A rule of thumb for antivirus users has always been that you do not run two AVs at the same time, because they could potentially interfere with each other’s operations. Many of our users have thought the same way about Malwarebytes Anti-Malware, though this is not the case.
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware is an additional protection, used to catch what antivirus products don’t; which is why we call ourselves Anti-Malware rather than an antivirus.
Even though we have had some issues in the past as far as certain AVs detecting our application as something malicious, every time we receive reports of this type of behavior, we reach out to the AVs and work with them until their product allows our product to run.
To show you some proof of our additional protection and compatibility with traditional antivirus products, we have created a sheet to show you whom we work with:
As you can see from the chart above, we work side by side with some of the most popular antivirus products out there, including AVG, Kaspersky, McAfee, MSE and Symantec. From day one, we here at Malwarebytes have developed our product with the extra protection goal in mind.
Think of your traditional antivirus as a seat belt, protecting you from possible accidents, then think of Malwarebytes Anti-Malware as the air bag, an additional precaution that protects you from what the seat belt can not, when you need it the most.
If you come across an AV that does not seem to be working well with Malwarebytes Anti-Malware, please let us know via our forums and we can work with the AV in question to make sure your system is doubly protected and you can surf worry free in the dreary forest we call the internet.
Thanks for reading and stay safe!
I did a Belarc Advisor scan of my PC recently. Results were pretty bad in the security area. Although I have Malw Pro I use Avast free anti V,,, evidently Avast is the weak link because my MalwPro has been working great, Killing Bugs With Extreme Prejudice,,,,
Add on to my previous post,,,, Now I can find a better Anti V from the list here, Im thinking MicroDefender ,, Anybody have views about that, Id love to hear them,,,
Yes I have been you sing your product of and on for some time and I can say that your product has worked better than my main protection witch is Norton, your product will advise me of a problem after a scan were I do a scan wright after with Norton and it says that there is nothing there, I had a problem a couple of months ago with Norton,i had to get help,wial they were fixing the problem, they said that the cause why Norton was not working was because of malw,and they uninstalled it and said that it was not compatible.so after they uninstalled there product, and installed it again they said I should not have a problem, I did not trust that very much and reinstalled malw.now was this true what he said about the conflict between these two product if used together. You want to beleave the experts but in this case the experts left me lerrey.
I was recently advised by Nortons 360 support that Malwarebytes was causing a problem with the Liveupdates from their site. I was also fed a lot of other rubbish so I contacted Malwarebytes instead of removing it as they had suggested. My Nortons subscription is due for renewal soon so I appreciate the above list as I can now select an alternative supplier and will probably go back to McAfee who I used to use years ago unless someone has a better uggestion