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Basic Malwarebytes Usage

If you purchased Malwarebytes from Randem Systems and we installed it; an automatic scan is set to run at 2:00am everyday, so all you need to do is to leave your computer on overnight once a week and Malwarebytes will take update itself and run the scan.

If you have the free version; the first thing that you want to do before running a scan is to update your software. Use the Update tab to get to the location where you can check for updates. Keep checking for updates until there are no more updates to be downloaded, then you may run the scan.

Malwarebyte's paid version will protect you from malicious websites when you visit them or even if another website redirects you to them or provides a link to the malicious website. This invaluable protection will keep malicious websites from being able to attack you.  Sometime when you visit a perfectly non-malicious website the ads on that website can be replaced with malicious content because the ad servers are under the control of a third party and can deliver anything they want in the place of the ad and may not care where the ad originates from because someone paid for the ad space.

Running the scan is as simple as can be. There is a quick scan and a full scan. A full scan should be run at least once a month and the quick scans can be run in between full scans. After the scan is complete tell Malwarebytes to remove the selected infections and you are good!

The free version of Malwarebytes does not allow to to scan your computer on a schedule. It also does not protect you from malicious websites or links. It will give you the ability to clean the infections AFTER you get them (if you can remember to run the scans). The paid version protects you from getting the infections in the first place and you never have to remember to run the scan.


Each time Malwarebytes Anti-Malware is launched, the first page visible to the user is the Dashboard. It is designed to provide Malwarebytes status, and to act as a launch pad for all program operations.


5.1   Status Banner

Within the Main Window, the first item displayed is the Status Banner. This banner displays a status message determined by the program on a color-coded background. This background is meant to alert the user to conditions which may require intervention. Colors are used which are similar to traffic stop signals – green simply indicates a good status; orange indicates a warning of a condition which may become more severe over time; red indicates that your immediate attention is needed. Following is a full list of status messages. If a recommended method of correcting the problem is immediately available, it will appear as a functional button on the banner itself.

•   Color: green (no problem)
o  Your system is fully protected
o   Malwarebytes Anti-Malware (Free)

•   Color: orange (non-critical problem)
o   A scan has never been run on your system
o   Your databases are out of date

o   Your program version is out of date
o   Your trial will expire in <X> days
o   Your License will expire in <X> days

•   Color: red (critical problem)
o   Your free trial has expired

o Your License period has expired o Your system is not fully protected

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