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Bitdefender Antivirus Plus
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Manufacturer: Softwin
Version: V.10
Best price: $49.95
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Overall Rating
Ease Of Use
Ease Of Installation
Updates
Effectiveness
Help/Support
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Bitdefender Antivirus Plus Review
BitDefender Antivirus Plus v10 puts antivirus, antispyware, firewall and antispam modules together into one security package. BitDefender 10 is a great and user-friendly product with an interface that will scan all existing files on your computer, all incoming and outgoing emails, IM transfers and all other network traffic.
With B-HAVE (Behavioral Heuristic Analyzer in Virtual Environments) you have a virtual computer-inside-a-computer where pieces of software are run in order to check for prospective malware behavior. This expertise represents a new security layer that keeps the operating system free from unknown viruses by detecting malicious pieces of code for which signatures have not yet been released.
Antivirus Plus v10 ensures unmatched antivirus protection as well as data confidentiality, active content control and Internet filtering. The Antivirus Plus v10 protects users' data both in an office environment and at home.
Ease of use
With BitDefender Softwin has created a comprehensive product with an attractive, easy–to–use design. Since its simple to use and updates itself automatically, you basically just install it on your system - that's it.
BitDefender creates a small window called the “File Zone” on your desktop. This indicates how many files the program has scanned the past few minutes. You have the possibility to drag and drop files into the File Zone for an immediate scan. The program prepares a report of each completed scan. This makes you know exactly what your files do or do not contain. Moreover, you can instruct BitDefender to disinfect or remove any infected files or messages.
Lastly, you can customize BitDefender’s security settings for features such as AntiVirus, Firewall, Antispam, Antispyware and Parental Control.
Ease of Installation
The product is easy to download and set up from their website. Be aware that this product ompared to other products in the category, requires more free space your harddisk drive - 60 MB.
Effectiveness
The purpose of the antivirus module is to guarantee detection and removal of all viruses. BitDefender Antivirus uses solid scan engines certified by ICSA Labs, Virus Bulletin, Checkmark and CheckVirus. With BitDefender’s customizable settings you have an effective program for a variety of users. For example, if you receive legitimate commercial email, you can set BitDefender’s spam filters to allow specific or all emails.
With a VB100% Virus Bulletin has rated BitDefender the highest honor for anti–virus software, and with the new and improved BitDefender Antispam technology it employs remarkable technological innovations allowing it to adapt to new spamming techniques as they emerge, and to “learn” its user’s preferences to block spam while maintaining a very low ratio of legitimate mails tagged as spam. With BitDefender’s new phishing detector you have an instrument that keeps your computer clear of those nasty e-mails tricking you into giving away your bank account information and other sensitive data.
Updates
Every hour the live update feature checks for product and virus definition updates at either a user–defined interval, manually or default. If you make a manual check for updates, you can decide which updates to install. When the software automatically checks for updates, it can update the files immediately or at a specified time.
Help/Support
Purchasing BitDefender you receive one year of virus signature and scan engine updates. Via the Internet and telephone, the manufacturer offers qualified technical support live. There is also an online database with answers to frequently asked questions.
BitDefender Antivirus Plus v10 is also deliverable on a bootable CD. This CD can be used to either analyse, repair and/or disinfect a compromised system which cannot be started.
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