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A lot of security content assumes an IT background. Ours is aimed at someone deciding whether to run Malwarebytes for Windows alongside their existing antivirus, trying to understand what real-time protection actually means, or troubleshooting a scan that won't finish. Practical, plain-language answers over jargon.
Where our limits are
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