![]() ![]() That said, if you can tolerate such system performance issues, Bitdefender Internet Security 2012 is an excellent suite for novice and advanced users alike. The on-access scanner (which runs whenever you open or save a file) completed its check of 4.5GB in 4 minutes, 25 seconds although that’s a slightly better-than-average result, it still ranked seventh among the 14 suites we looked at. Its scan speeds are respectable: Bitdefender’s on-demand (manual) scanner checked 4.5GB of data for malware in 1 minute, 56 seconds, placing around the middle of the pack. (By comparison, our test machine finished the copying operation in 60 seconds without antivirus software installed.) It also dragged our PC down significantly when we copied files over a network, completing that test in 5 minutes, 37 seconds. The Bitdefender package slowed startup times more than any other suite we looked at, adding over 10 seconds to our test PC’s boot time as compared to a fresh install of Windows. And the program’s new “Auto Pilot” mode puts protection levels at their recommended settings you can toggle it with a simple on/off switch located on the main control panel.īitdefender could stand to improve its suite’s impact on overall PC performance, though. Clicking the help button in each one (denoted with a question mark) produces pop-up messages that describe what the settings do. The individual settings panes have lots of controls, but they’re arranged nicely. And the Bitdefender software was the best of the test group in cleanup, too: It detected and disabled all active sample infections, and removed every last trace of malware 90 percent of the time. False positives were almost nonexistent, as the suite misidentified only one safe file as being malicious. Both of those results are very good–the latter was the third-best result in that particular test that we saw this year. The Bitdefender suite found and blocked 96 percent of samples in our real-world malware tests (which help to show how well antivirus software can stop brand-new malware), and it spotted 99.96 percent of known malware samples. Those fantastic results, combined with the software’s excellent interface, make it a great choice. But although it earned the bronze overall, it captured the highest rating in our malware detection, blocking, and removal tests. Supports repair of corrupted TAR.Bitdefender Internet Security 2012 ($70 for one year and three PCs as of January 25, 2012) comes in third in our 2012 roundup of security suites.Supports repair of corrupted TBZ2 files.Supports repair of corrupted TAR.BZ2 files.Supports repair of corrupted TAR.GZ files.Supports repair of corrupted GZIP files.Supports repair of corrupted XLSX files.Supports repair of corrupted ODTX files.Supports repair of corrupted PPTX files. ![]()
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