I din't ask for it to be installed on my current machine and it is really pissing me off that I can't go 30 mins without a popup that requires me to alt-tab out of whatever I'm dong to close this annoying message. The free premium is nice but if I wanted it I would have bought it. I've installed the free version on my current computer but I did buy the premium on my last computer 7-8 years ago. And Please explain why information about a person's computer would be relevant to the problem. I have to alt-tab out to close the little ad. They appear regardless of what I'm doing (such as playing a game). When it gets close to expiring (within 5 days or so) I start getting popups. Everytime I update MB I get the free upgrade trial whether I want it or not. PS - How long till Adwcleaner starts having nag screens about the pro version? They conduct interviews in "war rooms" - big darkened high-tech workspaces full of busy technicians toiling under giant screens that show the global progression of "the threat".
(Another Norton tactic: they convince journalists that Norton is the go-to authority on malware. Decade after decade, trusting grandpas gently shell out $50-$100 per year for one of the worst AV programs in history, just because, once upon a time, Norton was clever enough pay HP and Dell to infect countless generations of PC's with "Free 90 day trials" which ended with, you guessed it, scary warnings. Yes I invoke Norton, the Nazis of fake security. Especially if you deserve it because you made a light, fast, effective, safe cleaner and made it available for free.īut beware the road that so many have taken.
"HOW CAN FREE STUFF BE DISAPPOINTING?" Because we're spoiled by good free stuff. But MBAM also makes $, yeah? (You must - I've advised many virus-prone clients to pay for MBAM.)Īnd it's good to get paid.
But when you combine all four you get something that looks a lot like a virus. Now this last one might be a necessity of battling modern malware. (4) Full upgrades seem to be more and more frequent. (3) If users downgrade to the Free version, it gets switched back to Premium (and re-starts the 14 day countdown to the scareware message) EVERY TIME you do a full upgrade. (2) When the trial runs out, a warning appears that is intended to scare users into buying the Premium version - a warning that implies the user is in imminent danger. (1) When you install Malwarebytes Free, it defaults to the 14 day Premium Trial. That by itself doesn't mean a program is malware. What does most malware do? It tells you you are in sudden danger when you are not, in order to scare you into buying something.
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