ThreatDown

ThreatDown by Malwarebytes — the leading business anti-virus and ransomware protection. IT Pro Expert is an official distributor.

What ThreatDown gives your business

• Next-gen anti-virus with ransomware protection and rollback.
• Endpoint threat detection and vulnerability assessment.
• Patch management and site monitoring.
• Application protection and DNS website blocking.
• Professional incident response.

What is ThreatDown?

ThreatDown is the latest leading anti-everything cyber protection for your business. It is true enterprise-level protection, but at the same time it is still suitable for absolutely everyone who would like the best protection for their computers. It sits alongside the rest of our cyber security services.

ThreatDown versus Malwarebytes

ThreatDown is the new name for Malwarebytes Business edition. It is the all-new product built on the long-established version that has been operating for 15+ years to become a global leader in threat protection. There is now a significant difference in product features between ThreatDown and the Malwarebytes personal edition.

The feature breakdown below shows why those differences matter. Ransomware rollback, for example, is the ability to recover your files from a ransomware attack that managed to bypass normal anti-virus protection. Typically this happens because you are specifically targeted with custom ransomware, or because the attack is very new and not yet in the protection database. Rollback can literally save your business from critical financial ruin — that alone is enough of a feature difference to make ThreatDown worthwhile.

Do you offer a discount for ThreatDown?

Yes — our prices are suitably cheaper than going through Malwarebytes direct. If you would like a ThreatDown discount code, please contact us for bulk purchases.

Is it worth paying more for ThreatDown Business over Malwarebytes Personal?

For anyone serious about protecting their business information, or even their personal digital life, ThreatDown is magnitudes better at all-round protection than Malwarebytes Personal. ThreatDown costs a little more than twice that of a single Malwarebytes personal or team licence, but you get what you pay for.

Many businesses will try to use the cheapest solution, but this is one area where you should really upgrade to the best protection. It is very tempting to hope it will never happen to you, but if you look at the costs and losses a company endures when hit with a viral or ransom attack, each one will tell you they wish they had done more before the incident.

We found that companies using the personal edition often had staff accidentally turn off protection without realising, forget to renew the licence, leave many devices unprotected because a user removed the product by accident, fail to notify IT of a threat that really needed investigation, and critically miss out on the defining differences now separating personal and business editions. It doesn't matter whether you are a small work-from-home business or a large corporate entity — you are a lot safer with ThreatDown.

The biggest misconception is thinking you have little to lose — until documents, photos, contacts, email data, email access, domain names and money are all encrypted or stolen because one person clicked a file share from a known associate.

What features do I get with ThreatDown that I don't get with Malwarebytes?

Only in the business edition

Where both editions overlap — and where they don't

• Anti-virus and anti-malware — next-gen engine on business, standard engine at home.
• Ransomware protection — on both, but only business can roll files back afterwards.
• Web protection — web, app, IP and email link protection on business; browser-only at home.
• Uninstall protection — enforced on business; optional and easily switched off at home.
• Brute force protection — business adds port scanning protection on top.
• Fast, lightweight package — neither edition slows the system down.
• Platform coverage — Windows, Mac, Linux, Chrome, iOS and Android on both.

Threat analysis sandbox

The sandbox analyses all categories of zero-day attack:

• Adware
• Fraudtool
• Hijack
• Ransomware
• Riskware
• Rogue
• Rootkit
• Spyware
• Trojan
• Virus
• Worm

Why can't I just use Microsoft Windows Defender?

In our own testing, detection rates for Microsoft Windows Defender were so low that any individual or company relying on it alone should assume they have very little protection. McAfee is another solution we advise against — it is often bundled with new computers, we have found it bloated and intrusive, and in our experience ineffective. It is usually the first product we uninstall on any new system. You will also see from the map below that, besides Microsoft Defender and McAfee, Norton, Sophos and Avast did not show reliable detection rates. In our view, several once-great anti-virus solutions have declined under new ownership and marketing-led direction.

How is ThreatDown better than ESET or any other anti-virus?

There are many other leading brands of anti-virus offering similar solutions to ThreatDown. However, if you look at the comparison of what other anti-virus systems miss when a user installs ThreatDown, you will see very quickly why it is our go-to product. Look at the map below, or open the live remediation map for more detail. The numbers speak for themselves, and ESET — once a leader — now sits behind on those figures.

Voted #1 in ease-of-use and user satisfaction, and the only vendor to receive 100% protection scores in 12 consecutive quarters. On G2, voted a leader in 42 categories including "Best Endpoint Protection" and "Best ROI with MDR".

How does ThreatDown compare for cyber security certification?

You will see in the chart below that ThreatDown Business has comprehensive certification across the board.

The dashboard

ThreatDown has an overview dashboard that includes extensive information and is easy to understand. Better still, if you purchase ThreatDown via IT Pro Expert we will take care of everything for you, and only notify you if there is a critical problem.