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MBAM Free does NOT provide real-time protection.
It is only a manual, on-demand scanner.
It can only detect/remove malware that has made it on to the system, past your AV.
If you want realtime protection to help PREVENT infection with zero-hour and zero-day threats often missed by the AV, then you will need the paid, Premium version. (The same is true for the few, other, robust anti-malware applications: they are paid.)
As far as "free" AVs, you may find this post interesting/helpful: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/foru.../#entry3833274
Most of the "free" AVs now come with bundled toolbars, marketing ads for their own paid products, weak support, limited features, or other drawbacks. Personally, I think that the nominal cost of robust, paid security applications is worth the investment. The cost works out to a fraction of a penny per day per computer. And it is much less expensive than the lost time, productivity and effort to rebuild or recover from a serious malware episode, data breach or other catastrophe.
Having said all that, no one security application or combination thereof can provide 100% protection all of the time.
Many/most computer infections start with the computer component between the chair and the keyboard.
Safe computing practices are the first and last line of defense.
Cheers,
MM
Give Panda Free a look. It's a top rated antivirus and does not come with toolbars and other junk. I am using it along with Malwarebytes Free and love it. Just note that the free version of Bitdefender does not work properly with Windows 10 at this time.
I use Avast AIS, it is not free but they have a free version. New just released a few days ago.
Currently My favorite is Bitdefender. I use to use Avast! Pro, but switched. Others are AVG, Norton and McAfee.