I tried Malwarebytes on my Windows 7 and Windows XP computer and it gave me a false positive.
It said had malware when I did not.
The "Malware" the Malwarebytes said I had was just the settings in Security Center or Action Center turned off alerting me by balloon notification that I have no anti virus software on my computer and that automatic updates on Windows Update is turned off.
But I have turned off the balloon notifications from Security Center myself.Because those notifications are annoying. But as I turned it off myself it is not a computer virus.
And the "malware" that Malwarebytes said I had on Windows 7 was that I had the Control Panel menu set to classic view. But I had set it that way myself. So again that is not a computer virus. And nether is turning off balloon notifications in Action Center on Windows 7 or Windows XP malware or a computer virus.
But Malwarebytes does not understand that.
But now you can see what I mean when I say that anti virus gives false positives and tells you you have a virus when you don't have a virus. What happened with Malwarebytes is a good example.
That is why I don't have any anti virus software on my computers. Andrea Borman.
Well if you read my earlier post on this thread that I quoted myself,you can see why I don't use anti virus programs. Malwarebytes got it wrong when it said that because the balloon notifications in Security Center in Windows XP were turned off it was malware. And it wanted to delete the registry key that was set on the registry to turn off notification.
But if I have turned off notifications myself then it is not malware or a computer virus.
But if you have not disabled a setting yourself and it is disabled then it could be a virus.
But that was not the case with me because I disabled the notifications in Security Center myself. And I also set the Control Panel Menu on Windows 7 to classic view myself. But Malwarebytes said that was malware and wanted to delete the registry key for that as well.
But Malwarebytes was wrong because I set the Control Panel menu to classic view myself.
And if you look on the Ask Leo website there was a post he wrote about the Run command. He said that if you disabled it yourself it is not a computer virus. But if you did not disable it yourself,then a virus did.
So if you have disabled settings on your computer yourself then it is not malware or a computer virus. But if however, the settings are disabled, and you did not disable them yourself,then it is a computer virus. But Malwarebytes did not understand that.
Now you see why I don't like anti virus programs and I do not use them. At least with Windows Defender and MRT it does not try to take over your computer.
And yes,Microsoft Security Essentials does look like Windows Defender.Probably because it is made by the same people,Microsoft. Andrea Borman.