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    Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Main Menu

    The Malwarebytes Anti-Malware application includes nine tabs, as shown here. The main tab, the Scanner page, enables computer professionals to perform quick or full scans.\n\nFull scans also enable customized scanning in which specific disks and drives can be targeted.
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  • Scheduling Scans And Updates

    Licensed copies of Malwarebytes Anti-Malware enable scheduling automatic updates and scans. Active, or real-time, protection is also enabled from the Protection tab.
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  • Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Settings

    The Settings tab enables automatically saving logfiles, anonymously reporting detection statistics, and creating right-click contextual menus.\n\nAlso from the Settings tab, users can specifiy specific elements to scan. Among the options are memory processes, registry objects and filesystem files.
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  • Other Tools

    Malwarebytes includes a FileASSASSIN utility within its Anti-Malware program. The tool proves effective in removing locked files from Windows systems.
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  • Customizable Scans

    Using the Perform Full Scan option, users can specify specific disks and drives Malwarebytes Anti-Malware should target when cleaning systems.
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  • Quarantine And Removal

    In numerous (nonscientific) tests, Malwarebytes Anti-Malware has demonstrated the highest detection and removal rates. Here you can see Malwarebytes has detected and quarantined numerous infections found on a system running a current version of a leading antivirus/antispyware application.
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  • Log Files And Reporting

    Malwarebytes includes a handy logging feature. With the use of such log files, administrators can schedule scans for off hours and review results during regular business hours.
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  • Log File Analysis

    Malwarebytes Anti-Malware’s log files list numerous details, as can be seen in this example. These results help administrators track specific infections and file locations.
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Erik Eckel

Erik Eckel is a managing partner at Louisville Geek and president of Eckel Media Corp. He previously served as Executive Editor at TechRepublic. He received Microsoft Engineer accreditation from Sullivan University and earned his Bachelor's Degree in English from the University of Louisville. He's earned Network+, Windows NT 4.0 MCP+I and MCSE, and Windows 2000 Professional MCP accreditations.