I’m wondering because I’ve heard people say good and bad things about both. I don’t think I have any malware or viruses, but just to be safe I want to know which one you prefer.
Get MalwareBytes. It’s good in general. Under no circumstances get McAfee.
Malwarebytes all the way! Mcafee slows down pc very much.
malwarebytes>mcafee
windows defender>mcafee
having absolutely nothing>mcafee
a literal ant>mcafee
If you have to choose between them then Malwarebytes. McAfee and Norton are both stay-away-from AVs.
Either way Bitdefender offers better protection than both of them. Kaspersky is even a better alternative for protection.
Malwarebytes ez, been using it for years and no problems
Tbh in terms of AV if you don’t do shady stuff, Defender should be enough. If you really want an AV then you should look for Bitdefender and Kapersky mostly (I use none but 90% of the community recommends them). You should avoid McAfee like it’s some plague since it’s even worse than some malwares out there, Avast shouldn’t be used as well but at least isn’t as bad, I don’t know much about Malwarebyte’s real time protections but it’s fine as a scanner (I use both that and ESET Online mostly). And even if defender is not the greatest you still have access to Offline scan which is extra good for removal of rootkits and stuff.
Malwarebytes don’t give you as many ads as McAfee after installing. Also, McAfee VPN, last I checked doesn’t use a VPN that’s FIPS encryption compliant. Last I checked it breaks the VPN.
Malwarebytes is pretty good. In my opinion Bitdefender is a bit better. Both have solid web protection.
How about free Bitdefender and paid HitmanPro.Alert?
Top rated AV and top rated add-on behavioral protection.
Big bonus is that includes a HitmanPro license at no additional cost, with the HitmanPro.Alert license.
McAfee should never be on any “Should I get?” list
Malwarebytes; mcafee is a piece of junk.
Although i’d suggest just using windows defender as long as you are not doing anything quite dodgy it is very good; if you do want to pay for a anti virus however i’d suggest bitdefender.
Malwarebytes is good; but its not as good as active anti virus and is much more suited as a 2nd opinion scanner like Hitman pro is.
Just use windows defender, it does a great job and it’s free.
Genuinely curious as to what bad things you’ve heard about Malwarebytes, as it’s always been my go-to.
I would rather install a fucking computer-destroying trojan than download McAfee
Neither AV is recommended
Get Kaspersky free if you want a strong lightweight free Antivirus but if you want a paid one I can recommend Kaspersky or Emsisoft
I’ve seen so many people criticize McAfee on a moral level because of its drug-addicted founder, but how is Malwarebytes dropping support for users in 14 countries this year after a long history of licensing mega-sales any better than McAfee?
It’s hard to decide which is better: a drug-addicted boss or a broken promise.
Out of those two Malwarebytes but Bitdefender is better
Malwarebytes is fine for spot scans but my fav antivirus is WinDef