About 10-15 years ago, Malwarebytes was amazing and it was a well kept secret. I never used it for real time protection and I never paid for a subscription, but it got me out of many a jam whenever someone had a compromized machine. On a few rare occasions even malwarebytes wasn’t good enough and I needed combofix or a boot sector cleaner, but I personally never needed them. I’ve always relied on MS Security essentials or defender on windows machines and my wits. But most people are not geek/savy enough to recognize what gets them in trouble on the internet. I’ve heard a few people that say AVG free isn’t bad but I’ve never run it.
forgot to follow up on what I started to say about malwarebytes... Personally, I don’t think it’s all that cutting edge anymore, and it’s very commercialized now. I don’t even use it.
Thanx ... good to know