Malwarebytes (software)

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Malwarebytes

Developer(s)	Malwarebytes Inc.
Initial release	January 2006; 18 years ago (2006-01) (as Malwarebytes Anti-Malware)
Stable release	Windows 5.2 / October 22, 2024; 6 days ago (2024-10-22)[1] macOS 5.7.1 / October 21, 2024; 7 days ago (2024-10-21)[2] Android & ChromeOS 5.12 / October 9, 2024; 19 days ago (2024-10-09)[3] iOS 5.12 / October 17, 2024; 11 days ago (2024-10-17)[4]
Operating system	Windows 7 and later, macOS 10.12 and later, Android 9.0 and up, iOS 16 and later, ChromeOS[5]
Platform	IA-32, x86-64
Size	Windows: 287 MB Android: 31.13 MB
Available in	30 languages
List of languages Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (Traditional), Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish and Vietnamese
Type	Anti-malware
License	Proprietary (Freemium)
Website	malwarebytes.com

Malwarebytes (formerly Malwarebytes Anti-Malware, abbreviated as MBAM) is anti-malware software for Microsoft Windows,^[6] macOS, ChromeOS, Android, and iOS that finds and removes malware.^[7] Made by Malwarebytes Corporation, it was first released in January 2006. This is available in a free version, which scans for and removes malware when started manually, and a paid version, which additionally provides scheduled scans, real-time protection and a flash-memory scanner.