SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 29, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Malwarebytes™, the leading advanced malware prevention and remediation solution, today announced it has been positioned in the Visionaries quadrant of the 2018 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms.

“Malware infections mean lost revenue and devastating implications for businesses,” said Marcin Kleczynski, CEO Malwarebytes. “Businesses need a solution that goes beyond the limitations of traditional antivirus products. We believe that the positioning of Malwarebytes in this Gartner Magic Quadrant validates our leadership and vision to continue as the enterprise’s best choice for advanced malware prevention and remediation. We feel that we continue to gain momentum as the incident response and endpoint protection tool of choice, offering a malware-free future for organizations of all sizes.”

Malwarebytes develops the best malware remediation tools on the market and has made significant strides in the creation of cutting-edge protection and remediation technology for businesses. In fact, in 2017 alone, Malwarebytes developed and released technology that is likely to cause organizations to reconsider their prior dependence on antivirus. With a single integrated endpoint agent, a new easy-to-deploy and use cloud-based management console and a new Anomaly Detection Engine integrated into Malwarebytes’ layered approach to security, Malwarebytes solves the most urgent and pressing security challenges facing the enterprise and consumer endpoints today, well ahead of most competitors.

Ransomware is an excellent example of Malwarebytes’ ability to identify the most pressing threats and proactively develop solutions that address these challenges. In 2017, Malwarebytes released and integrated Malwarebytes Anti-Ransomware into its core stable of solutions. More than 30 million threats are detected or blocked every day, feeding Malwarebytes’ growing artificial intelligence. We believe that this is just one of the many foresights that led to the inclusion of Malwarebytes in the Visionaries quadrant of this Magic Quadrant.                             

Malwarebytes has exceeded its execution objectives through superior technology and artificial intelligence development, high sustained sales and organization growth, strong recurring revenue, and positive cash flow generation. Enterprises and mid-size businesses worldwide are increasingly realizing the value of Malwarebytes for both their security and compliance programs. Organizations are deploying the full portfolio of Malwarebytes endpoint protection and remediation security software widely across the entirety of their operations. During the past 12 months, Malwarebytes experienced a seven-fold increase of large enterprise customers.

To download a complimentary copy of the full Gartner report visit, https://go.malwarebytes.com/2018GartnerMQ_PR.html.

Note: Gartner, “Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms,” Ian McShane, Avivah Litan, Eric Ouellet, Prateek Bhajanka, 24 January 2018.

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About Malwarebytes

Malwarebytes proactively protects people and businesses against dangerous threats such as malware, ransomware and exploits that escape detection by traditional antivirus solutions. Malwarebytes completely replaces antivirus solutions to remove the personal obstacles and business interruptions caused by modern cybersecurity threats. More than 10,000 businesses and millions of people trust Malwarebytes’ innovative machine-learning solutions and global team of researchers to identify emerging threats and to prevent and eradicate malware that antiquated security solutions miss and leave behind. For more information, please visit us at http://www.malwarebytes.com/.

Malwarebytes founder and CEO Marcin Kleczynski started the company to create the best disinfection and protection solutions to combat the world’s most harmful Internet threats. Marcin was recently named “CEO of the Year” in the Global Excellence awards and has been named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 Rising Stars of Enterprise Technology list and the Silicon Valley Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 award, adding those to an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award.

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