Usually, people search for free malware removal when it’s already too late, when their computers are already infected. That’s logic, because if they weren’t infected, the search would have been for free anti-malware software, without the word “removal”. If you got here before this happened to you, then you’re lucky, as I have recently discovered a great anti malware solution which is free: Malwarebytes.

Malwarebytes Features

• Operating systems: Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista (both 32-bit and 64-bit versions). I don’t know if it’s compatible also with Windows 7, but perhaps you could check on this on their website
• Fast scanning ability: yes
• Full scan for all computer drives: yes
• Active protection module: available, but in the paid version of the software only
• Program updates: yes, but in the free version, database updates aren’t automatically installed, so you need to remember to do it by hand. All you have to do is press a button, but you need to remember actually doing it.
• Quarantine: yes. You can either delete or restore items in quarantine, that’s your choice. I suppose we’d be happier if it managed to clean those items, but still it’s OK. While viruses are programs that infect files inside your computer, malware threats are files that install themselves on your computer, but they don’t interfere with your other files on the hard disks, so having these malicious items quarantined is probably the best way to go.
• Multilingual support: yes. Besides English, here are the other languages supported: English, Albanian, Arabic, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Korean, Latvian, Macedonian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian.
• Command line support for quick scanning: yes
• Scan files on demand: yes
• Compatibility with other anti-malware programs: yes

As you can see, most features are available in the free version. However, if you want 24/7 protection for your computer, you may consider buying the commercial module which is $24.95, one time fee in case you need it for personal use only. If you need it for a business, you have to pay a yearly fee. I don’t know how much that is, but if you make this inquiry on the Malwarebytes website, I’m sure they’d get back to you pretty soon. I’m using my computer for personal purposes only, so I downloaded and installed the free software. I was amazed to discover that I actually needed such an in-depth scan. My computer was full of malicious things that this free malware removal software discovered and removed.