

Users can also upgrade to the Premium + Privacy plan to get a VPN, which is a good option for hiding online activity (but it’s missing a lot of the features and functionalities found in standalone VPN competitors. Other than the malware scanner, Malwarebytes has a web protection feature that is pretty good (it had near-perfect detection rates during my phishing tests). In terms of real-time protection, Malwarebytes successfully blocked 98% of the malware files, which is excellent. During my testing, Malwarebytes detected 95% of the malware files I had previously downloaded to my device, which is a pretty good result. Malwarebytes is a minimalistic, easy-to-use antivirus program that provides good protection against malware, but not much else.
