I use Avast I.S and am considering upgrading to the full version of MBAM. Will Avast and MBAM work well together if they are both offering real time protection or will they just confuse each other?
MBAM is a specialised tool and i think the detection is close to 200 000 avast is close to 2 500 000
you can scan sometimes with MBAM but i think avast is enough for malware detection and MBAM only fight against malware…but with avast you are protected with Spyware also…
Both Avast and MBAM work fine together. Should you find any conflict, you can put MBAM as an exclusion in Avast (copy and paste) per the MBAM forum:
If you decide to install MBAM Pro, you may need to add the exclusions into the Avast file system shield and to the exclusions in settings.
For Windows XP: CODE C:\Program Files\Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware\mbam.exe
C:\Program Files\Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware\mbamgui.exe
C:\Program Files\Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware\mbamservice.exe
C:\Program Files\Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware\zlib.dll
C:\Program Files\Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware\mbam.dll
C:\Program Files\Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware\mbamext.dll
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Malwarebytes\Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware\rules.ref
C:\Windows\System32\drivers\mbam.sys
C:\Windows\System32\drivers\mbamswissarmy.sys
For Windows Vista and Windows 7: CODE C:\Program Files\Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware\mbam.exe
C:\Program Files\Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware\mbamgui.exe
C:\Program Files\Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware\mbamservice.exe
C:\Program Files\Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware\zlib.dll
C:\Program Files\Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware\mbam.dll
C:\Program Files\Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware\mbamext.dll
C:\ProgramData\Malwarebytes\Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware\rules.ref
C:\Windows\System32\drivers\mbam.sys
C:\Windows\System32\drivers\mbamswissarmy.sys
For 64 bit versions of Windows Vista and Windows 7: CODE C:\Program Files (x86)\Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware\mbam.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware\mbamgui.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware\mbamservice.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware\zlib.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware\mbam.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware\mbamext.dll
C:\ProgramData\Malwarebytes\Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware\rules.ref
C:\Windows\System32\drivers\mbam.sys
C:\Windows\SysWoW64\drivers\mbamswissarmy.sys
These will need to be added one at a time.
You may get various opinions regarding entering an exclusion, but this was the latest update from MBAM from one of our Avast Evang.
I personally use both the Free and Pro versions on my various machines with different OS’s with no conflicts with Avast.
I am using avast AIS and Malwarebytes PRO ( see my signatur )
and it works fine, no problem, and the MBAM IP block is great
I only run the free version of avast but no problems with MBAM PRO and i have the exclusions added, you can also add the avast program folder to the ignore list in MBAM if you download the new MBAM 1.50 beta version.
Is it a big improvement…? How do you like it…??
asyn
Well… for me, I can’t see a big difference. Maybe most “internal” changes.
Full scan speeds have been almost halfed for me 28min down to 16min and the option of manually being able to add programs to ignore.
Thanks for your opinion, Tech & craigb…!!
asyn
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MBAM 1.5 is indeed faster but so far since I have been running Avast MBAB has yet to find anything on my computer and I only run it in batch mode.
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Other than MBAM being able to cleanup anything avast has or did miss MBAM Pro has the added benifit’s of the ip blocking (malicious website blocking) which has saved me numerus time’s
I had problems with MBAM during a full scan…MBAM locked-up. I switched to Ad-Aware Free and all is well. I have avast 5.0 free and it’s all you really need. avast free has it all…anti-spyware, anti-malware and, anti-virus. avast 5.0 free is the best i have ever used.
- No good idea, imo…
- Thanks for your positive feedback…!!
asyn
+1
Don’t Forget if your system shield make leakage, you still need re-enforcement
see this topic???
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=66571.msg561718#msg561718
I run Avast 5 Pro and use malwarebytes on the side as a scanner about once a month to make sure my system is clean. I don’t have the Malwarebytes set to run constantly. I hope with the Avast turned on I don’t need the Malwarebytes running in the background. Combined with Online Armor I hope, think I’m pretty well protected.
@ brhokla,
I have Avast Free, with MBAM on-demand, and OA Premium FW…so you are well protected. You do not need MBAM Pro running in the background.