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alex_panz liked Bitdefender Antivirus
It's fast and does not pop up with ads or other annoying notifications.
This review is for Bitdefender Free.
I can recommend it, it does have some pop ups for marketing their paid software but those can easily be disabled by going to account info and then disabling it.
I can safely say that Internet Explorer is the worst browser in the long sad history of bad browsers.
The 1st thing I do after a fresh Windows installation, is downloading Chrome trought Internet Explorer and immediately remove Internet Explorer.
I really don't remember the last time I used that bad excuse of a browser.
The old Bitdefender Free (2013 version, I think) Installs fine, no issues.
The latest version with new "improved" user interface, won't install because I don't have Internet Explorer. WTF...
Big no no for me.
I would immediately ask for a refund if I bought any Bitdefender product, and they don't install because I don't meet the "Minimum software requirement".
I was looking at some of the reviews and I don't know. I haven't tried this. BUT, it was recommended by a computer geek and I tend to listen when they point something out. Is it the best? Probably not.
Free version a waste of time for me.
Wish to remain anonymous when trying out free versions. Why they need my name is beyond me.. Just put some word for my name and an email address (not my primary one because I don't want emails then have to unsubscribe)..
Installing, they wanted to remove two excellent anti-malware tools (very light, safe, reputable, around for years, one open source). Let it remove one, quarantine the other after the first scan. Checked to see the features, settings, configurations, but nothing. OK. Time to uninstall.
Firewall never worked very well and was not really configurable at all.
Like kaspersky, the software has the completely novice user in mind and once you try to start doing anything yourself decision-wise, things start just not working well.
It also blue screened me every time I tried mounting virtual drive partitions.
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MrGoatsy is correct (March 2018, Comments)
Personally I find the BD website a shambles to find anything, particularly decent documentation about any of their products. Lots of flashy rhetoric, but very little substance.
I could not find much contemporary info of substance about Free Bitdefender
Softpedia's webpage has a link "Downloads" which lists three options
The online installer is huge (5 mins to dLoad on a domestic WiFi connection)
Both offlines <1 min on a LAN connection