Malwarebytes: Test vs Ransomware

[@GrandLineArchives]

Ransomware : encrypts another ransomware Anti virus : We weren't expecting special forces

[@The1V1Dude]

That was fun

[@britishagent]

Interesting to hear what Malwarebytes say's about their app settings failing to prevent it's forced shutdown?

[@hamburger0]

it fails cuz the malware protection not turned on

[@britishagent]

@@hamburger0 You not watch the video? He specifically turned it on in the video to test it and it failed, hence my comment.

[@hamburger0]

Yeah, now I got it

[@aurastrike]

It seems that the most important module of Malwarebytes is indeed the malware protection as it stops most things before it can start

[@britishagent]

@@aurastrike But that doesn't stop a remote hacker or family member who disables it on purpose to download unqualified software. Like, you know, kids !!

[@Proteccc]

Ive always been paranoid of malware and such but just watching your content has made me feel better informed in pc security and also promoted me to use better online habbits, so thank you for making great content it really helps.

[@metehangunaydn6295]

I'm looking forward to seeing your new tests in your test videos for a long time. But unfortunately, we can't still see those new techniques in your tests. I hope in your next test video, we will be seeing them.. thanks for your test videos,Leo.

[@bsforyt727]

Exactly

[@pcsecuritychannel]

There are a lot of technicalities involved in conducting these tests accurately and every product behaves differently to them. If it was as simple as pushing a button, I'd do it, but it's not. It takes a lot of work and I'm trying to get there as much as you are. These tests will also be available as a product for anyone to use so exciting stuff coming up. Just be patient. :)

[@bsforyt727]

@@pcsecuritychannel glad to hear that u are working hard on them and we are happy to wait as long as we also get new vendors getting tested. I hope you are gonna test Wisevector Stopx and Trend Micro this time around.

[@Britec09]

Would love to see it try and block fresh live samples instead of old samples that are already in database. A lot of these tests are done with old samples which should be blocked.

[@marcthegodf186]

Hello Brian!

[@pcsecuritychannel]

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[@udbnt]

This is really well made, malwarebytes is my favorite AV and I would love seeing them improve on behavioral protection and Ransomware protection, overall I will keep using them for sure

[@Ambassador-For-Christ]

I have Malwarebytes Premium and Comodo Free Firewall, and Comodo Firewall helps a lot !! I would like to see this test with both Malwarebytes Premium and Comodo Free Firewall on the computer !! I am very happy with the results that I am getting with both of them on my computer !! But I must say that I have some issues with this channels testing !! Try Computer Solutions channel.

[@mrpro2264]

no pro malwarebyte is not good as a main av it,s only good for second opinion scanner even free av like Wisevictore Stop X better than it

[@udbnt]

@@mrpro2264 I like MW as main thanks tho

[@mrpro2264]

​@@udbnt Wellcome bro however i suggest you to Watch Siam Alam and J Itech Solutions to see how malwarebyte can do against a lot of zero day malware

[@udbnt]

@@mrpro2264 just gotta config it right, and after all I still check most of my files with Virustotal if I'm not sure

[@iaminconstantpain4330]

I run malwarebytes premium along side paid f-secure and it's really effective. I've literally only discovered one file that was malicious (it just randomly appeared in my downloads) and as soon as I ran a malware scan using malwarebytes it was quarantined.

[@trippy_boxer_dog2170]

this is such a relief to know that the strength of malwarebytes is overall very strong! great video thank you :)

[@zlq4704]

Not very strong. The two ransomware samples Leo picked to test are notorious and not fresh, and every decent AVs should be able to block them without signature. Sadly, Malwarebytes couldn't block the second one.

[@trippy_boxer_dog2170]

@@zlq4704 but i dont download anything that is iligitimet so all is good.

[@ceeinfiniti1389]

@@zlq4704 But he did intentionally cripple the protection to see how well the software protects the computer without all functions running. To clarify, when the ransomware was executed to shut down Malwarebytes, real time malware protection was turned off. When it was turned on Malwarebytes blocked it. I'd say when used correctly alongside basic internet sense, Malwarebytes is a really good antivirus if you want some extra protection and piece of mind. Definitley way better than Norton or McAfee lol

[@zlq4704]

@@ceeinfiniti1389 1. With basic internet sense, free AV products like Microsoft Defender are enough. 2. A good AV product should be able to block any malicious attempt to shut it down, which is essential. 3. As I already said, since these ransomware samples are very "famous", good AVs should be able to block them with or without signature.

[@Ambassador-For-Christ]

@@zlq4704 Where I can see a Ransomware attack against an antivirus with it's malware protection turned OFF, like Leo did in this video with Malwarebytes ???? I don't think you can tell me !!!

[@monke4897]

The video that i was waiting for ! Keep up the great content

[@boyeakkapon3589]

Like 2 minutes in and you've solved the issues I was having. I didn't realize that box for showing what was going on was there, I didn'tvidIQ badge

[@sivraj2622]

firstly I would like to wish you well and to say a huge thank you for uploading these videos as they have been an invaluable resource to

[@Gaminguide1000]

So it shuts down the WinFirewall, but does this also work if you have WinDef on?

[@everaldolima8892]

I am brand new to DAW and soft soft - these tutorials are excellent an very helpful to get soone like up and running. Appreciate

[@andreaquerales7965]

Hey man thanks a lot. I was really overwheld and confused but now it all makes sense. Thank you.

[@aayushkarulkar107]

Classic TPSC video loved it!

[@jjb0894]

As a Malwarebytes Premium customer, I’m very happy with these results. I use Malwarebytes on macOS, and was going to purchase a Windows license as well, but unfortunately they do not yet have support for ARM based systems.

[@e.am.e7793]

Malwarebytes is not that good see "J Itech Solutions" video

[@Ambassador-For-Christ]

@@e.am.e7793 See Computer Solutions, had high praise for Malwarebytes !! I think Malwarebytes is second best only to Kaspersky !! I have the Premium Malwarebytes on my machine that I am using now !! I have had it on my machine for three months now, and only two false positives in that time, and NO OTHER detection's, and when checked with Hitman Pro, still NO DETECTION'S !! I plan on at least three years with Premium Malwarbytes being on my computer, and maybe more years!

[@e.am.e7793]

@@Ambassador-For-Christ I am see his test and his channel he testing the detection rate and signature for all av even malwarebyte he does not test real-time protection and behavior protection for the av and his malware and ransomware test it,s very outdated and not A measure of the effectiveness of an antivirus however even that his detection test he use malware from 1 source "VirusSign" This does not give credibility for the antivirus detection rate test because if viruses are from one source then the antivirus can have a partnership with that source so that the test is more reliable, viruses must be from more than one source

[@e.am.e7793]

@@Ambassador-For-Christ It is a good thing that you are not infected with any viruses, but it is important to know that a user who does not visit a suspicious site, does not crack and uses common sense to search and download programs, does not need a paid antivirus. Any free antivirus (avast / avira / wisevictore stop x / kaspersky free / bitdefender free ..... etc) (but windows defnder does not, because it hangs a lot and has many vulnerabilities)+ browser extension like (avira safe browser /malwarebyte browser guard) +secound opinnion scanner like hitman pro will be enough

[@Ambassador-For-Christ]

@@e.am.e7793 I do dangerous downloads with chocolatey, and on The Pirate Bay !! I am not a safe internet user!

[@hd9g]

Try adding some benign files within your script and see if there are false positives.

[@TechTroppy]

This one is very interesting because many of them are over reacting.

[@anii299]

Was waiting for this video! Loved it!

[@222Steps]

Wow! It really worked please keep on posting more tutorial videos. It was really helpful.

[@MrFearDubh]

Thank you for testing Malwarebytes!

[@rhtr.]

Good to be Malwarebytes user. Good to know it's still good.

[@Ambassador-For-Christ]

Malwarebytes is not only good, it's EXCELLENT !!!

[@3TDEV01]

A suggestion, please test Defender and Malwarebites offline protection against new malware.

[@aarcanj0]

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[@mikealuspol5819]

Nice Test Leo! I recommend to do Panda Dome AV vs Ransomware.

[@malwaretestingfan]

I've always been curious about Panda, definitely worth testing it.

[@michaelrowe3357]

Thank you so much for sharing your experience with us. God bless you .

[@wurf5336]

tnx for this video. Really awesome job! :)

[@fraznofire2508]

It will be interesting to see how other antivirus like Sophos handle the MalX Ransomware simulation

[@mrtwinky2007]

9:28 my thoughts are Malwarebytes seems like it did alright but I have no idea how it stacks up to ZoneAlarm Free Antivirus & Firewall original UI and Next Gen Beta, since ZoneAlarm claims to offer the same kind of AV protection. A video testing ZoneAlarm would be great and i'd get to see how it compares to Malwarebytes if you choose to use it in the SOS scans with hitman pro etc.

[@DevilbyMoonlight]

I remember a long time ago when zone alarm was all the rage by those that didnt know any better.. and could be turned off by visiting the wrong website, when this happened its icon in the task bar changed to an X on a red background, it also collected telemetry without the user knowing storing it in a file called IAM.DB, and phoning home...

[@SoulJah876]

Very nice - I wonder how much difference it makes when Malwarebytes is on the free version. Have you done any tests with that, I wonder. I'm ok with spinning up a VM myself, if the answer is no. Thanks for your content.

[@DamianoLarocca]

Finally soone who speaks in a calm way and getting to the point asap

[@JISBR2g1]

According to AV Comparatives in their latest test, Malwarebytes had the greatest number of false positives of any AV they tested (44) while Microsoft had none.

[@GainingDespair]

Malwarebytes was once a good option in the early 2007-ish time. These days I don't exactly feel the same, I remember back than being surprised to see them push an update on Christmas. I though it was some real dedication, it impressed me, and it was a great piece of software. Malwarebytes hasn't lived up to that image in nearly a decade and most of its hype seems to due to the former name/legacy.

[@lodewijklangeweg742]

AV-Comparatives sends what they found to the vendors so they can improve their products. In this case Malwarebytes surely put the FPs on their white list. I've enjoyed Malwarebytes for years without issues. A few times it detected malware and removed it. I did an after-scan with the free Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool and it detected no malware. 🙂

[@fortnitemasterrr]

TNice tutorials is by far the best soft soft basic tutorial, I rember when I just started learning, tNice tutorials was so helpful!! I’ve now been releasing edm

[@iweb123digitalmarketingcom5]

I see you are a man of culture as well

[@ThanhTienOfficial11020]

I see that Malwarebytes has improved over the past year, I have been using it since 2014 with a lifetime license for 12 computers, great. It's still fine for me. :D

[@Ambassador-For-Christ]

Malwarebytes and Comodo Free Firewall are awesome when paired together on the same computer !! Just a friendly suggestion.

[@Andrlz_]

Kaspersky is way better, my only concern about it is that it's Russian. Other than that, i use both Malwarebytes and Kaspersky together

[@Ambassador-For-Christ]

@@Andrlz_ Kaspersky is better, but I would not say way better, there is no sold proof that Kaspersky is way better! PCmag calls Malwarebytes EXCELLENT !! Don't worry about the Russia thing, as long as you are a independent single user and not a big business or a corporation, then you are 100% safe using Kaspersky !!

[@Ambassador-For-Christ]

@@Andrlz_ One of the Great things about Malwarebytes is that you can use it as real time protection and Windows Defender as real time protection at the same time !! Malwarebytes designed their software to be able to run at the same time that Windows defender is running, giving you extra layers of protection! Those are the only two Malware software that I would ever run at the same time, because Malwarebytes is designed to do it !!

[@ThanhTienOfficial11020]

@@Ambassador-For-Christ wow G. Frank, that's one way I've tried it, it's awesome, the software runs parallel to each other pretty well :D

[@Frog_Driver]

Fantastic tutorial, keep up the great videos!

[@paullopresti9568]

Thanks for another great video Leo. I’m a Malwarebytes Premium user so I’m really interested in this test and not impressed with the results. I contacted Malwarebytes after watching your last video on the MSDT URL protocol exploit and asked them if they can stop this attack. That was the day your video came out and I still didn’t here back from them. There customer support is terrible and unless they improve it, along with them being able to protect against the kind of exploit you ran in this test, I’m going to drop them when my year subscription is done. Thanks for what you do.

[@wysetech2000]

Paul Lopresti When you find a product that does everything 100% be sure to let us know.

[@Ambassador-For-Christ]

@Patrick Schlienger If I did not pay for an AV, I would get a virus or ransomware every day! I do some very dangerous downloads, I am not a safe internet user. But that is not to say that I still don't get viruses, because in September of 2021, I got a virus with a paid version of Bitdefender on my computer.

[@Ambassador-For-Christ]

@Patrick Schlienger Excellent point !!! You won this argument, CONGRATS !! But good or bad, I still like the AV option over using a sandbox. But, me dummy, you smart !!😀

[@Ambassador-For-Christ]

@Patrick Schlienger Don't let the "me dummy" part of me comment through you off, I meant every word of what said, other than the "me dummy" part of my comment !! The "me dummy" part of my comment was just me giving myself a hard time for not remembering sandboxing! .... SMH !! GREAT JOB SIR!!

[@Ambassador-For-Christ]

@Patrick Schlienger Plus there is also the option of using a user account, rather than an admin account! I forgot that option too!! ... SMH !!!

[@kwtsos6061]

Love your stuff! Big help!

[@marcos1669]

In the Ryuk bit when activating antitampering, does maybe Malwarebytes have a default antitampering password that Ryuk knows about?

[@andrejtrepic1092]

Thanks for lesson number one I'm going to leave ssages on a few of your posts and maybe even a few links to soft I make in the

[@unknown_gaming4209]

Just wanted to say i appreciate you keeping us up to date on threats.

[@ouss855]

Thankyou for actually explaining tNice tutorialngs. Other videos that I watched started talking about how to make soft and didn't ntion anytNice tutorialng

[@Emile.L0]

You are dope bro! Damn , thank you so much, subbed

[@billb5732]

Love your work, Leo. (Also, your enunciation is so precise... but say "anomalous" again?)

[@TitoCarl0]

Take a week just learning the basics and you will be good, I been using soft soft since it was Fruity Loops back in 03, and still learn

[@lucasdasilva3743]

was very understandable for . You were so detailed and it made all these new tNice tutorialngs way less intimidating

[@kikimiki2582]

I just wanna learn even more now- it looks so cool o.O

[@scmsecuritycrackmalwares783]

Hello, can you explain me how to execute directly a command prompt that executes the exe files of a folder as you did in the video? Thanks

[@LibreWolf-es8ht]

i love u the pc security channel

[@sofiaguillen7135]

I can feel how happy you are because of the update.

[@tigreonice2339]

Can you make one of how the X-force activator (mem patcher) works, used for autocad, for example, and how it can infect or take control? It is probably triggered when the patch is pressed. All for educational purposes, prevent people and prefer the original program ;)

[@sylvainfelix7377]

it worked! thank you so much!!

[@williamshenk7940]

Thanks, excellent video and tutorial.

[@IamLookingforWoody_________786]

Good Job Sirji.... ❤️❤️❤️

[@broken1965]

That swiping sound effects i thought like something has fallen over in my house lol

[@baracuda1919]

I was wondering if you can test the Malwarebytes Windows Firewall Control. It is an additional app to the Malwarebytes Anti-Malware, using Windows' own firewall to create an enhanced firewall.

[@Ambassador-For-Christ]

IMHO, you are much better off using Comodo Free Firewall.

[@szanti7241]

Very helpful Video as always .

[@TaylorSwifty69]

I was running reverse shell on my friends computer (with his permission) and malware bytes did not detect it, It was via a DLL being called at system level, no encoding. (used meterpreter) I was speechless. Honestly it was probably some kind of fluke but still. FYI this was 2 years ago.

[@Ambassador-For-Christ]

If your information is two years old, then it is worthless!

[@celesterivera254]

Thanks a lot. TNice tutorials video got started.

[@levyroth]

Where can I get these sample tests? I want to test F-Secure AV.

[@bsforyt727]

He made a video on this years ago

[@levyroth]

@@bsforyt727 Thanks

[@kimrobinjensen2753]

Would you recommend buying a separate anti-virus program or will windows defender do the job for my laptop? Have been using a antivirus program for a while, but I don’t know how much of a difference it makes.

[@janmillerty4528]

I always do enjoy your videos 👍

[@tigreonice2339]

In the microsoft store is ubuntu as an app. Do you know how that works? Is it like a virtual machine or what? Is it the same as just installing ubuntu or much slower? What about security (malware viruses or Trojans) if I browse from the dd ubuntu app??

[@DJ_Driven]

You should test out Malwarebytes Endpoint protection instead of the home user version.

[@jondo7680]

Nah I'm glad he tested this, you can suggest to test other stuff but if you say that he shouldn't do this test than I have to strictly disagree.

[@DJ_Driven]

@@jondo7680 I have commented before to do a review of the malwarebytes endpoint protection. That is MB full feature software. If you're seriously considering using any home version software you're much better off just using Windows defender and learning how to tweak the settings for maximum protection.

[@cheezzity1783]

I was given soft soft as a gift in 11, and up until recently, I was so overwheld by the complexity of it that I never got past just using

[@Aquineas]

Thanks for this guys.

[@miketumillo7875]

How about testing Zone Alarm Extreme Security?

[@noobmaster4287]

I want to ask that, can a restore point help in case of any Malware, Ransomeware, Trojan etc. if it was created before the attack? also will it help in case if windows corrupt completely ?

[@XavierZara]

Restore points can be infected or even removed

[@malwaretestingfan]

Ransomwares almost always disable System Restore and delete the Shadow Copies, with few exceptions.

[@Muhammad_Wahyudhi]

So what's other options then? Complete Disk Image copy on another offline (disconnected) external drive? And how frequent we should we backup? Twice a day? Other things that I think got a little to no attention in malware prevention are system wide Ad-Blocking through Host file (with the addition of Browser Extension, e.g. uBlock, etc.) and email protection. Let me know what you think.

[@igorthelight]

@@Muhammad_Wahyudhi Yep! Reserve copy on an external HDD

[@ricardochavarria4467]

Worked smoothly, tysm

[@SrAlissonRodrigues]

A very useful lesson for all aspiring softians

[@TruHopeWorship]

So my question is, is Kaspersky safe to use? If not, what antivirus do you recommend?

[@solosoyprox3559]

Excellent video ...............................Thank You !!!

[@glentaker]

Malwarebytes catch 9 of PUM.Optional.DisallowRun during memory scan, luckily I removed it and my explorer doesn't crash again. But could this code come from hackers?

[@stswebhusesele5626]

As MCSA expired, which certificate would you recommend that has the same content as MCSA?

[@leenbossuyt7479]

Cool You really help me Well done!

[@nearlyinfinitetortoise8308]

I use malwarebytes and norton on my pc. Norton run out in a couple of months. Will I be OK using just malwarebytes as my primary and only av or will I have to get another av to use with it?

[@bsforyt727]

Malwarebytes is trash. Same for Norton as well Watch Siam Alam and J Itech Solutions to see how it sucks against 0 day ransomware. Even a less known AV like Wisevector Stopx is better.

[@miningmonkey760]

How is it running windows powershell if it was using a GUI initially?

[@jinnyjinn_]

was waiting for this

[@nathanwildthorn6919]

Excellent video. Thank you for this most informative and enjoyable journey. Too, I like your galaxy wallpaper, and would be thrilled (I'm an amateur astronomer) if you would tell me where I can find it. Again, I thank you for this video. 🙏

[@andreluizrodrigues1648]

Great Video! Im new on soft soft, and tNice tutorials tutorial really helped

[@toyboxlemonza3293]

I swapped from totalAV to this, glad I did.

[@bignags3782]

Would the free version of Malwarebytes still be recommended on a mac computer?

[@mohmmdiv]

just a simple question......I wanna do a rap what should I focus the most on when I wanna edit or make a good soft?i would love to

[@yennguyen2095]

Can you test BKAV. It's an antivirus from Vietnam. Thank you for that video. I wish you every success in your work

[@chinmoydas1759]

Please do this series with mcafee live safe. Yeah I know there is a video but please make it with newer malware of the recent years and do this in live safe not total protection. Thank you.

[@CadetClueless]

Can you reach out to malwarebytes to see why their tamper protection failed to stop the ransomware from tampering with the software?

[@Jamie_D]

I was shocked to see the tamper protection didn't work

[@jimcabezola3051]

Illuminating!

[@buzzsah]

Bottom line, what to buy?

[@nemanjatodorovic9310]

I've been watcNice tutorialng tNice tutorials and you inspired to try to make soft so I thank you

[@fennyfinari906]

I would like to see a test on the firewall capabilities of zone alarm vs something like comodo or windows. Why have a security channel with only one aspect of security?

[@jihionify]

Time for a kaspersky vs emsisoft vs bitdefender test!

[@kcnitjvideoebooks8855]

Watch Eclypsee Tech YT Video on Emsisoft and BD where they failed against ransomware but kaspersky won.

[@Ambassador-For-Christ]

@@kcnitjvideoebooks8855 AGAIN ???

[@taoufiknidouahmane202]

Hello I have a question: I got hacked by a ransomeware it encrypted all my files what I did I got a little frustrated and then I formatted my laptop so my question is : Can my files get encrypted again even if I formatted my laptop ? Thank u

[@ceferabbasli2521]

Thank you, very productive 17mins of learning. TNice tutorials program is super intimidating from soone who doesn't even play an instrunt.

[@tea_otomo]

Can you retest Hitman Pro Alert? All reviews on youtube are several years old

[@roahnikumarnemalikanti9246]

Oh thanks man I learned how to install it

[@MrDrgdf]

What is ahnLab?

[@clashtitan1487]

How is Malwarebytes compared to Bitdefender or Kaspersky?

[@igorthelight]

Malwarebytes is great as a scanner while Bitdefender or Kaspersky are great as AV + Firewall. Common sense is needed in all cases tho ;-)

[@clashtitan1487]

@@igorthelight How do you rate windows defender and Malwarebytes out of 10

[@igorthelight]

@@clashtitan1487 Windows Defender = 7/10 Malwarebytes = 8/10 ESET Internet Security = 9/10 Kaspersky Internet Security = 9.5/10

[@Ambassador-For-Christ]

@@kcnitjvideoebooks8855 More channel promoting by you! What is your agenda? PROMOTING OTHER CHANNELS? OR WISEVECTOR STOPX FAN BOY? Both kcnitj videoebooks and bs foryt have repeated the exact same comment several times! VERY ODD !!

[@Ambassador-For-Christ]

@@igorthelight Your ratings are a joke !! Pcmag has Malwarebytes Premium ( NOT AS A SCANNER ) rated higher than both Windows Defender and ESET !! AV Labs has Malwarebytes rated higher than ESET, I am not sure about Windows Defender as I think they got some good scores from AV Labs, but I do not clearly remember !! Kaspersky is the ONLY valid part of your ratings, the rest is pure GARBAGE !!

[@MartinGonzalez-pl3qc]

hello malwarebytes protection is paying you have free version?

[@georgegousios1794]

Kaspersky for real-time protection, malwarebytes for regular scans => Happy life

[@borowa4386]

Yea :)

[@jondo7680]

Did you run this as admin? If Malwarebyte is installed with admin privileges and ryuk is not, maybe it wouldn't be able to kill the process but that's an ideal situation of course (except having the detection inactive).

[@wreckyman3602]

Hi! Please can you make a tierlist also for CPU Usage? Because some antiviruses really affect the performance!!