Malwarebytes Free is a great tool to help clean up your device or check if anything has been damaged after a cyberattack. With Malwarebytes' paid features, you can stop these attacks before they happen with protections such as scheduled Threat Scans and Malware Protection. When you pay for Malwarebytes' advanced features, your device is always actively protected, giving you peace of mind.
The tables below show which features are free and which require a subscription on Windows, Mac, Android, and iOS devices. If you wish to upgrade your subscription to include paid features, check out Add devices or upgrade your subscription.
Windows and Mac
| Feature | Windows | Mac |
|---|---|---|
| Quick Scan | Free | Free |
| Custom Scan | Free | Free |
| Threat Scan | Paid | Paid |
| Scheduled Scan | Paid | Free 1x a month | Paid |
| Real-Time Protection | Paid | Paid |
| Web Protection | Paid | Paid |
| Malware Protection | Paid | Paid |
| Ransomware Protection | Paid | - |
| Exploit Protection | Paid | - |
| App Block | - | Paid |
| Privacy Controls | Free | - |
| Remote Desktop Monitoring | Free |
- |
| Windows Firewall Control | Free |
- |
| Mac Firewall Tools | - |
Free |
| System Tweaks | Free |
- |
| Startup Applications | Free |
- |
| File Shredder | Free |
- |
| Digital Footprint Scan | Free | Free |
| Scam Guard | Free | Free |
Android, iOS, and iPadOS
| Feature | iOS | iPadOS | Android |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scanner | - | - | Free |
| Real-Time Protection | - | - | Paid |
| Ransomware protection | - | - | Paid |
| Safe browsing scanner | - | - | Paid |
| Web protection | Paid | Paid | - |
| Call protection | Paid | - | - |
| Ad blocking | Free | Free | - |
| SMS protection | Free | - | Free |
| Scam Guard | Free | Free | Free |