All applications installed on your computer can have flaws in their codes that can be exploited to deliver malware and cause all kinds of problems. These security vulnerabilities are known as “exploits” and they most often affect web browsers. That's one of the reasons why web browsers are so often updated, as they are considerably prone to being harmed by exploits. Anyway, a better way to protect yourself and your data against being affected by exploits than to wait for your browsers to be updated is to install and use Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit, a handy tool created with the sole and specific purpose of offering reliable protection against this type of threat.
Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit is remarkably reliable and accurate, mostly thanks to the fact that it protects browsers against exploits by using no less than four security layers. I wouldn't have expected otherwise, as the Malwarebytes security products are well-known for their reliability.
It supports all the popular browsers like Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Opera, and others, and it works perfectly fine next to your usual antivirus solution.
The free version of Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit can protect only web browsers and Java against exploits, but if you purchase the Premium version you can protect other apps as well, such as media players, office suites, PDF readers, and so on.
Cutting long story short, Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit is a handy tool that anyone interested in the security of their data should consider starting to use.
v1.8 [Sep 13, 2015]
New Features:
• Added Layer0 Dynamic Anti-HeapSpraying mitigation
• Added Layer0 Anti-Exploit fingerprinting mitigation
• Added Layer0 finetuned VBScript mitigation for IE
• Added Layer1 ROP-RET gadget detection mitigation
• Added Layer3 Application Behavior rules
• Added protection for Microsoft Edge
• Added protection for LibreOffice
• Added failover upgrade mechanism
• Added auto-recovery for Anti-Exploit service
Fixes:
• Fixed conflict with third-party products that use the same hooks
• Fixed conflict with Office family profile
• Fixed conflict with banking software plugin for browsers
• Fixed conflict with Citrix when opening IE
• Fixed conflict with components from Asus and Huawei
• Fixed conflict with Kaspersky 16
• Fixed conflict with Comodo
• Fixed conflict with Imprivata OneSign
• Fixed issue when custom shields were not kept after upgrade
• Fixed issue with exclusions sometimes not applied to PDF profile
• Fixed issue with Layer3 Application Behavior
• Fixed issue with missing balloon notifications
• Fixed issue with missing balloon notifications
• Fixed false positive with Adobe Acrobat
• Fixed false positive with certain .NET modules under IE
• Fixed PhantomPDF crash when converting to doc
