However you have practically zero control over it. Can’t setup Exceptions and the like. It’s either on or off.
Seconding this motion, but I have to add that it shouldn’t be necessary.
Honestly, I think that only works for updates and such, not the spam. It specifically says in Preferences that you can’t turn those off. Then again, I just uninstalled it this morning, so … 
I’ve used both free and paid versions. I highly recommend it. The free version is very good and I have only seen it pop up once or twice about something. This was when I first installed it. It wasn’t a film screen pop-up or ad. It was just that the full menu opened up when I hadn’t clicked on it. But like I said that was only one out two times right after I installed it. Since then it has been a happy little antivirus doing full scans and real-time scanning as well. It is also the least resource hungry antivirus that I have seen or used.
I switch antivirals out occasionally when they seem to be slowing things down. Currently using Panda in conjunction with malwarebytes (not really an antivirus). This combo seems to work without dragging down the machine.
I tried last Avira last year after I got tired of Avast and when I tried to uninstall it was like trying to get rid of a Virus.
I know, I know.
I should have elaborated that they just aren’t both all encompassing.
Again, it’s an arms race. It’s actually fairly trivial to evade detection by AVs, and if you happen to get exposed to an undetected version/variant before you get the updates that detect it, you get compromised. Could have been bad luck.
It is. A virus is a type of malware, which literally means malicious software. It includes viruses, trojans, etc.
Those sorts of infections tend to install hundreds of components. Avast detected 0/100’s.
In it’s technical meaning, yes I know. But Avast and Malware bytes have distinctly different definitions and both are built to catch specific pieces of malware. Sorry, I shouldn’t refer to it as such, but most people refer to them as separate entities.
They don’t really cover different types of malware so much as different samples. MBAM is designed to complement and work with existing antivirus apps. They explicitly aim to cover what others miss.
They explicitly aim to cover what others miss.
This is what I meant. That is why I said they have different definitions. The fact remains, you shouldn’t use Malwarebytes alone.