BitDefender Total Security 2009 Review

It’s the best one till date that money can buy. Those who find antivirus software a necessary trouble, BitDefender’s install and forget approach might be just the thing they need.

The winner of the TopTenREVIEWS Gold Award, BitDefender’s ease of use combines with its minimum usage of computer resources to make it the most inexpensive antivirus software with efficiency as its middle name. Say goodbye to all antivirus programs with cumbersome and distracting features.

But the real beauty of BitDefender is the comprehensive protection it offers yet occupying the peanuts of your hard disc space; even the special GameSafe edition specifically made with the gamers in mind.

Bitdefender offers a top-of-the-line protection from viruses, trojans, worms and other spyware and malware all right, but where it scores is you receive the protection without an effort that would break your neck. From boot-up files to every file that’s been recently accessed, packed and both incoming and outgoing traffic, with extra care taken for the HTTP blocks (on port 80) and all ActiveX and JavaScript (on port 443). However, this feature is only going to help advanced users; for the average user, a normal installation using the default is recommended.

BitDefender boasts of an intelligent scanning that distinguishes between files that were accessed and those that were not. BitDefender skips the files that haven’t been used since last scan; it makes the scans much faster now. This removes the stigma BitDefender bore all these days on scan speeds. 

Rigorous tests proved BitDefender capable of removing at least 98% of all viruses and other malware including virus replications while keeping false positives to the minimum. This becomes possible due to a virtual machine that tests suspicious code from the background, thus fortifying your PC further from unknown viruses. This is called the heuristic approach, but it nevertheless turns BitDefender scans slow at times.

BitDefender enjoys an hourly update by default, though it won’t notify you every time it is working. However, to let you know that it is, it shows a green line, even when it’s just the Privacy Protection running. It helps to save your personal information from getting public over the Internet. This is important for gamers, since online gamers often disable firewalls to optimize performance and let in the intruders.

Backed by an easy and intuitive installation method, BitDefender also removes automatically any antivirus software that may remain present in a computer. And there’s nothing to fuss or tinker with it afterwards; BitDefender shall work without you requiring to.  A little upgrade on the tech support features and uninstall utility, and chances are there shall be no other antivirus as perfect a product as this one.