MBAM users, please give me your combination.

[Arc]

Hi to all MBAM users. Please help me to collect some statistics. Please let me know how you use MBAM.

I want to study how the users use MBAM. All the inputs and votes will be highly appreciated.

Please dont take myself rude, I would request to not make this thread another "which antivirus is better" thread. Let us have respect on everybody's security combination, and let us see how our fellow geeks use MBAM.

Thanks a great lot to everybody in advance.

As to me, I use MBAM freeware with inbuilt Windows Defender (win 10).

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi Archie
I use mbam pro/ premium the way I've always used it,
Real time protection On
Auto quarantine Off.
I exclude mbam from scanning my a-v and spyware scanner,
I do not schedule scanning on any of them I prefer to do that as I feel needed.
All self update,
Cheers.

Oh I'm happy to only have mbam update once a day

 

[Arc]

Thank you so much for your post, Mike. Please vote in?

 

[ThrashZone]

Oh missed the poll
Actually mbam premium with free a-v and sas pro "not free"

Just for the record if anyone has a lifetime license and does not have real time protection activated is wasting their license and taking an unnecessary risk

 

[Brink]

I use MBAM Premium, MBAE Premium, and Windows Defender.

 

[z3r010]

Malwarebytes Pro is a must IMO

 

[ThrashZone]

Thanks for altering the poll

 

[essenbe]

I use MBAM Premium and ESET both real time. They get along well and I have had no problems with either.

 

[Arc]

Malwarebytes Pro is a must IMO

I still use free MBAM myself, as I suggest some BSOD victims to use it. I cannot suggest for a paid program so frequently to the newbies, lol. And as I suggest it to them, I use it. Otherwise it will be a double stand from my part.

 

[Callender]

Okay - long list (realtime protection)

MBAM free (not realtime)

Realtime Protection:

Comodo CIS & Firewall
VoodooShield Pro - the only paid for protection that I use.
MJRegWatcher
SecureAge Application Whitelisting
Heavily modified HOSTS file - currently 1,192,196 domains blocked
Peerblock - IP Blocklist - currently 1,288,666,374 ip addresses blocked
Run all installed browsers under StripMyRights
EMET
Threatfire
Spy-The-Spy (anti-executable)
Some browser add ons including BitDefender Traffic Light
Browsers configured using plugins click to play per element (anti exploit measure)

Edit:
Also forgot to mention.

Zemana Anti-Malware - Lifetime License
Hitman Pro Alert (browser protection - not the latest version)
Lots of on demand scanners including ones that check for unsigned executables.
Norton ConnectSafe DNS
Modified Image File Exection Options registry key to block a whole list of executables that I never want to see running on my machine.

 

[maxie]

MBAM Premium & F-Secure seems to work well for me ...

 

[Kari]

I am running Windows 10 Build 10122 on all my computers, using the native Windows Defender for my AV protection and occasional scans with MBAM Free.

 

[ignatzatsonic]

MBAM Premium, grandfathered from the old "Lifetime license" version. I think it was called "Pro"?? I'm not sure I'd go with Premium today if I had to pay the annual $25 subscription now used.

MBAE free

Microsoft Security Essentials

Occasional on-demand scans with free Emisoft Emergency Kit

 

[richc46]

I use MBAM premium (won it in an online contest) Win Patrol, and Avast.
I won it when there was just a one time charge.
I would not pay an annual charge charge.

 

[DavidE]

For real-time protection
I have 5 bare metal installs and use 1 free AV on each OS of
- Panda or Avast or MSE

and
- MBAM Pro
- WinPatrol free
- Zemana Antilogger Pro
- EMET
- MBAE free
- A few Browser add-ons (PaleMoon and Firefox)

No exclusions.
I had to tweak EMET so it would work with MBAE.

I also have Win 10 as a VM and use Windows Defender only for real-time protection.
I want to test Win 10 "as-is" so i don't consider it part of my vote.

 

[fireberd]

MBAM Home Premium and Windows Defender.

 

[Alejandro85]

Used to use Malwarebytes Pro, but wipped it completely after it starting BSODing the computer far too often. Overall caused more problems than it solved. Right now, as for antivirus, I'm using only ClamWin when needed, updating it not so often and scaning even less frequently.

Slowing getting rid of the unreliable antivirus programs that typically bloat the system with little benefit, if any.

As for real security, common sense is often good enough (when I'm in the mood to apply it ). Running everything as a non-admin account, a strict set of restrictive firewall rules (Windows firewall), strong passwords for everything, auxiliary user accounts for running critical programs, a good frequent backup just in case, testing new programs in virtual machines is all I need to keep myself free of trouble. Somewhen in the future I'll try AppLocker to make it even more restrictive.

Back on topic, I can't vote, there is no option for "no longer using it".

 

[RolandJS]

I have pay-fors MBAM and Emsisoft AM, Emsisoft shields ON, sometimes with MBAM shields on, mostly off.
I use pay-fors Avast and Avira anti-virus, each quarter, one has shields off, the other has shields on.
Everything that lets me -- I set 1st: quarantine it, 2nd: quarantine it, 3rd: ignore it. None are set to repair or delete. I manually check all quarantine pots regularly and either put back the known goods or delete the caught naughties. [I mummified free AVG, it's daid until I resurrect AVG solely for emergency purposes.]

 

[A Guy]

MBAM Premium and Avast free for the poll

A bunch of other active programs as well.

A Guy

 

[derekimo]

MBAM Premium and Defender.