Malware - Am I protected?

Malware infection rates are on the rise.  We would estimate that we currently average 3-4 malware infection removals a week across our users.  These systems had antivirus protection including NOD32, AVG, Norton, McAfee and Trend Micro.  Traditional antivirus software is admittedly bad at preventing the most typical type of infection these days: drive by downloads.  At this time there is no foolproof, real time protection from these types of infections.  The code in websites responsible for these drive by downloads is often contained in banners and advertising not under the direct control of the website author -- which explains how even reputable websites have been infected.

There is some hope on the horizon.  A tool specifically designed to block drive by downloads is being developed and should be available sometime this year.  At this time we have found Malwarebytes to be the most effective removal tool.  Their malware definitions are updated on a daily basis and have removed 95% of the infections we've encountered.

Please let us know if we can assist with your download/update/running of MalwareBytes.