#Malwarebytes 3.1.2 review windows#

In all my years of using Mac, I have always tried to keep my eyes open for a reliable client. Therefore I wil not be renewing my licence by upgrading my OS and moving to a subscription model, much as I appreciate programmers need to earn a living: it doesn't work well enough. Regarding protection: I can't judge on this point since all I have found is about three phishing emails picked up by ClamXav over the last two years. I did not insist, since I left ClamXav scanning quietly in the background and didn't use the interface, spinning ball issue preventing. I've contacted ClamXav in the past concerning this issue: the response was 'given ticket.Which still won't respond: More spinning ball.

A staight 'open clamxav' : two minutes of spinning ball leading to 'Starting update. This is notunreasonable, excelt that with point (1) we do not have the option of continuing to use existing versions: therefore upgrading to V3 forces an OX upgrade.ДЇurthermore ClamXav has always had a problem as far as I'm concerned: the spinning ball curse when performing most actions. I don't expect everything for free.ДЎ) ClamXav licences less than 2 years old are now useless: virus updates we hear will be stopped from end of oct. I understand people have to earn a living.

I'm keeping an open mind, and will wait for reviews to come out, but I'm not upgrading yet. (Granted, I haven't seen any reviews of this app's latest version.) It's nice that current owners are offered 50%-off, but I'm still not sure I want to pay $15/year for this when Sophos and Avira and Kaspersky (I know, I know) all get higher ratings for catching malware, speed and lightness on system resources. I guess I haven't run it lately because when I launched it today I discovered that there's a v 3.07, and a new subscription model. Still, I'd fire it up periodically and let it (slowly) go through my system looking for any malware. In all comparison tests the app falls in the middle to the back of the pack.

#Malwarebytes 3.1.2 review windows#

In all this time it's found a grand total of 6 pieces of malware on my system - all old Windows malware embedded in saved html files. It's been an okay app, a little slow, a little clunky-looking. When ClamXAV went commercial in 2016 I bought it immediately for $30 to support the developer. One thing to note: the scanning speeds, and the ramp up time before a scan actually begins are both hugely improved over v2. Those drive icons are a little too big and don't fit in well with the look and feel of a modern Mac, but to be honest, I don't spend my life inside the GUI of my AV software, so I don't really care too much about that. The UI could do with a little more polish, it's true.

In each case for me, the constant updates and improvements, and decent licensing terms have been enough to persuade me to opt in. The only other two subs I maintain are for JetBrains products and Office 365.

Not that I'm a fan of subscriptions, but in this case it's almost a no-brainer. Here we have a developer who cares about the Mac, who puts real effort into getting a quality program out, and yes, who asks to be paid for his work. Yes others are completely free, but from experience they also consume more system resources and are a PITA to remove. So not free, but so close as to make no real difference. ВЈ14.99 with the 50% discount and VAT removal (being a company purchase) for 3 computers over 2 years - it works out at a few pence per month.