21 Facts About Malwarebytes

Malwarebytes Inc is an American Internet security company that specializes in protecting home computers, smartphones, and companies from malware and other threats.

Malwarebytes noticed that whenever infected computers arrived, the shop would typically reformat the computer entirely, rather than combat the virus, even if the infection was only minor.

Malwarebytes later recalled "I've never been as angry as when I got my computer infected", and professed that his mother told him to fix it "under penalty of death".

In 2011, Malwarebytes acquired HPhosts, a website blacklisting company, which tracks blacklisted websites and ad servers, a necessary development to protect against new internet protocol addresses and web servers which distribute malware, and advise internet service providers to shut down those with malicious activity.

In 2013, Malwarebytes acquired ZeroVulnerabilityLabs, Inc, a security research and development company founded by Pedro Bustamante, which protects software applications from "known and zero-day exploits used by exploit kits, web-based vulnerability exploits and other corporate-targeted attacks".

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In January 2021, Malwarebytes was targeted by the same nation state actor implicated in the SolarWinds attack and suffered a limited access breach.

In May 2021, Malwarebytes announced a collaboration with Digitunity to deliver cyberprotection to vulnerable communities underserved by technology access, expanding its portfolio of social impact work.

In 2018, Malwarebytes hired former CFO of Angi, Tom Fox, to serve as CFO for the company.

In 2020, Malwarebytes promoted Chief Revenue Officer Barry Mainz to Chief Operating Officer after he scaled up global marketing, consumer and customer growth and customer success during his two-year tenure with the company.

In 2020 Malwarebytes recruited Dariusz Paczuski as senior vice president of marketing, he was promoted to CMO in 2021.

Kleczynski has stated that Malwarebytes, first developed in 2008, has a competitive advantage over many other traditional antivirus programs, many of which were developed in the late 1990s, before the development of many later forms of malware.

Malwarebytes has several products, which as of 2011 were available in 36 different languages.

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware offers two different versions, one for free download for home computers, and the other a professional version, with a 14-day free trial in advance, offering "real-time protection against malware, automated scanning, and automatic updating".

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Mobile is a free Android app which protects smartphones from mobile malware, preventing unauthorized access to personal data identifying tracking applications.

Malwarebytes launched Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit in the same year, which shields selected applications from attacks by "exploit mitigation to protect vulnerable programs".

In 2016, Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit was merged into the premium version Malwarebytes version 3.

In January 2016, Malwarebytes unveiled Malwarebytes Endpoint Security, advanced anti-ransomware technology which is described as the "first solution to offer multiple layers of protection against unknown ransomware".

Malwarebytes can be run on ChromeOS, but mainly provides protection against Android threats.

Malwarebytes released Malwarebytes for iOS in 2018 to deliver secure and private mobile experiences for its users.

In 2018, Malwarebytes expanded its business portfolio by launching Malwarebytes Endpoint Protection and Response to monitor, identify and remediate attacks.

Malwarebytes has numerous tools such as a Junkware Removal Tool to remove adware, an Anti-Rootkit Beta to remove and repair rootkits, StartUpLITE to boost the speed of the Windows reboot, FileASSASSIN to prevent locked files and a Malware Removal Service to support organizations under an active malware attack.