Above is the full video review were I give you the breakdown and the looks of the program.
Protection
When it comes to protection ratings Bitdefender is the best according to Av-test.org who has given Bitdefender a 100% rating two times in a row. This protection rating is truly amazing which is why I recommend this or Kaspersky when paying. However, Bitdefender has said lets try to branch out by offering a free program. Now this program does offer you all the essential protection that you need to survive the internet. This coupled with the Bitdefender Traffic light makes your computer an unstoppable force. The program is able to stay light but protect you by doing it in a very new way. Most antivirus products scan pages and running files. However if the file does not run then you could still be infected, and they do not do a proactive scan while Bitdefender says lets take that system and add one new idea. This program scans all download programs and files. This is meant to offer a more secure level of protection, while other products scan for behaviour Bitdefender says let me do the hard work and you just relax, but hey relaxing is easy when you have the best Antivirus product on the market (according to test results).
Features
This program while light has a strange way of showing its features which puts a lot of people off. However, I don't mind because I can see what it is that they are scanning and monitoring. It- Full protection. This program gives you all of the necessary shields for free.
- Idle Scanning- While you don't do anything Bitdefender takes the time to scan your computer for malware by scanning important sectors and then it breaks down to more common files.
- My Bitdefender Login- This service will allow your account to monitor what services you have connected. This is also a great place to setup your facebook and twitter protection.
- New Quarantine Menu- Bitdefender released a patch that now moves items to Quarantine rather than deleting them on the spot.
- On Demand Scanner- You have the ability to right click on any file/folder/disk and Bitdefender will scan the selected items. Most antivirus programs have this ability with the exception of a few (Windows Defender), but it is still nice to have this feature since there is no pre built scans in Bitdefender Free.
Settings
If you are a power user then this is not the product that you are looking for. However why pass up better protection for tools that you will never use? The fact is that there are no settings in this product from the time you install it until you remove it there are not settings. However, when a program that is made around an Auto-Pilot idea what would you expect. Now while this is a slight annoyance it is respectable because it makes our lives easier and power users/ data hogs are not a large group so naturally they are not the target market.
Recommendation ( To Possible Users)
You should use this program if you are using an old computer and need a way to protect it. This program is great because it is consuming about 9mb worth of RAM which is really light as far as antivirus programs go. If you are not concerned with memory usage, but rather the ability to set it up and go then this is definitely the program for you. You might just want a great antivirus program for free and why not choose the best (according to testing).
Test Results
From the last 3 tests provided by Av-test.org Bitdefender Scored a perfect score. To put this in perspective Microsoft Security Essentials has failed 3 times in a row, so why settle for a heavier program with less protection?
Download Bitdefender Free Here: http://www.bitdefender.com/solutions/free.html
Changes (Towards To Company)
- Give us more information from My Bitdefender. Give us logs, detections, websites blocked, something that will give us information about the security of our computer and web surfing habits.
- Allow a custom website block in Bitdefender (All Versions). The reason I say this is because Bitdefender can't give us 100% security and I have a couple of my old block lists sitting around that I can add. This will also work well with parental blocking.
- Allow a setting for Bitdefender to scan with certain parameters, the traditional scan types (Quick, Full, Smart).
Question
What are your thoughts about Bitdefender's Free Antivirus?
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