Malwarebytes released for Android

[Golden]

Happy Days!

Malwarebytes : Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Mobile

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...m_medium=organic&utm_term=malwarebytes+mobile

 

[noobvious]

Happy Days!

Malwarebytes : Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Mobile

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...m_medium=organic&utm_term=malwarebytes+mobile

As soon as I heard about it I installed it on my phone. Granted, I've never had a problem with any of my other Android devices, but this one is connected 24/7, unlike my wifi-only devices.

 

[Golden]

Same here. You cant not have it

 

[wds7]

Me 2 ...Thank you .

 

[paulpicks21]

Thanks Golden.

 

[ThrashZone]

Same here. You cant not have it

Nice find Golden

 

[x BlueRobot]

Thanks Golden, I'll download this tonight.

 

[boohbah]

Done!, thanks col.

 

[Squid]

Many thanks!

 

[diplo]

I've always loved MBAM. There doesn't appear to be a settings option to remove the logo from the system bar at the top of my screen, that's my only gripe about the android version.

 

[noobvious]

I've always loved MBAM. There doesn't appear to be a settings option to remove the logo from the system bar at the top of my screen, that's my only gripe about the android version.

Have you tried this? (Obviously I haven't used it, because you can still see the symbol at the top of my screen)

 

[Golden]

^ hehe

 

[Anak]

I'm going to let my wife know about this, she has a Galaxy S3.

 

[Anak]

Does anyone know if there is a users manual for this app?

My wife downloaded this a while ago and it went smoothly, one thing though, I told her I'd look for a users manual, but I can't find anything on either Mbam's main site, at the google store or a web search.

There is a lot of mention about the features, but not anything close to a manual or documentation that I can find. Maybe I'm expecting too much.

She's found the remove icon setting and in my web search there was concern for battery life and the app updating the malware signatures every hour, so she reset that to every 6hours.
That setting can be found in the same area as the "remove icon" setting, under "Update Frequency". It can be reset to once every 3hours or once every 6.

Until something can be found I'm just going to print out a list of the features, at least she will know they're there, but will have to look for them.

 

[andrew129260]

I say yay! Even though its completely unnecessary. Unless you constantly sideloads apps or blindly hit install on everything without looking at the permissions.

Those "virus scares" on android you hear about all the time are all from third party app stores, not google play.

 

[Anak]

Update to Mbam Support Ticket:

   Note

Since this is private email, and for the sake for privacy to the mbam support team I omitted their names:

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On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 8:01 PM, Malwarebytes Support <[email protected]> wrote:

Xxxx Xxxxxx, Dec 13 05:01 PM (PST):

Hello Steve,

This is Xxxx Xxxxxx from Malwarebytes Product Support.

We are interested to know if your questions have been answered to your satisfaction. Please let us know if you need further assistance or if we may close this ticket. If we do not receive a reply by Monday, 12/16, this ticket will be closed.

Thank you,

Xxxx Xxxxxx

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My reply, sent today 12-14-2013:

Hi Xxxx,

No, My question(s) has/have not been answered, and until it/they is/are I would appreciate it if you, Xxxxx, and your team would leave the "ticket" open until it is..

My one question has been answered: Does anyone know if there is a users manual for this app? No, but we are working on one.

But, there are two plus a new question that have not been answered; an excerpt from one of my earlier emails:
Please keep us in mind and let us know when the user guide comes out, and a link to it or would it be an update to the app in the form of a Help menu item?

I did see your earlier email and was formulating a response, but was delayed in replying because of readying the homestead for an upcoming snow event, I'm glad you sent another to prod me along. I was unaware of the urgency of your team to clear unresolved tickets before the end of the year.

I believe my "new questions" are;
1.) If my ticket is closed will you still be able to send me the information on, "The debut date of the help guide and a link to it??" How will I know it has been released??

2.) Will you ("mbam") be pumping out an update to the app in the form of a Help menu update link, and will it be accessible to my wife's app by an update to the app?? or

3.) I do see that the app updates its database automatically, will this hold true for the help guide??

Personally I would like to see all three:
Question number 1 would be helpful to me, as I do not have a smart phone and work from my desktop workstation.

And, number 2.) Would be helpful to my wife as she could then simply invoke the update/upgrade feature of the app. But, then I do not know if there is even a feature like that on the app because I do not have a manual or help guide.

Question #3.) This would be extremely helpful to my wife if the help guide was automatically applied, and your answer is??

It looks to me that you will not be able to answer these questions until the help guide is published, therefore you will need to keep this ticket open until it is and you and your team know how the guide will be distributed.

In the interests of transparency I will be posting this correspondence and your most recent email (Dec 13 05:01 PM (PST)) here, as an update to our conversation. I omitted your name and others to protect your privacy:
Malwarebytes release for Android<http://www.sevenforums.com/security-news/308905-malwarebytes-released-android.html>
I jumped in at post #13. This correspondence is at post #16


Sincerely,

Steve..aka...Anak

Malwarebytes Support ticket #XXXXXX

 

[andrew129260]

Anak,

Please don't take offence......but why would you need a users manual?

It says what every option does....:huh:

 

[Anak]

No offense taken ,

I'm just old-fashion in my ways. I can't count the times I've saved extra work by reading the owners manual instead of wasting time trying to figure out what the newfangled device I just purchased or downloaded was supposed to do.

I'd be willing to wager either you read the manuals before you assembled your custom-machine or had to go back into them to figure out why something wasn't working the way you thought it should or "where does this part go"?
It is always nicer to have the manual than to waste time looking for something on the web.

Look at all the complaints users have because the manufacturers of their machines didn't include a manual.

Besides, the mbam app help guide is in its unreleased beta stage where the mbam team is gathering information from users to help them figure out what they should include in it, kinda like a pre-bug-report..

No. 1: The more you know the less you cry

Almost every device you own is a weird mix of internal complexity and ease of use. In most cases you can take a new electronic toy out of the box and start using it without consulting the manual. Doing that — skipping the manual, no matter how horribly written — is the first step toward high tech purgatory. So, fight your natural instincts and read the thing.

Source: "Rules of electronics: 'When in doubt, read the manual' — and other advice"

Some people like to throw themselves into a project, I'll admit that I do to sometimes, but 99% of the time, I'm just a RTFM kinda guy....

 

[aritra2116]

Downloaded it for all my android devices. Pretty impressive. Thanks Golden

 

[Anak]

Update:

Recent email from Mbam support has links; and info, where I made bold and underlined on how the updates will be pushed out. So check your settings from google play and the app:

Regarding your first question, please know that we the Malwarebytes Mobile User Guide is being finalized and I will let you know when the Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Mobile User Guide is released, however we do not have a release date yet for this document.

In the meantime, if you have questions about the product you are welcome to ask us by ticket and you can also view the product forums to see what is new and available. You are cordially invited to do so.

Please visit our public product support forum specifically for Malwarebytes Mobile so you can communicate, if you want to do so, with the product experts and the product manager as well. That forum is at this link on our website:
https://forums.malwarebytes.org/index.php?showforum=131

For current change logs for Malwarebytes Mobile, please view this link:
https://forums.malwarebytes.org/index.php?showtopic=137085

We do encourage our customers to communicate with us in the forums because it is through our customers' suggestions that our products are improved. We listen to our customers and you are wholeheartedly welcome to submit your suggestions for product improvement in the forum at this link: https://forums.malwarebytes.org/index.php?showforum=137

To receive Malwarebytes news and update information, you are welcome to sign up for our newsletter at www.malwarebytes.org in the lower right corner of that home page.

My questions from an earlier email:
2.) Will you ("mbam") be pumping out an update to the app in the form of a Help menu update link, and will it be accessible to my wife's app by an update to the app or
3.) I do see that the app updates its database automatically, will this hold true for the help guide??

Answer to questions 2 and 3: The product updates occur depending upon from where you installed the application.
For example, if you download from Google Play, the updates are automatically pushed out based upon the settings in Google Play. The same goes for Kindle Fire (which I have) - updates occur from the Kindle website.

We currently do not have any information regarding future development that may be on the roadmap, but you are invited to submit your suggestions as mentioned previously in this reply.

Let us know if you have any questions.
Sincerely,

Mbam support