![]() (The Bitdefender Adware Removal Tool did so again when we ran it a second time.) Malwarebytes did, however, suggest a system reboot to finish the adware-removal process such a step could be viewed as more intrusive, but also as more effective. Nor did Malwarebytes Anti-Malware, which is renowned for not interfering with installed antivirus software, trigger Sophos to move things into quarantine. Its scan took more than twice as long as Bitdefender's, but while Bitdefender found nothing, Malwarebytes found 10 pieces of adware or other potentially unwanted programs on the same computer ("none of them malicious," the software noted). To compare the Bitdefender Adware Removal Tool to the adware-removal market leader, we ran Malwarebytes Anti-Malware on the first computer. (On a PC that had Bitdefender Antivirus Plus installed, the Bitdefender Adware Removal Tool wouldn't run at all, telling us that we were already protected.) As the Bitdefender tool scanned, the Sophos software alerted us to the presence of at least two pieces of adware or other potentially unwanted programs, moving them into quarantine and then, just as mysteriously, moving them out.Īt first, we thought that Sophos might be detecting the Bitdefender tool as adware, but the latter happily continued to scan as Sophos made up its mind about what it had quarantined. ![]() Running the Bitdefender Adware Removal Tool suddenly woke up Sophos Endpoint Security and Control, our normally sleepy antivirus solution.
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