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IObit Malware Fighter 4 is an advanced malware removal and browser secure utility that detects and removes infections and users’ most concerned online threats, and protects browser from potential malicious behavior in real time. It is combined with the world leading Bitdefender anti-virus engine to deliver a more comprehensive anti-malware and anti-spyware security solution to users. With the latest engines, IObit Malware Fighter 4 supports the removal of various potential spyware, adware, trojans, keyloggers, bots, worms, and hijackers more deeply and efficiently and it works well in Windows 10.

Please note: the license is provided for 1 year

System Requirements:

Windows 7 or later

Publisher:

iObit

Homepage:

www.iobit.com/en/malware-fighter-pro.php

File Size:

42.3 MB

Price:

$39.95

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#19

Okay, a bit off-topic, but has anyone seen or heard from Karl? I haven't seen a thing since the 'new & improved' format. Not that there aren't still very helpful posters, but I along with many others looked forward to Karl's informative reviews

Reply | Comment by Beatleboy – 7 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)

#18

Thank's GAOTD.

tried to install the program 3 times , lots of trouble installing it , finally when I got it installed , I find it is the free program , not the Pro. , very disappointing .

Reply | Comment by leftey – 7 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+1)

leftey,

When you activate the key, it turns into the Pro version.

Reply | Comment by Jim – 7 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+6)

leftey, IObit sends you a zip file which includes a readme.txt file and the program file. Inside the readme.txt file is the registration key that you can copy. HIghlight the code and then use CTRL-C to copy. In the program itself UNDER Activate Now (on the right bottom of the program on my monitor) it says enter code (in gray on my monitor). It is hard to see. If you click on enter code you can then paste the key CRTL-V. You will then have the Pro Version.

Reply | Comment by Dana – 7 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)

#17

IObit and anti malware protection in 1 sentence is joke! By now all computer users with basic knowledge knows that.They started their hilarious anti malware journey with I-OBit 360 Security(maybe the worst written ''anti-malware'' ever).Then they tried to remove ''The Joke'' reputation in this field with IObit Malware fighter PRO,and their 1st attempt (360 security) got competition:)
This is version 4 and they finally managed to pass 20% virus samples detection(22% to be correct)!!! Beside that ''success'' their malware fighter also detected many false positives.And all this is just a tip of iceberg related with this software company.The biggest question in any test performed on this crap is- how they can put price on this ''software''? Quality is years away from free solutions,but still they are so greedy(don't won't to use some other adjectives) to sell this! If You don't believe me,do the basic research before installing this-3 minutes is enough! They don't know how to fight with malware.They are one kind of malware!!

Reply | Comment by perpetumobile – 7 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+9)

#16

thanks

Reply | Comment by linz – 7 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-11)

#15

As others have said "They try to sneak in other programs." An inexperienced user will probably not pay attention, or think it's a free offering by Iobit. Iobit Malware Fighter 3.4 Pro was offered on 01/19/2016. I can't recall the reason, but I uninstalled it.
I do remember it installed Iobit Surfing Protection along with Malware Fighter. If I remember correctly, that has it's own uninstall icon.That's already handled by my Anvir Task Manager, so I uninstalled that immediately. From reviewing my Regshot log of Malware Fighter 3.4, I noticed it included a service be installed (IMF.exe), so it's running every time Windows starts up.
It also installs a legacy driver under HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\Root\LEGACY_FILEMONITOR\0000\Control and HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root\LEGACY_FILEMONITOR\0000\Control. Even Revo Uninstaller Pro does not remove these legacy entries. This is a good example why I choose to run Regshot during the installation.
I'm going to install this version anyway, to give you people a better examination of the program.

Reply | Comment by Jim – 7 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+2)

Jim,

Here's a review of installations steps.....You should use Custom Install on the first screen. Advanced System Care is listed but the checkbox is not checked. Leave it that way. Next, it wants to install Dashlane ( a password manager). The box is checked for Dashlane. Uncheck it. Then t wants your email for a free e=book valued at $9.95. You know you'll get an onslaught of emails if you give it to them. Don't do it, this is their third marketing attempt. Choose give up my gift. Now, the program comes to the front and says "Unprotected by Bitdefender Anti-virus. If you put in the license at this time, you can check the box for Bitdefender Anti-virus as this is only available in he Pro version which you now have after activating your license. I updated the database with no problem. Do not check the box that states "Automatically Remove . This doesn't give you the chance to review the results to choose which items to remove. On the Browser Protect page, "Homepage protection" was set to Off, so I opted to turn it off as Anvir Task Manager takes care of this for me. Anti-tracking was the only option available as a Pro version feature. I suggest the feature to be turned on. It also had a Plugin/Toolbar cleaner that would be good for inexperienced users.. On the Security Guard Page, Security re-enforce was set to off. I suggest turning it on. Guard Status states "Your system is fully protected". On the Action Center page, I would not suggest clicking Get now on any item, as I believe these may be paid features. I may be wrong, anybody want to set the record straight? The Password Manager downloads and installs Dashlane, which we previously declined.
32 *.exe files are installed in the C:\Programs Files (x86) directory. I'll have to go through each one using a resource hacker to find out if they can be deleted or not. Under the Drivers directory, you can choose your particular operating system and delete the rest. My system has a AMD chipset and is 64-bit, so I chose win7_amd64 and deleted all other which was 29 files and 10 folders taking up 1.2 MB of space. If you're strictly using the English version, you can delete all the other languages except for English.lang. Deleting the other 28 files saves you an additional 4.23MB of space.
After the scan completed, it found 1 threat out of 283GB. The file was cleanup.bat and was in the root of the C: directory. This file was created when I ran AVG Remover, a program by AVG, that removes leftover files and registry entries after uninstalling AVG Anti-virus. I don't see any reason that this was a threat, but I deleted the file anyway, as it served no purpose. The threat type was listed as "Misleading rogue.

Good Luck, people!

Jim,

Here's a review of installations steps.....You should use Custom Install on the first screen. Advanced System Care is listed but the checkbox is not checked. Leave it that way. Next, it wants to install Dashlane ( a password manager). The box is checked for Dashlane. Uncheck it. Then t wants your email for a free e=book valued at $9.95. You know you'll get an onslaught of emails if you give it to them. Don't do it, this is their third marketing attempt. Choose give up my gift. Now, the program comes to the front and says "Unprotected by Bitdefender Anti-virus. If you put in the license at this time, you can check the box for Bitdefender Anti-virus as this is only available in he Pro version which you now have after activating your license. I updated the database with no problem. Do not check the box that states "Automatically Remove . This doesn't give you the chance to review the results to choose which items to remove. On the Browser Protect page, "Homepage protection" was set to Off, so I opted to turn it off as Anvir Task Manager takes care of this for me. Anti-tracking was the only option available as a Pro version feature. I suggest the feature to be turned on. It also had a Plugin/Toolbar cleaner that would be good for inexperienced users.. On the Security Guard Page, Security re-enforce was set to off. I suggest turning it on. Guard Status states "Your system is fully protected". On the Action Center page, I would not suggest clicking Get now on any item, as I believe these may be paid features. I may be wrong, anybody want to set the record straight? The Password Manager downloads and installs Dashlane, which we previously declined.
32 *.exe files are installed in the C:\Programs Files (x86) directory. I'll have to go through each one using a resource hacker to find out if they can be deleted or not. Under the Drivers directory, you can choose your particular operating system and delete the rest. My system has a AMD chipset and is 64-bit, so I chose win7_amd64 and deleted all other which was 29 files and 10 folders taking up 1.2 MB of space. If you're strictly using the English version, you can delete all the other languages except for English.lang. Deleting the other 28 files saves you an additional 4.23MB of space. 
After the scan completed, it found 1 threat out of 283GB. The file was cleanup.bat and was in the root of the C: directory. This file was created when I ran AVG Remover, a program by AVG, that removes leftover files and registry entries after uninstalling AVG Anti-virus. I don't see any reason that this was a threat, but I deleted the file anyway, as it served no purpose. The threat type was listed as "Misleading rogue.

Good Luck, people!

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Reply | Comment by Jim – 7 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+9)

Jim,

It's strange that Emisoft amd malware Fighter sem to use the same database. You'll find C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\IObit Malware Fighter\Antivirus\Plugins\Emailware.000 and C:\Program Files\Emsisoft Anti-Malware\Signatures\BD\Emailware.000 are exactly the same size.

This goes on and on throughout both directories. That's at least 916 files of the exact filename and size. So, what's going on here. Are one of these programs an affiliate of the other?

Reply | Comment by Jim – 7 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)

Jim,

Seriously, my thanks to Jim for both entries

I had paid for multiple REVO uninstaller Pro licenses and wasn't aware that it couldn't handle everything repeat EVERYTHiNG.

Today I learnt more than 1 thing, so it has been a good day and Jim contributed in large part.

I may just write a letter to REVO too.

Reply | Comment by Peter C1 – 7 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)

#14

Seriously dev? if i do a full scan scan also all my mp3/flac 18gb collection???

and i cannot set up whitelist by file extension, only by directory???

also i already have bitdefender free installed, so i will never activate the bitdefender database too, will be nice if your software detect it and dont ask about.

Reply | Comment by antonio – 7 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+3)

#13

I won't use any IObit software as they have no scruples..just ask Malwarebytes.

@David For the most part, the Software comment section and Thumbs up and down is a shark infested cesspool.

@Wrascally Wabbit, thanks for the info.

Reply | Comment by delenn13 – 7 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+29)

delenn13,
And thank you from me to you for the emails reminding me about certain deals. appreciated.

Reply | Comment by Whiterabbit-uk – 7 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-1)

Hi delenn13. :-)

Do you know how that story finished (MBAM vs IOBIT)?

Thanks for the GOG suggestion the other day. ;-)

Reply | Comment by xilolee – 7 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-1)

delenn13,
Thanks for the update.
It's nice to see you're back on the front line !
Robert

Reply | Comment by StrayCat – 7 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+6)

xilolee,

Do you mean this ...IOBit Theft Conclusion - Malwarebytes News - Malwarebytes Forums. That is the last I recalled of the situation...

Reply | Comment by delenn13 – 7 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+1)

Darn - I should have thought ahead and never bothered.....Malware-bytes DOES the job....why would I mess up and "try" another one that won't activate anyway.........dumb me........

Reply | Comment by iwowntell – 7 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)

#12

IObit, the expert to destroy your windows registries. They put thousands of entries and when you remove their software, they still exist and can not be removed. Microsoft expert tolled me they are read only and locked with a 128 bit owner's key (IObit is the owner) and if they give you the key you may be able to delete them.
IObit never responded back nor ever gave me the owner's key to repair the registries.

Reply | Comment by Solit – 7 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+7)

Not sure but after I "dump" this, via REVO, perhaps a RESTORE will rid me of the THOUSANDS before the fact.......hopefully

Reply | Comment by iwowntell – 7 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)

#11

Downloaded Pro 4.3 from their site and only downloaded the key from GOTD. Registered and running successfully.

Reply | Comment by Phoenix – 7 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+3)

#10

This should be part of their SystemCare Ultimate package, but it isn't. How can you sell an "Ultimate" package that is missing such a major component?

Reply | Comment by DaNerd – 7 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+25)

Hi DaNerd. :-)

Moreover, they don't offer a comparison page (differences between free, pro and ultimate).

Reply | Comment by xilolee – 7 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+4)

DaNerd, actually it is. Advanced SystemCare Ultimate includes an antivirus which is the same as IObit Malware Fighter.

Reply | Comment by Roger – 7 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+2)

TK, I use the Advanced System Care Ultimate Pro and today's GOTD is the package needed to enable Bit Defender Engine! I did enjoy Jim's lengthy piece on installation and the cause and effects he found. I have found in the past that all of the software makers on the web offer the trial and teaser software at low prices! Most install trial options automatically if you are not careful and of course will bug the crap out of you for an upgrade. Having worked in the HVAC Automation Industry I found that providers that badmouth others should shunned. I am not privy to the Malware Bytes News but can say that they will bug the crap out of you and five years ago offered us a protection plan that gave 24 hour service via web and phone. They were pretty good and then outsourced the service to Bollywood. Idle techs would call us all hours of the day and night offering services or to un-fuck us for a fee! The US Military actually was contracting with one of the large Anti Virus Company's and my Brother In Law with Top Secret Clearance fell subject to about the same thing only the scumbag actually took control and rooted his PC. xxx All of this aside! I you buy from IOBit you will get a clean install and if you want they will install it for free.

Reply | Comment by Rick Martin – 7 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)

Be very careful to DECLINE loading PUP and Crapware on your computer when installing this product. My choice is Malwarebytes.

Reply | Comment by michaelangelo – 7 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+73)

michaelangelo, I have been using the IOBIT products for years after trying many others - they are worth buying

Reply | Comment by RonaldR – 7 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-7)

michaelangelo, Agreed. It also installs an IObit uninstaller that will uninstall any other IObit software on your machine?
I highly recommend EmsiSoft Anti-Malware.

Reply | Comment by DonS – 7 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+21)

Where do I enter the registration key?

Reply | Comment by Harry – 7 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-2)

IObit Malware Fighter 4 Pro isn't next year's model, but the addition of technology licensed from Bitdefender makes it significantly better than the dreadful IObit Malware Fighter 3 Pro that I reviewed last year. Even so, it's not a product I'd recommend.

Source: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2477847,00.asp

In conclusion avoid this one.

Reply | Comment by Mike – 7 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+4)

I have bought this product in about 3 months ago and I recomend it. Very fast, light and powerfull. I enjoy iObit products, thanks iObit. :)

Reply | Comment by Audrius – 7 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-5)

My advice is not to install this. It installs other programs not mentioned in the blurb and I am very suspicious of this sneaky behaviour. Smacks of backdoor pups.

Reply | Comment by bill – 7 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+66)

Bill, You are quite right. This company also nags you. They say your computer may not be secure. See middle screen shot above. They define "not secure" as you not having their other software. I use to have this but uninstalled it because of the misleading UI and the constant nags.

Reply | Comment by Ray – 7 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+3)

Bill,

I appreciate you taking the time to leave your advice and give everyone a word of warning.

However, as I am not positive as to which other programs you are referring to as you do not identify them, but if you are speaking about the Advanced System Care software, there is a check box on the End User License Agreement screen which you may select to install or not install by checking the box.

On the next screen, the install asks if you would like to install Dashlane, which is a password remembering tool, and again you may choose to install or not, by simply checking the box.

While it is true that the IObit Malware Fighter Pro 4 software description does not include mention of these two additional software titles, I do not think the company is trying to be deceptive or sneaky. I believe if it truly was suspicious behavior on their part, they would not give you the option to choose if you want to install the additional software or not, and would simply install it.

Again, I want thank you for your cautionary statement, but unless you are speaking about other software titles than the two I mentioned above, I personally believe the software is safe and I have installed the IObit Malware Fighter Pro 4 software and I will also recommend others to do so as well.

Reply | Comment by Craig – 7 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-9)

Craig,
If it was upfront there would be an option to decline the installation of the additional programs. A lot of malware gets installed by using this procedure and not everyone is computer savvy.

Reply | Comment by bill – 7 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+43)

Bill,

There is the option to decline the installation of the additional programs by checking or not checking the boxes?

However, that said, I did notice a piece of software that was installed that did not give me the option, that was the IObit Uninstaller software, which at first I thought was a link to simply uninstall the IObit Malware Fighter Pro 4 software. However, on further investigation, I see that it is actually another piece of software by IObit to uninstall all programs.

So therefore, I must now agree with Bill and state that IObit is not being totally upfront!

Please take fair warning that the IObit Malware Fighter Pro 4 software does indeed install additional software that you cannot choose to NOT install when installing the Obit Malware Fighter Pro 4. You can however uninstall the software after it has been installed on your system, but it would be a good suggestion to set a restore point before downloading and installing this software.

Thanks again Bill for your words of caution.

Reply | Comment by Craig – 7 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+8)

Hi everybody. :-)

Homepage website is mistyped (under the system requirements section on this page).

Correct: (add www. at the start) iobit.com/en/malware-fighter-pro.php

Reply | Comment by xilolee – 7 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+8)

xilolee, can open without www. at the start.

Reply | Comment by Evgeny – 7 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+2)

Evgeny, today.

Last time I skipped to write it needs www, the link didn't work and they thumbed me to death. :D

Reply | Comment by xilolee – 7 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-1)

I use Iobit Malware Fighter and it does a good job, but to be doubly sure it's best to run a total of 3 or 4 anti malware programs so that any malware missed by one program might be picked up by one of the others.

Reply | Comment by John Sykes – 7 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-26)

John Sykes, very bad advice. Multiple antivirus programs should not be run simultaneously as they can interfere with each other. Not all antivirus programs conflict but many do. Poorly informed computer users, such as yourself, would be better off running a single antivirus program.

Reply | Comment by kc4cop – 7 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-1)

John Sykes, If you like crashing, system damage, and all kinds of other problems, than just keep running all those other protections simultaneously. You should NEVER be running any more than Win Defender (if you desire to(, and ONE AV program at a time. You may not have probs that you know about, but believe me- you do! Sys slowdown is the very least of it!

Reply | Comment by Mike OD – 7 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+2)

John Sykes, before you run all of these anti-malware programs, make sure you've done your research as some of these will come with there own malware. It's like taking 1 step ahead and two steps back.

Reply | Comment by gerrymar – 7 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+2)

I tried a lot of av and malware products and finally settled on emisoft anti-malware

Reply | Comment by Craig Haywood – 7 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-11)

Craig Haywood, the company is called Emsisoft.

Reply | Comment by Your Teacher – 7 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)

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Reply | Comment by Whiterabbit-uk – 7 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-24)

DaveC,

Thank you Dave, It surprises me too, though it may be because it's not related to today's giveaway, which is fair enough. That said, even my reviews over on the game side are 'almost' negative these days, with single sentenced complaints or totally unrelated comments about anything other than the actual game getting more positive votes than the reviews.

Unfortunately we have a lot of disgruntled community members visiting these days, especially since all of the changes; whose sole mission seems to be to knock the site. If they understood the difficulties in getting developers to give away thousands of licenses, especially in the climate I've seen over the last year or so, they may be a little more appreciative of this site, which has for the past decade been serving the community admirably.

One of the reasons I continue to give my valuable time to this site (often 12 or more hours every week) voluntarily is because I'm thankful to the giveaway team for introducing me to many excellent software's and software developers over the years as well as expanding my horizons with respect to playing arcade games I'd previously avoided and, more importantly, having made some very good friends and good technical contributions from such regulars as Mikiem and Chris (to name just a few of the guys who post informative comments here and in the forums) over the years.

I find it really sad that we get so many negative comments when everything given away is free. (I'm not talking about negative comments about the actual software as everyone has their own preferences when it comes to choosing security and other types of software, plus some software really does deserve a good trouncing, but only from a technical point of view when comparing it to competitors. In the hope the dev's will do something about it.)?

DaveC, 
<blockquote>Thank you Dave, It surprises me too, though it may be because it's not related to  today's giveaway, which is fair enough.  That said, even my reviews over on the  game side    are 'almost'  negative these days, with single sentenced   complaints  or totally unrelated  comments  about anything other than the actual game getting more positive votes than the reviews.  </blockquote>
<blockquote>Unfortunately we have a lot of disgruntled  community members visiting these days, especially since all of the changes;  whose sole mission seems to be to  knock the site. If they understood the  difficulties in getting  developers to give away thousands of licenses, especially in  the climate I've seen over the last year or so,  they may be a little more appreciative of this site, which has for the past decade been serving the community  admirably.</blockquote>
<blockquote> One of the reasons I continue to give my valuable time to this site (often 12 or more hours every week)  voluntarily is because I'm thankful  to the  giveaway team for  introducing me to many excellent software's  and software developers over the years as well as   expanding  my horizons  with respect to playing  arcade games I'd previously avoided and, more importantly, having  made some very good friends and   good  technical  contributions from such regulars as Mikiem and Chris (to name just a few of the guys who post  informative comments here and in the forums) over the years.</blockquote>

<blockquote>I find it really sad that  we get so many negative  comments when  everything given away is free. (I'm not talking about negative  comments about the actual software as  everyone  has their own preferences when it comes to choosing security  and other types of  software, plus some software really does deserve   a good trouncing, but only from a technical point of view when comparing it to competitors. In the hope the dev's will do something about it.)?</blockquote>

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Reply | Comment by Whiterabbit-uk – 7 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+13)

DaveC, I would say it is because people don't find your comment, or lack of a comment, about today's software useful.
As to today's offer No thanks IObit have a bad reputation so I won't try anything from them.
They did use MalwareBytes software without consent now they are using Bitdefender, with consent I expect.
Why not just use Bitdefender?