What's the Best Anti-Malware?

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Windows 7 Home Premium
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Intel
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Intel
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4GB
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15"6
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320GB
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DELL
I use that Emsisoft Anti-Malware and Spybot S&D tool. They both are good tools. I also recommend Trend Micro HijackThis tool
 
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Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit8 GtNvidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti
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Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
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ASUS
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8 Gt
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Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti
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Soundblaster Recon 3D PciE
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ViewSonic HDMI 1080P Full HD
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1280 x 1024
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USED HP USB KEYBOARD
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Logitech PS2
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50M WLAN CABLE
I use NIS 2013 as my main protection with the firewall set to MANUAL so I decide what gets net access and what don't. I use Malwarebytes 7 Pro to actively run along side NIS2013 with no issues. And as a final and serious last line of defense I use Hitman Pro 3.7 Bld 183 to scan once a week. It uploads suspicious files to Bitdefender, G Data, Ikarus, Dr. Web and Emsisoft and you can also reg with virustotal for free and get a personalized API Key for Virustotal to be added to the list too! Bewtween these 3 apps you have:

Your base AntiVirus and Firewall (NIS2013)
An excellent anti-malware that can run along with your AV or just do scans if you prefer (Malwarebytes 7 Pro)
The 'final word' on any threat that gets cross referenced with multiple apps in the cloud as well as the venerable VirusTotal. (Hitman 3.7 Pro)

Granted, none of the versions I use are the free/trial ones, but when used together they present a VERY good defence.
 

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Custom designed & self built 'Extreme DuoPro 2'
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Win 7 Ult. x64
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E8400 'Wolfdale' C2D 6MB Cache 3GHz @ 4GHz 24/7 - 4.3GHz Max
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Asus P5K-E WiFi - ICH9R - JMB363 with 2xeSata chans Raid 0/1
Memory
2x2GB+2x1GB Ocz Reaper HPC - DDR2-1066 5-5-5-15 @ 2.1v
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Palit HD4850 SSE - 512MB DDR5 - 750MHz/950MHz Factory Clock
Sound Card
Creative Audigy 2 ZS - 7.1 Channel - 24bit Proc.
Monitor(s) Displays
ViewSonic VX922 - 2ms Black to Black
Screen Resolution
1280x1024
Hard Drives
Dual Boot SSDs: OCZ Vertex 2 50GB (W7) - Apex 60GB (XP)
Primary: 2x500GB Seagate 7200.12s Raid0
Storage: 2x500GB Seagate 7200.12s Raid0
Backup: 2x250GB Seagate 7200.11s Ext. Raid1
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PC Power & Cooling Silencer 610W
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CoolerMaster Storm Scout - 2x140mm 2x120mm
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Thermalright VenomousX - 120mm TR FDB Fan w/ shrowd
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Logitech G110
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Logitech LX8 Laser
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22Mb Down / 7Mb Up
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Audigy ZS2 - Logitech Z-2300s - 2.1 200W RMS 270W Peak
Modded by swapping the 8" sub for a JL Audio Dual Voice Coil car sub! Mounted 2x120mm 2500rpm together to blow on the amp's external heatsink. On/off by RF remote cont. 12v switch in case.
This is my shot at building a 'most bang for the buck' system. ;)
This is a very old thread but Malwarebytes all the way. It's the best anti-malware ever.
 

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PC/Desktop
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me!
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Windows 10 Pro x64
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AMD Ryzen 5 1600 @ [email protected]
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ASUS B350 PRIME-PLUS
Memory
G.Skill Flare X 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4-2400 @ 2666MHz
Graphics Card(s)
Sapphire Radeon Vega 56 NITRO+
Sound Card
None
Monitor(s) Displays
ASUS VG248QZ
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1920x1080
Hard Drives
Samsung 850 EVO 250GB*, 1TB Seagate Constellation ES, 2x Samsung 840 250GB in RAID0*

*Thanks ICIT2LOL for supplying me with all of these drives!
PSU
Corsair VS550
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Corsair Crystal 460X
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AMD Wraith Spire
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Ducky Shine 6 w/ MX Browns and PBT keycaps
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Xtrfy M1-Ice
Internet Speed
100MBit/s down, 20MBit/s up
Antivirus
Bitdefender
Browser
Google Chrome
Qihoo 360 Total Security + Unchecky. This couple works perfectly, if you won't interfere in their work.
 

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Windows 7 64 bitAMD FX(tm)-4300 Quad-Core Processor8 gbASUS R9 270 Series
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PC/Desktop
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Asus
OS
Windows 7 64 bit
CPU
AMD FX(tm)-4300 Quad-Core Processor
Memory
8 gb
Graphics Card(s)
ASUS R9 270 Series
Antivirus
360 total security
Browser
Chrome, Mozilla

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PC/Desktop
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Own build (new) Desk1 / Asus ROG Win 7 / Desk2 1st build
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Desk1 7 Home Prem / Desk2 10 Pro / Main lap Asus ROG 10 Pro 2 laptop Toshiba 7 Pro Asus P2520 7 & 10
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Desk1 i5 3750K / Laptop i7 GTX 860M / Desk2 i5 2500
Motherboard
Desk1 Asus P877-V / Desk2 Gigabyte H67 UD3H / Laptop ?
Memory
Desk1 8GB (1866) / Desk2 16GB (1333) / Laptop 8Gb DDR3
Graphics Card(s)
Desk 1& 2NVidia GTX 650 & Laptops on board Intel
Sound Card
Desk 1 & 2 -XONAR DG Realtek High Def audio Laptop
Monitor(s) Displays
Desk 1 Benq HD 2450 / Desk2 Philips 24" / Laptop 17.5"
Screen Resolution
1920x1080 D1 & D2 & Laptop 1
Hard Drives
Desk1 Samsung 120GB 830 SSD
Asus ROG 256GB 850 Pro SSD
Desk2 Samsung 840 256 SSD
Toshiba 120GB EVO
PSU
Desk 1 Corsair HX 1050/ Laptop ? / Desk 2 Corsair HX 650
Case
Desk 1 Cooler HAF XM ? Toshiba laptop / Desk2 Coolermaster
Cooling
Fans on all Desk1 -2 Desk2 - all Coolermasters 5 Laptop ?
Keyboard
Desk 1 MS Sidewinder X6 Desk 2 MS Sidewinder X 4
Mouse
Desk 1&2 - Gigabyte MS 900 gamer - laptop - Logitec wireless
Internet Speed
ADSL2+
Other Info
One other Desktop (tester) and spare Toshba laptop both with SSD's
Running Kaspersky 2016 ISS on all machines config'd identically
Logitec audio stereo systems on each machine (x3)
Canon MG5250MFC
Router/modem TP-Link running WPA2SK
Qihoo 360 Total Security + Unchecky. This couple works perfectly, if you won't interfere in their work.

Re: Qihoo

But, as always, the choice of AV (or, to stay on-topic for this pinned forum thread, the anti-malware) is up to the user.
There are only a small handful of specific "anti-malware" products on the market that are designed to provide layered protection alongside an anti-virus.

(And this is a very old thread.:))

Just saying,

MM
 

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Dell Studio XPS 8500
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OEM Windows 7 Ult (x64) SP1
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Intel Core-i7 3770 @ 3.4 GHz
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"Dell" branded
Memory
16 GB DDR3 SDRAM @ 1333 MHz
Graphics Card(s)
NVidia GeForce GT620 1 GB
Sound Card
THX TruStudio PC
Monitor(s) Displays
Dell U2410 Full HD
Hard Drives
2.0 TB SATA2 @ 7200 RPM
PSU
350W
Keyboard
MS 4000 Ergon - Wired
Mouse
Logitech Anywhere MX
Internet Speed
Cable HSI w/Turbo (router)
Antivirus
KIS-MBAM Premium-MBAE Premium
Browser
Fx (current version); IE
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And a Win7/64 Pro laptop; And a Win10/64 Pro desktop.
This is a very old thread but Malwarebytes all the way. It's the best anti-malware ever.

Until recently I thought the same, but I believe the new kid on the block, Zemana Antimalware Premium, is even better. Superior protection and detection, and faster scans. A few false positives but this is improving.
 

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W7 Home Premium x86 SP1 Build 7601Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo P7450 @ 2.13GHz4.00GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 332MH1024MB NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT
Computer type
Laptop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Acer Aspire 6930G
OS
W7 Home Premium x86 SP1 Build 7601
CPU
Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo P7450 @ 2.13GHz
Motherboard
Acer Makalu U2E1
Memory
4.00GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 332MH
Graphics Card(s)
1024MB NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT
Monitor(s) Displays
Generic PnP
Screen Resolution
1024x768@60Hz
Hard Drives
298GB Western Digital WDC WD3200BEVT-22ZCT0 (SATA)
Antivirus
Kaspersky Security Cloud Free / VoodooShield
Browser
Brave / Firefox
Other Info
uBlockOrigin / Bidefender Trafficlight / HitmanPro

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Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 7601 ...AMD C-60 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics4.00 GBAMD Radeon HD 6290 Graphics
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Laptop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
ASUS
OS
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
CPU
AMD C-60 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics
Motherboard
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. X501U
Memory
4.00 GB
Graphics Card(s)
AMD Radeon HD 6290 Graphics
Sound Card
(1) AMD High Definition Audio Device (2) Realtek High Defi
Screen Resolution
1366 x 768 x 32 bits (4294967296 colors) @ 60 Hz
Hard Drives
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 SATA Disk Device
Antivirus
Comodo CIS & FW, SecureAplus App Whitelisting, Threatfire
Browser
Cyberfox 64bit, Opera 64bit, Airfox
Other Info
Spy-The-Spy, HitmanPro.Alert, Norton Connect Safe, MJRegWatcher, BitDefender TrafficLight, Voodoo Shield, Zemana AntiMalware
Just to update regarding developments with Zemana products. They have discontinued their free version of AntiLogger, and have combined their premium versions of AntiMalware and AntiLogger into one paid product, Zemana AntiLogger 2.21, which includes all the features of the previous two paid products:

https://www.zemana.com/en-US/AntiLogger

They have been giving away free lifetime licences through various outlets over the last couple of weeks so keep your eyes peeled for them if you're interested (I was lucky enough to get one).

Another product I've been impressed with but thought it was a little too buggy until its latest release to recommend is VoodooShield (free version). The latest 3.33 Beta release is very stable and provides an additional layer of defence on top of your anti virus. Also ideal for locking down grandad's computer so he doesn't inadvertently mess things up:

https://voodooshield.com/
 

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W7 Home Premium x86 SP1 Build 7601Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo P7450 @ 2.13GHz4.00GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 332MH1024MB NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT
Computer type
Laptop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Acer Aspire 6930G
OS
W7 Home Premium x86 SP1 Build 7601
CPU
Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo P7450 @ 2.13GHz
Motherboard
Acer Makalu U2E1
Memory
4.00GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 332MH
Graphics Card(s)
1024MB NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT
Monitor(s) Displays
Generic PnP
Screen Resolution
1024x768@60Hz
Hard Drives
298GB Western Digital WDC WD3200BEVT-22ZCT0 (SATA)
Antivirus
Kaspersky Security Cloud Free / VoodooShield
Browser
Brave / Firefox
Other Info
uBlockOrigin / Bidefender Trafficlight / HitmanPro
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