It’s no secret that Malwarebytes Anti-Malware – MBAM to its friends – is a fast, effective and very popular Windows security tool, designed to work in tandem with your existing security software to offer a second – and often more accurate – opinion over whether your PC has been infected or not.

The free version offers basic, on-demand scanning and removal, but upgrade to the PRO version and you can safely run it in real-time alongside your existing security tool without performance penalty or conflict, maximising your security even further.

With version 2 fast approaching release status, now is the time to take advantage of our special PRO offer. We’re offering a lifetime, non-expiring single-PC license for MBAM PRO for just $18.95, a saving of 25 per cent on the MSRP.

Buy a lifetime PRO licence now, and it’ll work with the forthcoming Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 2.0 too.

What makes this deal so great is this: when version 2 is finally released, Malwarebytes will be switching its licensing model to an annual subscription. Although a single license will cover three PCs, you’ll need to renew it every 12 months to continue receiving protection. But if you purchase the license we’re offering here, you’ll never have to pay again: our non-expiring license is compatible with version 2 and will last for as long as MBAM PRO does.

We outline why MBAM is an essential part of your PC’s security toolkit here, but to summarise: it finds and removes items often overlooked by traditional security software because they fall into the grey area of being “potentially unwanted” rather than definitively malware. And while the cut-down free version will scan and remove everything, if you want real-time, always-on protection to sit alongside your existing security software, complete with scheduled scan support and the ability to block malicious websites, then MBAM PRO is quite simply essential.

You can road-test the PRO features as part of a free 14-day trial offered when you download and install Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Free. Advanced users can also get a sneak preview by downloading and installing Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 2.0 RC1. To purchase your lifetime, single-PC license for just $18.95, visit the Downloadcrew Software Store.