Protection

Malwarebytes is the next-gen cybersecurity company that millions worldwide trust. Malwarebytes proactively protects people and businesses against dangerous threats such as malware, ransomware, and exploits that escape detection by traditional antivirus solutions.

In 2004, Marcin Kleczynski, CEO of Malwarebytes, founded the company at the age of 14 after inadvertently infecting his parents’ computer with a virus—despite having a popular antivirus solution on the machine. While searching for a fix, Kleczynski looked to online experts and cybersecurity advice forums run by volunteers to help him clean his parents’ computer. The volunteers immediately jumped at the chance to help Kleczynski, and their kindness sparked his mission to offer a free anti-malware solution to protect against computer infections, malware, and ultimately, cybercriminals. Today, Kleczynski has grown his company to a team of more than 650 people in 18 countries that now protects millions of individuals and businesses.

Malwarebytes is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, with operating offices in Florida, Estonia, Ireland, and Singapore. Malwarebytes also employs a remote global team of researchers and experts.

Malware, also known as malicious software, is any malicious program or code that is harmful to computers and systems. Malware includes viruses, worms, Trojans, rogues, rootkits, spyware, bots, ransomware, and more.

Malwarebytes employs highly-advanced behavior-based and signature-less technology that has removed more than 5 billion malicious threats from computers and other endpoints worldwide. Malwarebytes’ capabilities extend well beyond the inefficient traditional tools of the past, detecting and removing dangerous known and unknown (zero-day) malware. Malwarebytes’ industry-leading detection techniques are more effective than other antivirus and endpoint security solutions, not only in identifying and eliminating malicious code, but also in repairing damaged files. This thorough remediation ensures that the computer is absolutely malware free. With each threat detected and removed, the technology gets smarter, enabling Malwarebytes solutions to be able to detect malware and exploits that have previously never been seen.

Malwarebytes has its roots in the worldwide malware hunting community, and remains close to that community. We devote a large amount of organizational and financial resources to hiring and nurturing engineering and malware research talent. We also support organizations that share our values, including the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Our vision: Everyone has the fundamental right to a malware-free existence.