Malwarebytes Lifecycle policy

As of April 4, 2019, product release history, user guides, and lifecycle information have been moved to the Malwarebytes Support site. Please go to https://support.malwarebytes.com/ and choose from the Home or Business Solutions for more information.

In order to make sure that users have the best threat protection possible and to focus our development efforts on continuing to protect users from new threats, Malwarebytes has published a lifecycle policy effective December 8, 2016. The purpose of this policy is to establish clear guidance on the expected lifetime of our software and technologies. This usually occurs whenever we release a new version of existing software, when we have brand-new software/a major evolution of existing software, or when we choose not to release any more versions of a product for business or technology reasons.

The Malwarebytes Lifecycle Policy applies to major, minor, and patch/service versions of our software. A version marks an update to our software and/or technologies. Version numbers are generally (but not consistently) differentiated with the nomenclature "X.YY.Z". Typically, a change in "X" indicates a major version update, which represents a large number of new features, bug fixes, and/or major software architectural or technological changes in the release. A change in "YY" indicates a minor version update, usually with a smaller number of new features and bug fixes. A change in (or addition of) "Z" represents a smaller planned patch or service release. Release versions may also be designated by Month and Year of general availability.

Malwarebytes products may include one or more separate software applications, each on their own lifecycle timeline. Furthermore, we may offer the same application in multiple products on separate lifecycle timelines. Please see our Product Lifecycle Matrix for more information on the lifecycles of specific Malwarebytes applications and versions.

When an individual software application is updated, it will be included in the latest version of the product .zip package. To access the update, simply re-download the .zip package from your original purchase document. If you don't have access to your original purchase document, please contact Support and we'll be happy to assist you.

Malwarebytes protection products include several prevention features that make up a layered defense strategy, protecting against daily threats. Each layer is designed to disrupt the attack chain at a different stage. While all Malwarebytes products are highly effective in dealing with attacks, our protection capabilities are most effective when you install all product components and take advantage of the full product suite, allowing each prevention layer to do the job for which it is best suited. While we understand that some customers use individual Malwarebytes standalone clients for remediation or to enhance an existing third-party endpoint security solution, relying only on one or two Malwarebytes standalone components (Anti-Malware, Anti-Exploit, or Anti-Ransomware) is not representative of the true protection capabilities of Malwarebytes when the full protection stack is deployed.

As technology continues to evolve we need to ensure that we focus our efforts on supporting the operating systems and conditions that our users are most frequently using. This helps us improve user experience by making our products widely accessible and yet finely tuned for various system configurations. Accordingly, Malwarebytes reserves the right to drop support for older operating systems, browsers, and other operating conditions with each release of a product or individual application. Generally, Malwarebytes does not recommend continued use of operating systems, browsers, and other operating conditions that are no longer supported by the developer.

Product Lifecycle Matrix