What Is MLG Antivirus All About?

Have you ever heard about MLG antivirus? Did you find the MLG meme amusing and wish your antivirus behaved like MLG? Did you try to download and install it on your computer?

If you’ve ever thought of MLG as a real antivirus, then you should read this post.

MLG first appeared in 2015 in a YouTube video uploaded by Materialisimo, a Mexican YouTuber. This post contains all that you should know about MLG antivirus.

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What Is MLG Antivirus?

MLG is a USB antivirus that existed in Materialisimo’s YouTube meme and in the “Killing Dora” series. In the video uploaded by Materialisimo on June 30, 2015, Materialisimo was watching the “best club penguin.”

Suddenly, an ad appeared asking him to shoot all the iPads in a game to win a free iPad; Materialisimo played the game, shot all the iPads, and won a free iPad which he has to download on his device.

Materialisimo downloaded the iPad to his computer, and the iPad turned out to be a virus file; his computer started behaving weirdly, showing signs of virus attack. Materialisimo turned to “Yahoo answers” for a solution; “ComputerExpert69 says to Materialisimo, ‘get a dank antivirus m9,’ and Materialisimo suddenly realized he has ‘dank antivirus M9,’ a supposed MLG antivirus version.

Materialisimo is seen rummaging through his junk, and he finally found an MLG antivirus USB plug he installed on his computer.

After completing the installation, Snipers and Ninjas engaged the Illuminati virus in a dank war on Materialisimo’s screen. MLG antivirus and Ninjas were overpowering the Illuminati virus rogues forcing the virus rogues to combine and transform into a powerful Supervirus with the face of the Joker.

Both engaged in a powerful shootout using laser beams. MLG was almost being overpowered, but drawing on reserve power, MLG antivirus conquered the Illuminati super virus, restoring Materialisimo’s computer to its normal state.

Key Takeaways From Materialisimo’s Dank War

Materialisimo’s YouTube meme became the most popular YouTube video in 2015, but what important lessons should you learn?

There is no iPad to be won online, so do not be tempted to obey the instruction asking you to click on a link to win a gift or a prize.
Don’t click on files on your computer with an executable (.exe) extension if you’ve not downloaded any program file to your system
Your computer will behave the same way as Materialisimo’s computer is infected with viruses.
You need a robust antivirus to protect your computer.
For the laymen, the antivirus program works in a similar way as portrayed in Materialisimo’s meme; strong antivirus fights the viruses and other malware on your computer and overpowers them. Imagine if you’re using a less powerful antivirus, then the virus will have a filled day replicating itself, slowing down your computer, and destroying your files and valuable programs, and finally crashing your computer.

Recommended Antivirus Programs

If you’re not sure of what Antivirus software to install on your computer, here is a list of carefully selected and tested antivirus powerful enough to protect your computer from existing and evolving malware.

BullGuard Antivirus: Best for gamers
Heimdal Security: Best for internet protection
Norton 360 Antivirus: Best for data and file protection
McAfee Total Security: Best for storage protection and safe browsing
Kaspersky Antivirus: Robust virus protection and additional internet security
Intego Antivirus: Best for protecting Mac OS

What You Should Know About MLG Antivirus?

MLG Antivirus is not a real virus

MLG Antivirus is not a real virus; therefore, it is not an existing antivirus like Panda, Norton, Bullguard, Heimdall, Avira, Avast, etc. Unlike the real antivirus mentioned above, you cannot download or subscribe to an MLG antivirus package; attempting to do so might result in you downloading viruses on your computer.

MLG Antivirus cannot protect your computer

Since MLG antivirus is not a real antivirus, therefore, it cannot protect your computer from malware infection. The purpose of Materialisiomo’s meme is to create an awareness of how important antivirus is in protecting your computer from malware infection.

There might not be a real antivirus called MLG antivirus in the future

As I have earlier pointed out, MLG antivirus is NOT an existing antivirus; the purpose of Materialisimo’s meme is to create an awareness of the importance of antivirus, not to advertise an antivirus.

There might be an MLG antivirus in the future, but presently, it only exists in Materialisimo’s meme and in “killing Dora.” Who knows, someday in the future, we might have a real antivirus named MLG, but until then, MLG is not a real antivirus, and you should not attempt to search for or download an MLG antivirus online.

Bottom Line

You have learned that MLG antivirus is not a real antivirus that exists alongside popular antiviruses; you have also realized that it is important to have a real antivirus installed on your computer.

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Daniel Segun is the Founder and CEO of SecureBlitz Cybersecurity Media, with a background in Computer Science and Digital Marketing. When not writing, he's probably busy designing graphics or developing websites.

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