called version 2, and it was easy to recommend its under $25 asking price for top-tier extra security. In 2014, Malwarebytes was redeveloped with a new design and a premium version which supplemented your existing antivirus by providing additional scanning of files you downloaded and websites that you visited. Much has changed in the years since its launch, with antivirus software developing new technology, Windows becoming more secure, and most recently, Microsoft Defender putting up a fight. It was viewed as an essential download on every computer by many in the tech industry, especially IT technicians. Malwarebytes was launched in 2008 as a free on-demand scanner to help you remove viruses from your computer, and to check that your existing antivirus hadn't let anything through.
