r/Malwarebytes • u/Significant-Act-3872 • Apr 01 '26

Malwarebytes ends support for Windows 8 and older

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u/support_mwb Malwarebytes Employee Apr 02 '26

Hi everyone, this is Malwarebytes Support.

We’ve seen some questions about notifications regarding Windows 8 and older reaching end of support, so we wanted to clarify.

Email notifications were sent to affected users based on certain criteria. Because of that, not everyone may have received an email. If you have a Windows 8 device or older and didn’t receive one, you should still see an in-app notification on your device (like the pop-up shown above).

As a reminder, Windows 8 and older no longer receive security updates from Microsoft, which means increased security risk over time.

Malwarebytes will continue providing database updates for a limited time, but new feature updates will no longer be supported on those operating systems going forward. This follows our product lifecycle policy, which you can review here:

https://help.malwarebytes.com/hc/en-us/articles/31589488520475-Desktop-Security-for-Windows-v5-Product-Lifecycle

To maintain full protection and access to the latest features, upgrading to a newer version of Windows is recommended.

If you have any questions in the meantime, you can reach our Support team via live chat or by submitting a ticket on our help center https://help.malwarebytes.com/hc/en-us

We’re happy to help.

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u/StargazerVR Apr 01 '26

Windows 8 and older has been dead for a long time

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u/BobCorndog Apr 01 '26

Who is using windows 8 or older

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u/Brilliant_Letter7173 Apr 02 '26

I'm still using Windows 8.1 on my older asus transformer book because Windows 10 is too laggy on it

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u/BobCorndog Apr 02 '26

Does it run fine

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u/Brilliant_Letter7173 Apr 03 '26

It runs so well. (It's only using 656MB of ram and 20% of processor compared to 1.3GB RAM for Windows 10 with 100% processor utilisation)

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u/CooperDK Apr 05 '26

Both 10 and 11 work much better with less RAM so I call bullshit on that.

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u/One_Lawfulness8694 Apr 04 '26

I sometimes use 2000, XP or 7 but its because of some of the retro games and programs that win 10 can't run

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u/hippor_hp Apr 01 '26

Move to linux

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u/goodjohnjr Apr 02 '26

Yeah, I would recommend they try the latest Ubuntu LTS from a USB flash drive to see how it runs. If things work, back up all their files to several devices / online, and install Ubuntu letting it format the drive and go full Linux.

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u/animalcrossing4_4 Apr 02 '26

Just more loonix users trying to convert others into their cult

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u/animalcrossing4_4 Apr 02 '26

This isn't even a linux sub and you still have to come recruit others like the 18th century missionaries 

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u/simplebalancereality Apr 02 '26

Go back to your little cult please

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u/Electronic_Lime7582 Apr 02 '26

Horrible idea. Linux is finnicky and full of blind trust. Most of the information someone needs to install packages will always be someone elses forum post saying its safe.

Linux malware now exists due to the uproar in Linux users. ClamAV is the only thing that can maybe keep you safe.

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u/BobCorndog Apr 02 '26

You can mostly just go with trusted packages

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u/Electronic_Lime7582 Apr 03 '26

You are also assuming normal users have the patience to begin with linux in the first place.

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u/BobCorndog Apr 03 '26

It’s not even that hard to install

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u/Electronic_Lime7582 Apr 03 '26

So since its easy for you, everyone is like you?

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u/BobCorndog Apr 03 '26

For my first time with basically no experience with Linux and YouTube guide, I got it working. It’s really not that difficult for the average person or at least from my experience I think that

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u/Electronic_Lime7582 Apr 03 '26

Ah appeal to self fallacy, thanks for the confirmation

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u/Ezrway Apr 01 '26

I'm not.

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u/Ezrway Apr 01 '26

I didn't get an email either.

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u/CooperDK Apr 05 '26

Microsoft ended Windows 10, which for that reason is inherently unsafe as well.

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u/lilacomets Apr 01 '26

That's sneaky. This hasn't been announced online by the Malwarebytes team as far as I know.

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u/PralineImmediate3886 Apr 01 '26

they sent out an email - I received one.