Malwarebytes Premium version 4.15 for the Mac includes the basis virus and malware scanning as well as the ability to detect malicious apps, or PUPs (potentially unwanted program). The premium edition sounds promising with a host of features increasingly needed to defend you against today’s threats-real-time and on-demand virus, malware, and spyware scanning protection against malicious website links and phishing attempts and security against ransomware and zero-day exploits.īut wait, all that describes the Windows version. Offering security protection for Windows, macOS, Chrome OS, iOS, and Android, Malwarebytes comes in both free and premium editions for personal use. Though Malwarebytes Premium for the Mac is hardly a bad product, you’ll get more bang for the buck elsewhere.

But the Mac flavor feels like an also-ran compared with the Windows edition, both of which cost the same amount of money. Malwarebytes Premium is certainly well designed and seemingly effective at detecting and eliminating malware and other security threats.

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Mac version missing certain features compared with its Windows counterpart.

Malwarebytes has single plan for all platforms and doesn’t differentiate between Android and Windows.

This actually hurts when your second device is Android based smartphone or tablet. MalwareFox Premium can protect 3 devices or all computers of your household members for less than their single device plan. However, if you belong to another camp who think that’s an enormous amount or doesn’t justify, you can opt for MalwareFox. If you are okay with paying $39.99 USD per year for protecting one device, I would suggest buying Malwarebytes Premium. So, lifetime customers kept on using on multiple computers thinking it is okay to do so. However, once again, there was a change recently which restricted annual license to only one device.Īs per the license terms, it was always restricted to one device but company didn’t enforce it.

Still, users who got lifetime licenses were able to use it without paying any additional charges. This change disappointed some early users while few agitated calling it betrayal. However, from 2014, Malwarebytes changed its model to annual subscription meaning you will have to pay yearly.Ĭhange was obvious because company has to have strong financial backing for a better product. Malwarebytes Lifetime License: How to Buy Legally?

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