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Winning the battle against PUPs on your computer and in court

November 9, 2017 admin CEO announcements, enigma, Enigma Software, Malwarebytes news, potentially unwanted programs, PUM, PUP, pups, RegHunter, SpyHunter

Credit to Author: Marcin Kleczynski| Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2017 13:00:16 +0000

This week, a United States District Court judge ruled in Malwarebytes’ favor, dismissing a lawsuit brought against us by Enigma Software Group USA LLC (“Enigma”). Essentially, they sued us because we classified two of their software programs as Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs).

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Winning the battle against PUPs – on your computer and in U.S. District Court

November 9, 2017 admin CEO announcements, enigma, Enigma Software, Malwarebytes news, potentially unwanted programs, PUM, PUP, pups, RegHunter, SpyHunter

Credit to Author: Marcin Kleczynski| Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2017 13:00:16 +0000

This week, a United States District Court judge ruled in Malwarebytes favor, dismissing a lawsuit brought against us by Enigma Software Group USA LLC (“Enigma”). Essentially, they sued us because we classified two of their software programs as Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs).

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Tags: Enigma Enigma Software potentially unwanted programs PUM PUP PUPs RegHunter SpyHunter

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Traditional AV solutions shown ineffective in real-time global heat map

October 27, 2017 admin Antivirus, CEO announcements, heat map, Malwarebytes news, marcin kleczynski, remediation, remediation map, traditional antivirush

Credit to Author: Marcin Kleczynski| Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2017 07:01:46 +0000

It’s no secret that antivirus technology (AV) has faced increased scrutiny in the tech industry for quite some time. One way to truly gauge the effectiveness of today’s traditional AV solutions is by analyzing real-world data. So, we did just that.

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Tags: antivirus heat map marcin kleczynski remediation remediation map traditional antivirush

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When an “Outstanding” rating from CNET isn’t enough

October 18, 2017 admin cnet, CNET rating, Download.com, Malwarebytes for Windows, Malwarebytes news, Malwarebytes reviews

Credit to Author: Eric Fairbanks| Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2017 17:28:43 +0000

The editors at CNET/Download.com recently awarded Malwarebytes for Windows with an “outstanding” rating of 4.5 stars. But we’d like to strive for even more.

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Labs report: summer ushers in unprecedented season of breaches

October 12, 2017 admin 3rd quarter, Android malware, astrum, breach, Cerber, cybercrime, cybercrime tactics and techniques, emotet, Equifax, exploit kit, francophone, fruitfly, globeimposter, Locky, mac malware, malicious spam, malspam, Malwarebytes, malwarebytes labs, Malwarebytes news, National Health Service, NHS, oceanlotus, q3 2017, report, RIG, smartscreen, sonic, tech support scams, trickbot, trojan.clicker.hyj, whole foods

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2017 16:00:27 +0000

In this edition of the Malwarebytes Cybercrime Tactics and Techniques report, we saw a number of high profile breaches targeting the personal information of hundreds of millions of people. We also observed shifts in malware distribution, the revival of some old families, and found cases of international tech support scams.

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