Download Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware 1.50

Malwarebytes has released version 1.50 of Anti-Malware. The program is similar to Lavasoft’s Ad-Aware, but it does not focus on fighting spy and adware. What it does do is remove malicious software that pretends to be a bona fide antivirus or antispyware solution, but actually has less good intentions. As with Ad-Aware, there is a paid variant that offers additional functionality, including real-time protection. In version 1.50, the program has become a lot faster and better at detecting malware, and the compatibility with antivirus software on the computer has been improved.

Overall Improvements:

• Dramatically improved scan speed: up to 5 times faster.
• Dramatically improved stability of both the scanner and protection module (paid version only).
• More responsive: program loads up to 3 times faster, and protection module has lower impact on system resources (paid version only).
• New internal detection algorithms enable detection of more real-world malware.

New Features:

• You can now add files and folders to the ignore list manually.
• Ability to schedule and unschedule scans and updates from the command line (paid version only).
• Notifications of blocked malicious websites now include additional details such as type, port, and process on Windows Vista and higher.
• Ability to include or exclude potentially unwanted programs (PUP), potentially unwanted system modifications (PUM), and peer-to-peer software (P2P) from scans and protection module detections.
• Dramatically improved flash scan (paid version only) — designed to determine whether a more in-depth scan is needed, in less than 10 seconds on many machines.
• One-touch easy-to-use option to keep protection up-to-date automatically (paid version only).
• “Warn if database is outdated by:” option now warns if the database is far out-of-date (7 days by default), including for protection (paid version only).
• Ability to scan system startup locations for improved detection and to target persistent malware that may be obstructing removal.
• Right-click context menu scans now use heuristics.

Issue Fixed:

• Improved compatibility with antivirus software.
• Fixed issue with “Recover if missed by” setting in scheduler not working correctly on Windows 2000 and Windows XP.
• Fixed issue with “Recover if missed by” setting in scheduler not working for scans and updates scheduled to run ‘Once’.
• Fixed issue with Heuristics.Shuriken causing the program to freeze or crash.
• Fixed issue with certain infections going undetected by the protection module in 64-bit Windows versions.
• Fixed issue with silent scans not creating logs in certain scenarios.