Malwarebytes is one of the best anti-malware programs ever made.

It has both free and paid versions, but even the free version is worth having around.

Here’s how you’re free to use it to remove malware from your PC.

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Pre-Scan

DownloadMalwarebytes Anti-Malwarefrom its official website.

You might be able to find it on other websites, butyou should always be leery of them.

Get it from the official website.

The Malwarebytes main screen.

When you first start Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware up, this is the window that you will see.

choose the gear icon in the top right corner of the window.

You should run a full system scan.

Click “Check for Updates,” and make sure automatic updates are enabled.

poke the “Scan” area to get started.

You have to click anywhere other than the actual blue “Scan” button.

when you obtain clicked “Scan,” click “Advanced Scanners.”

Click anywhere in the "Scanner" section except the blue "Scan" button.

Click “Configure Scan.”

Tick all of the scan options, and opt for drives you want to scan.

Click “Scan” once you’re satisfied.

Click on “Advanced Scanners."

It may be a good idea to set up the scan to run overnight.

after you snag clicked “Scan”, you will see a window indicating the progress of the scan.

You should take whatever actions Malwarebytes recommends unless you have an extremely good reason to ignore the recommendations.

Click “Configure Scan."

Click “Yes” to start the reboot process.

Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware works with minimum fussing and gets the job done, plain and simple.

Select all of your scan options, including the drives you want to scan, then click “Scan."

Window showing scan progress.

One PUP was found, so click “Quarantine."