Yes I invoke Norton, the Nazis of fake security. Especially if you deserve it because you made a light, fast, effective, safe cleaner and made it available for free.īut beware the road that so many have taken. "HOW CAN FREE STUFF BE DISAPPOINTING?" Because we're spoiled by good free stuff. But MBAM also makes $, yeah? (You must - I've advised many virus-prone clients to pay for MBAM.)Īnd it's good to get paid. But when you combine all four you get something that looks a lot like a virus. Now this last one might be a necessity of battling modern malware. (4) Full upgrades seem to be more and more frequent. (3) If users downgrade to the Free version, it gets switched back to Premium (and re-starts the 14 day countdown to the scareware message) EVERY TIME you do a full upgrade. (2) When the trial runs out, a warning appears that is intended to scare users into buying the Premium version - a warning that implies the user is in imminent danger. (1) When you install Malwarebytes Free, it defaults to the 14 day Premium Trial. That by itself doesn't mean a program is malware. What does most malware do? It tells you you are in sudden danger when you are not, in order to scare you into buying something.
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