Malwarebytes Releases Anti-Exploit Free & Premium from Beta
Malwarebytes is digging deeper than their previous software offerings by looking for ways to offer more. Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit is their answer to the risks of modern applications running within Windows being weak points for hackers to enter a computer system through. The software recently was launched in both a free and premium version.
The concern that the Malwarebytes team has is that software is inherently insecure at times and vulnerable to intrusion via various exploits. These security holes and poor coding practices will allow a hacker to do damage on a system, install malware and create other problems for users.
Clearly, rather than being content to remove malware following an infection, the Malwarebytes team are trying to block any such infection happening in the first place. The software behind this latest release was acquired last year with the Zero Vulnerability Labs purchase. This allowed Malwarebytes to extend their reach.
No Zero Day Attacks
The exploit protection can detect attempts ahead of other software trying to do the same thing. The software looks for unusual activity which indicates something bad is about to happen and shuts that activity down before it can hurt the Windows system. Unpatched software can still have some degree of protection from exploits when the Anti-Exploit software is running in the background.
Tests by Malwarebytes on several Zero Day vulnerabilities prevented all of them from activating and causing any problems when their Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit was running in the Windows system tray. The exploit software kit, Kafeine, was used to see if it could get through the shield, but it was unable to do so.
Benefits of Anti-Exploit
In medical terms, this software is more about prevention than about the cure. It may allow a Windows system to stay uninfected, stop a computer being taken over as a drone to distribute malware to other systems over the internet, and ensure private information stays that way.
Pro and Free Versions
The free version offers exploit protection for web browsers, add-ons/extensions to web browsers, and the Java language.
The pro version extends this list to include PDF readers like Adobe Reader and FoxIt Reader, media players like WinAMP, Windows Media Player, VLC and QuickTime, and the Microsoft Office suite of applications. The Pro version costs $24.95 presently.
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