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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts) Wed Oct 10, 2018, 07:00 PM Oct 2018

I'm low income Social Security so can't pay for the pro ones.
I tried Bitdefender but didn't like it.
Thanks

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A good alternative to free Malwarebytes? (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Oct 2018 OP

Malwarebytes and Spybot in combination... usually finds everything lapfog_1 Oct 2018 #1

That's what i use. MAL AND SPYBOT.. pangaia Oct 2018 #2

What operating system? left-of-center2012 Oct 2018 #4

Malwarebytes & SUPERAntiSpyWare (free editions) CountAllVotes Oct 2018 #5

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1. Malwarebytes and Spybot in combination... usually finds everything

Wed Oct 10, 2018, 07:02 PM

Oct 2018

but I also have paid for Spyhunter ($40 every 6 months) that finds a few other things that malwarebytes fails on.

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2. That's what i use. MAL AND SPYBOT..

Wed Oct 10, 2018, 07:06 PM

Oct 2018

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3. What operating system? Microsoft's built in Windows Defender is pretty good,

Wed Oct 10, 2018, 07:27 PM

Oct 2018

actually. Run that live and use the others for manual scans and removal. Don't let them run in the background.

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4. What operating system?

Wed Oct 10, 2018, 07:31 PM

Oct 2018

Microsoft win 10.

Windows Defender leaves so much behind
that Spybot, Wise Disk Cleaner, SUPERAntiSpyware, CCleaner, etc find.

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5. Malwarebytes & SUPERAntiSpyWare (free editions)

Thu Oct 11, 2018, 11:14 AM

Oct 2018

Both seem to keep me pretty clean.

Living on next to nothing is not easy!

Best of luck!