I use these in combination for several years now and find they work really well together to keep PCs virus & malware free. The paid version of MalwareBytes allows you to install it on several of your home machines under a single license. MalwareBytes is well worth paying for. I install the free versions of both AVG and MalwareBytes on to any PC that I work on. I agree that it would be nice to have the resident scanner in MalwareBytes, but I simply recommend that it is the one to buy!