On 19/03/2019 16:27, Mike Easter wrote:
David in Devon wrote:
nospam wrote:
David in Devon wrote:


Malwarebytes is *NOT* an anti-virus utility

yes it is.

It DOES say it is here ...

AV-TEST Product Review and Certification Report – Nov-Dec/2018


MB is not a 'traditional' AV agent and historically has not participated
in AV test comparisons.

Agreed.

A useful perspective can be gained by this commentary from MB when they
decided to 'engage' with AV test comparisons.

https://blog.malwarebytes.com/malwar...te-av-testing/
Â*Posted: November 27, 2018 by Malwarebytes Labs - Why Malwarebytes
decided to participate in AV testing

Thank you. I have reviewed that item previously but it may be of
interest to many other folk.

The business about how to classify various breeds of malware and how to
detect the threats is not really as simple as saying 'virus or not
virus'.Â* Generally MB is considered complimentary to some more
traditional AV agent.

I agree with that statement too. :-)

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David B.
Devon, UK