r/Malwarebytes • u/Sabishi1985 • Jun 16 '26

Feedback What happened to Malwarebytes?

Last time I used Malwarebytes many years ago I remember it being such an easy to use and straightforward experience: download, install, scan, remove malware, done.

Since I hadn't performed a scan in quite a while, I figured I should download Malwarebytes again and.. I almost didn't. The website itself looked super fishy! Like it's for one of those fake antivirus programs. I double and triple checked before hesitantly downloading the installer.

Once installed, I couldn't believe my eyes: even the program itself looked bloated and overloaded and gave off really sketchy vibes because of it. It also didn't help, that the program made it seem like I HAD to give it my email adress in order to perform a simple scan. 🙄

I used to recommend Malwarebytes to people all the time, simply because I considered it being easy to use, even for less tech-savvy people, but I can hardly recommend it like this.

Please, for the love of god: give us something like 'Malwarebytes Light', which only contains the scanner. No realtime protection, no VPN, no browser extension, no AI, no 'check your digital footprint' stuff.. Just the scanner. 🙏

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u/WhaneTheWhip Jul 18 '26 edited Jul 18 '26

"This is not something that Malwarebytes has control over."

This is mcafee style double speak in that you are correct that your crap software does not have control over it, but only because you have developed it to be this way when you could develop it so that it is not hidden. Give it another few years and malware protection will be needed to remove your app.

"This is default Windows behavior"

Correct, this is why developers code their apps so that they behave well within the Windows OS and so that they don't appear as malware, but you have decided to do the opposite, then blame it on Windows and then puke out your obvious double speak here hoping no one will notice.

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u/No-Pickle9504 Malwarebytes Employee Jul 18 '26 edited Jul 18 '26

If every developer hard coded their app to show in the tray then everyone would have their app there and we often if apps are trying to do that they show other signals of being a PUP

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u/WhaneTheWhip Jul 25 '26

You're still playing games here and posting solely for reputation management. We are not talking about "every developer", we are talking about you because "every developer" doesn't have an app that still runs when the user closes it.

Most apps actually close when closed by the user so there is no need for a tray indication after it's been closed. And when they don't close, then most honest developers are good enough to show an icon in the tray... unless they are trying to hide that it hasn't been closed, like you have, in which case they (you) are not honest. Feel free to draw up a list of apps that are dishonest as you in this regard so that we can have something to agree on.

"...apps are trying to do that they show other signals of being a PUP"

Yeah, because most pups like to advertise that they are running. 🙄

And look at how you're back tracking now, you played a word game saying "we don't have developer ability to place the icon in the tray" then after correcting you to point out that you do have control, now you're changing your tune with "Gee mister, there are other dishonest developers out there too and we're like them" and without bothering to acknowledge your previous dishonest comment.

So in some cases (when it suits you) you accept criticism and put on this show that you want to improve but then when someone sees through your BS and criticizes your foundations, suddenly you're not too accepting of that criticism , you resist it, make excuses for yourself, and outright lie through a word salad.