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Malwarebytes

by Malwarebytes · Proprietary

100/100how this is calculated

Cyber Security Software and Anti-Malware

Getting the right Malwarebytes offline installer

There is a specific reason people want this one offline: you are cleaning a machine whose internet is broken, often because malware broke it. A web installer is no help when the network stack is the casualty.

The installer listed here is the full standalone package with its published hash, so you can download it on a working computer, copy it across on a USB stick and run it on the affected machine.

Verifying the hash matters more than usual in this scenario. If you are dealing with a compromised system, confirming the installer is authentic before you run it is the whole point.

Download it from a clean machine

If the computer you are fixing is compromised, anything you download on it may already be tampered with. Download on a machine you trust, check the SHA-256 there, then transfer the file.

Record

Latest version
5.6.5.306
Release date
21 Aug 2026
Official page
https://www.malwarebytes.com/mwb-download
Package identifier
Malwarebytes.Malwarebytes

Official downloads

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.

More than one architecture below. Check which one your Windows is if you are not sure.

Verify the file you downloaded

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 "mb5-setup-consumer-5.6.5.306-163.0.5714-1.0.113552.exe" -Algorithm SHA256

macOS · Linux

shasum -a 256 "mb5-setup-consumer-5.6.5.306-163.0.5714-1.0.113552.exe"

Expected output

793d4f6d3df7193f975a5edb41f20fdcb5f35bd8d2f5b317ca424cd94289224a

Got a different hash, or one you cannot place? Paste it into the hash checker and it will tell you which program and version it belongs to, past releases included.

Install Malwarebytes silently

The unattended switch below is the one Malwarebytes declares in the installer manifest, not one we guessed by trying flags.

32-bit · machine scope · publisher-declared

.\mb5-setup-consumer-5.6.5.306-163.0.5714-1.0.113552.exe /VERYSILENT /NORESTART

Run it from the folder holding the downloaded file, in a terminal opened as administrator when the package installs for all users. Silent means no window and no prompts, so check the exit code rather than waiting for something to appear: 0 is success and 3010 means it worked but wants a reboot.

Silent install commands for every program we index

Download Malwarebytes for Mac

The macOS build as Homebrew declares it, with the same treatment as the Windows side: the publisher's own URL and a hash to check it against.

Version on Homebrew
5.26.1.4152
File name
Malwarebytes-Mac-5.26.1.4152.pkg
Download URL
https://data-cdn.mbamupdates.com/web/mb5_mac/Malwarebytes-Mac-5.26.1.4152.pkg
SHA-256
151aab6e5251e50728507560776d0ec7dd84f04e4291e49e7f2f25059228b8f9
Install with Homebrew
brew install --cask malwarebytes

How we scored this 100 out of 100

SignalFindingPoints
SHA-256 hash published2 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 provenance2 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 HTTPS2 of 2 over HTTPSAn installer fetched over plain HTTP can be modified in transit.15 / 15
Release recencylast release about 0 months agoSoftware that has not shipped in years accumulates unpatched vulnerabilities.15 / 15
Licence declaredProprietaryA declared licence tells you what you are actually allowed to do with the software.5 / 5

Is Malwarebytes safe to download?

Yes, in the sense we can actually verify: the installer downloads from mbamupdates.com, which is a domain we have tied to Malwarebytes.

Every one of the 2 installers on this page comes with the SHA-256 Malwarebytes declared, so you do not have to take our word for it: hash the file you downloaded and compare.

What this does not tell you is whether the software itself is any good, or whether you want what it does once installed. A publisher can ship something you would rather not run and the download is still authentic. We answer the question we can measure and leave the other one to you.

If Windows says “Windows protected your PC” when you run it, that is SmartScreen reporting reputation, not a malware verdict — it shows up on perfectly legitimate software from small publishers and on releases that are simply new. The reverse matters more: no warning does not mean the file was checked.

How the 100/100 score is calculated · why the source matters more than the reputation

Install Malwarebytes with winget

Windows ships with a package manager, and this program is in it. The identifier below is the one Microsoft's repository uses, which is also where the download URL and hash on this page come from.

Install

winget install --id Malwarebytes.Malwarebytes --exact

Upgrade later

winget upgrade --id Malwarebytes.Malwarebytes

Why --exact: without it winget matches on name as well as identifier, and a search that returns more than one package makes it stop and ask rather than install. Pinning the identifier is what makes the command safe to put in a script.

Not installing anything, or getting an error back? The commands that actually come up covers upgrading everything at once, what --include-unknown is for, and why winget can be missing from a machine that should have it.

Old versions of Malwarebytes1 with hashes

The version history of Malwarebytes, each release with the download URL the publisher declared at the time and the SHA-256 to check it against. Useful when an update breaks something and you need to downgrade to a build that worked.

We do not host any of these files and never re-upload them, which is the difference between this and an old-version download site.

5.1.4.112

  • MBSetup.exe32-bitofficial URL

    56C6AC5F07CF1E4D374FB8E36E5316FA24B4EA055A9542252E41946769200A8C

Publishers take old builds offline without warning, so a link here can stop working even though the hash stays correct forever. If you already have the file, the hash is what matters: it tells you whether what you have is what they published.

Every version on record2

Every Malwarebytes version with a published manifest, newest first. The most recent ones are listed above with their file names and hashes.

  • 5.6.5.306
  • 5.1.4.112

Common questions

How do I install Malwarebytes on a PC with no internet?
Download the full offline installer on a working computer, verify its SHA-256 against the value on this page, copy it to a USB drive and run it on the affected machine.

Similar programs we index

Matched on the categories Malwarebytes and others declare in their own manifests, so the grouping is theirs rather than ours. Each one has its official URL and hash on the same terms as this page.

More programs we index

Not related to Malwarebytes — just other entries, each with its own official URL and published hash.

Where our data comes from

Windows manifest
github.com/microsoft/winget-pkgs/tree/master/manifests/m/Malwarebytes/Malwarebytes/5.6.5.306
macOS cask
formulae.brew.sh/cask/malwarebytes