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Old Mar 27, 2010, 02:17 PM // 14:17   #1
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Default Malwarebytes vs Mc Afee

Hey guys,

Today I (finally) downloaded TexMod.
After the download I scanned my pc with Malwarebvytes and Superantispyware.
They both found nothing.
After that I ran Guild Wars and used a McAfee scan.
When i was playing i watched it and it found 7 viruses (Trojans)
I'm 99% Malwarebytes is right and nothing is infected.
Today i also downloaded a Youtube downloader wich was safe aswell but McAfee said it was a virus aswell.
Do i have to do something or just leave it?
P.S. it didn't see TexMod as a Trojan so far... Is this because I didn't run it?

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Old Mar 28, 2010, 04:50 PM // 16:50   #2
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Malwarebytes (if updated) is pretty good at catching spyware/malware etc... do remember though that the free download of that is not "Active" or "Real time" anti-virus protection. It will only detect things after you have them, I'd run it again and see if it picks up the same things that McAfee did.
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Old Mar 28, 2010, 11:11 PM // 23:11   #3
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You're comparing apples to oranges.

McAfee is a virus scanner (and a very poor one, switch to avast)
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware is a malware scannre, it scans for adware, spyware, and things of that nature.
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Old Mar 29, 2010, 03:30 AM // 03:30   #4
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McAfee would have picked up things as false positives. Malwarebytes will keep your computer safer than McAfee would anyway....terrible antivirus.
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