Reviews of Malware Defender

1. 
   emanresU deriseD

   Reviewing 2.5.0 (Feb 5, 2010)

   I took a chance on this application again, now that a couple new versions have been released.
   
   Mistake.
   
   This time, I left all protection components enabled. I was looking the application over, becoming very impressed with the interface and all the features. Until I made the mistake of trying to view user hooks, that is. When I did that, a "Scanning for hooks..." dialog appeared, and before long, it made my system essentially freeze. Not the preferable kind of freeze where it's simply totally frozen and you know you have to hit the reset button, so you just go right ahead and do so. No, this was the kind of near-freeze where the mouse cursor will move at an agonizingly slow pace, and you can see consistent disk activity. Yet you cannot really do anything with the system. So, you wait and wait, trying to avoid doing a hard reset.
   
   The waiting was pointless, since the system never came back. I removed Malicious Descender and will NEVER install it again.
2. 
   dhry

   Reviewing 2.4.4 (Nov 28, 2009)

   Hah! I'm sure it wasn't a cracked version - I'm reasonably confident I got it either from the link here or from Softpedia. However, I just installed it again a little while ago and it looks like it's working fine now. I was actually surprised the first time round because Registry Workshop was such a cool program. Haven't tested this all the way yet, I'll throw in three stars for now and possibly upgrade once I've given it a run through.
3. 
   emanresU deriseD

   Reviewing 2.3.0 (Jul 25, 2009)

   Hah, dihrty gets caught trying to steal software, by the author!
   
   I think the name of this program is a bit odd; normally, if you call yourself "X Defender", that means you defend "X" (rather than defending AGAINST "X"). So "Malware Defender" at first sight seems like it's intended to defend malware, rather than defend your system against malware. OK, whatever.
   
   I installed it, and enabled ONLY the network protection. I also enabled "Learning Mode". Yet the program still prevented some of my software from working. Programs like KatMouse and AltMove, which rely on global hooks, were dead in the water. There was nothing in the logs. Hooks were not supposed to be blocked in the first place.
   
   At least it has the appearance of a great application.
4. 
   torchsoft

   Reviewing 2.0.5 (Mar 7, 2009)

   To dhry:
   
   Where did you download the trail version? It seems only the cracked version have such problems.
5. 
   wat0114

   Reviewing 2.0.5 (Feb 17, 2009)

   Check the logs; if you see any deny entries on legitimate actions, right-click the entry and select "create permit rule". Done! Also, you should re-boot a few times and log into all accounts while in learning mode. You may also have a conflict with other security software. I'd suggest to anyone report problems here: http://www.torchsoft.com/en/support.html This is excellent software that has gotten better with the addition of network protection, affording control of both inbound and outbound connections. The author has resolved other bugs and continues to respond to issues in a timely manner.
   
   Contrary to what the person below might think, this is highly deserving of 5 stars.

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