Malwarebytes is a next-generation antivirus replacement. Malwarebytes is the first of its kind for home users, employing four independent technology modules anti-malware, anti-ransomware, anti-exploit, and malicious website protection to block and remove both known and unknown threats. Malwarebytes has been engineered to provide the most effective layered approach of prevention, detection and remediation technologies. Malwarebytes detects malware automatically, before it can infect, shields vulnerable systems and software from exploit attacks, stops ransomware attacks before your data is held hostage, prevents access to and from known malicious webpages, Detects and removes malware and advanced threats, removes rootkits and repairs the files they damage.