First and foremost, Trend Micro does not suggest, nor officially support, the installation of both Apex One full feature agent with Malwarebytes endpoint anti-virus products as stated in this article.
As Apex One covers all of the functionality of the Malwarebytes endpoint products, it makes this setup redundant while introducing the possibility of issues when operating simultaneously together.
Feature Comparison of Apex One and Malwarebytes
| Features | Apex One | MalwareBytes |
|---|---|---|
| ENDPOINT SECURITY | ||
| Anti-Malware | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Machine Learning | Pre-Execution, Runtime | Pre-Execution |
| Malware Behavior Blocking | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Ransomware Protection | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Web Threat Protection | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Anti-Exploit | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Virtual Patching | ✔️ | ❌ |
| Application Whitelisting | ✔️ | ❌ |
| Sandbox Analysis | Cloud/On-Prem | Cloud |
| ENDPOINT DETECTION AND RESPONSE | ||
| Continuous Endpoint Activity Recording | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Endpoint & Email Correlation (XDR for Users) | ✔️ | ❌ |
| Root Cause Analysis | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Historical/Live Investigations | ✔️ | ❌ |
| Automated Response | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Endpoint Isolation | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Advanced Remediation | In Roadmap | ✔️ |
| DATA PROTECTION | ||
| Data Loss Prevention (DLP) | ✔️ | ❌ |
| Device Control | ✔️ | ❌ |
| PLATFORM SUPPORT | ||
| Single Agent | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| SaaS/On-Prem Deployment | SaaS, On-Prem | SaaS |
| Supported Platforms | Windows, Mac, Linux | Windows, Mac |
If the need to install both products on the same host is required, then the application of mutual exclusions to both products is necessary.