Malwarebytes

Name: Malwarebytes
Author: Malwarebytes

by Malwarebytes · Proprietary

Cyber Security Software and Anti-Malware

Record

These URLs are the ones Malwarebytes declares in its own manifest. We do not proxy or shorten them, and we do not host a copy.

exemachine scopedata-cdn.mbamupdates.com · publisher-owned

exemachine scopedata-cdn.mbamupdates.com · publisher-owned

Run this against the file on disk. If the output does not match the hash below, the file is not what Malwarebytes published. Delete it.

Windows · PowerShell

Get-FileHash "MBSetup.exe" -Algorithm SHA256

macOS · Linux

shasum -a 256 "MBSetup.exe"

Expected output

56c6ac5f07cf1e4d374fb8e36e5316fa24b4ea055a9542252e41946769200a8c

Version on Homebrew: 5.25.2.4106
Download URL: https://data-cdn.mbamupdates.com/web/mb5_mac/Malwarebytes-Mac-5.25.2.4106.pkg
SHA-256: 58495a7f13b61887d3a9309c317a8342b45ede6752704ab0f634e44904d665a7
Install with Homebrew: brew install --cask malwarebytes

Signal	Finding	Points
SHA-256 hash published	2 of 2 installers ship a SHA-256 hashWithout a published hash there is no way to prove the file you downloaded is the file the publisher built.	30 / 30
Binary provenance	2 on a domain owned by the publisherThe strongest signal against a repackaged installer: the file should come from the publisher, not from a mirror nobody vouches for.	35 / 35
Served over HTTPS	2 of 2 over HTTPSAn installer fetched over plain HTTP can be modified in transit.	15 / 15
Licence declared	ProprietaryA declared licence tells you what you are actually allowed to do with the software.	5 / 5

Every version with a published manifest, newest first. Useful when you need an older build for compatibility.

Windows manifest: github.com/microsoft/winget-pkgs/tree/master/manifests/m/Malwarebytes/Malwarebytes/5.1.4.112
macOS cask: formulae.brew.sh/cask/malwarebytes