Bitdefender AntiVirus v10 |
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End User Experience
Size/Speed
Customer Support
Effectiveness
Ease of Use
Spyware Blocker
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USP:On the whole, currently, this is the best product one can have with a near-perfect way of maintaining Internet Security.
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Bitdefender is an award winning antivirus software,
which comes with a built-in firewall & Anti-spyware. It runs on
Windows 98, Me, 2000, and XP. It has a both 1 year & 2 year
subscriptions.
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User Experience |
Bitdefender installs smoothly without any
problems. It is a little bit heavy on the memory & processor.
Applications run a little bit slower on PCs with Bitdefender. This is
one of the main complaint by users. The previous version (Version 9)
runs better than the current version. When compared to other AntiVirus
software, it could be improved to reach the user expectations.
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| Size/Speed |
Speed
Considering all the reviews given by the users, the overall speed is
not up to the mark. There are complaints, that it gives extra load to
the PC & makes the system slow.
Size
Minimum 128 MB of RAM & 60MB of hard disk space. we suggest the
RAM size of 256MB, as a 128 MB RAM may make the system slow too slow.
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| Customer
Support |
Support
by phone is available. There were complaints about the support. It
seems that users have to wait on hold for long times.
It has Live online assistance. Once you login into your account, you
can access it. http://www.bitdefender.com/site/Live-Assistance.html
Apart
from this, Biddefender's official site (www.bitdefender.com)
has good technical resources & product documentation.
Support
will be provided for 1Year, as the subscription period is 1 Year for 1
user. Once your subscription gets expired you need to renew it.
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| Effectiveness |
It detects for rootkits (malicious programs
designed to control victim computers, while staying hidden) and removes
them on detection. Scans and disinfects infected files on access,
minimizing data loss. Provides filters against viruses that spread via
instant messaging and file sharing software applications.It also
provides safe and enjoyable web experience by filtering the Web traffic
in real-time even before reaching the users browser. Monitors and
prevents potential spyware threats in real-time, before they can damage
the system
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| Ease
of Use |
Installation
It installs
easily on most of the PCs with given
minimum specifications.
Uninstallation
It uninstalls easily, with a click of an icon,
which can be accessed
from the programs list. After uninstallation, it asks for a restart of
the computer. Thats all. The con we saw is, it leaves some files
& registry entries left over after the uninstallation. The
uninstall process could be better.
Dialy
Use
The user interface is pretty
simple &
easy to understand. It has a tiny Black Box just on the top of the
notification area. This is called as BitDefender's Scan Activity
monitor. A green line indicates when files are scanned for viruses and
spyware; BitDefender Antivirus 10 Plus customers will also see a red
for firewall activity. A right-click hides this feature but never fully
removes it. To remove the monitor, which we found to be distracting,
you'll need to go into the system configuration settings. Also on the
settings page, you can change the skin of the application from the
default red to a much calmer blue.
Coming to the interface of the control panel, it
has navigation
controls on the left sidefor General, Antivirus, Antispyware, and
Update. The general section contains options like ScanNow, update
& settings. There is a security level slider, which can be used
to modify the security settings, according to usage, with a click.
There are other options like, whether to scan the core files or the
entire file system. You can set these options according to your
security needs. It has a built-in firewall. when a program tries to
access internet, it notifies us to act, whether to grant or deny
permission.
Updates
The
built-in update manager regularly checks for any available updates. It
depends on how you set this feature. Either you can schedule this or
you can do a manual update. Most of the updates come into action
instantly, while some asks us to restart the computer.
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| Spyware Blocker |
This is one of the Anti-Virus programs which
provides built-in spyware & firewal. The other good feature in
it is, it has a built-in privacy protection module, which protects the
information. For example, when some program tries to send credit card
information online. It asks us, before it sends. By default this option
is disabled. You can enable this under the advanced settings menu.
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