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BitDefender Internet Security 2012

BitDefender Internet Security has a detection rate of 97.6% for finding Viruses, Worms, and Trojans. The detection rate for Adware and Spyware is 88% which is low in comparison with other internet suites. However, pro-active Malware recognition delivers much higher ratings.

In addition to its Anti-Virus this Internet Security Suite offers a Firewall, child protection and an Anti-Spam module. WLan monitoring prevents unauthorized access to your WLan network. BitDefender also prevents data loss through security holes in your email program, internet or instant messaging. Chat conversations are even encrypted.

BitDefender is squarely in the mid range as far as scanning speed is concerned. A negative side effect in performance is the relatively high usage of system resources of this software. This is especially reduces performance on systems with low RAM.

BitDefender is not recommended for novices, since the user interface is not easy to use and has a bit of a learning curve.

Advantages

Good price to performance ratio
Very high virus recognition (98%)
Good reaction time to new threats
User adjustable security level

Disadvantages

Use of software a bit difficult for novices
Low recognition rate for Ad- und Spyware

Summary:

BitDefender Internet Security is basically a reliable program and protects from many internet threats. In our opinion, however, you can find better internet Security software on the market. Using the software is not exactly easy and may present a challenge to computer novices.

RATING
81/100
good

Security
Virus Recognition :	14 / 15
Spyware Recognition :	12 / 15
Database Updates :	9 / 10
False Positive :	8 / 10
Total Security :	43 / 50

Performance
Resource Usage :	10 / 15
Scan Speed :	8 / 10
Boot Speed :	4 / 05
Total Performance :	22 / 30

Operation
User Interface :	8 / 10
Configuration :	5 / 05
Ease of Use :	3 / 05
Total Operation :	16 / 20

Evaluation Requirements

New Update!
As of April 1, 2009 price has been excluded from the evaluation process.

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Technical Data and Features
Operating System:	Win XP, Vista, Win 7
System Requirements:	1 GHz CPU, 1 GB RAM, 1 GB HDD
Language:	English
Anti-Virus:	yes
Firewall:	yes
Anti Spyware:	yes
Anti Phishing:	yes
Anti Spam:	yes

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Computer Magazine Ratings
	Evaluation: Good Recommended tool with good results in security testing for advances and professional users. Operating assistance provides by a modern wizard.
	Rating: Good Good protection software. High comfort zone through minimal use of system resources. Adjustable security levels. The software CD doubles as a boot CD (Rescue Disk)
	Rating: Unsatisfactory Plus: -. Minus: Web site monitoring turned off by default; buggy installation; faulty virus scanning through compromised data (archives).

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User Comments
inga wrote at 00.00.0000 - Rating: good I had the Anti-Virus BitDefender running on my computer. In time the computer ran slower and slower. I thought nothing of it until I received a tip from a friend. He suggested to search my harddrive for Spyware with PC Tools. I had 6 different Spyware intrusions on my pc despite the Anti-Virus. I couldnâ??t believe it.
Fossi56 wrote at 11.10.2009 - Rating: good Snooped out everythingâ?¦ A1 Game moduleâ?¦ Price is justifiable.. can be recommended (PS: I have tried a few and am staying with Bit)
mark wrote at 18.10.2009 - Rating: good I am actually happy with it. Just the user interface could be better, but one can manage.
urs wrote at 23.10.2009 - Rating: average I had BitDefender 2008 installed and was pretty happy with it. Now version 2009: A catastrophe! The harddrive slowed down to a crawl, rebooted constantly. The Anti-Spam module didnâ??t work which had bad repercussions on my Outlook inbox. Canâ??t turn off BitDefender either. Iâ??ll just have to write off the money and get new software.
roscoe wrote at 08.12.2009 - Rating: bad Went from Security Shield to BitDefender, same company. Wished I hadn't now home network will not work unless bit defender is off and the internet has to be disconnected. Tooo much trouble. Windows 7 and bit defender don't work together infact I think they are both fighting to control my machines. Would not recommend unless you like having to reset the antivirus every 15-20 minutes and when your on the internet is the wrong time to find out your antivirus decided to stop working and it will for no reason. Well I'm sure it has a reason but it won't tell me what it is so I can fix it, just that it has stopped and needs to be rebooted.
Jootje wrote at 20.02.2011 - Rating: good Been using this for several years without too much problems. Had the same problems which Roscoe describes, but after upgrading to Bitdefender 2011, for free, all was solved. The price is good and you may use the software on 3 workstations. The user interface could be better indeed.
Agung wrote at 09.07.2011 - Rating: very good This internet security is the best !
BitAttacker wrote at 17.08.2011 As mentioned in another comment. This product doesn't goes well with Windows 7. In fact it will mess up a lot of your settings. BitDefender 2011 sucks... It's not fully compatible with Windows 7 64-bit. It will bring you a lot of small, but very annoying issues, which can't be solved. When you address the problems to support, they will come up with some very basic knowledge and solutions. In other words they act like noobs and amateurs. I'm sorry to say, I really liked the 2010 version, but the new 2011 is filled with small bugs, which will mess up your system...
Dragon wrote at 24.08.2011 - Rating: very good Very efficiency and no problem during these last two years (after some problems with 2009 products)
mihai wrote at 25.09.2011 - Rating: very good I don't know you guys what your problems are , but I'm using it for 4 years now in my company and never had such problems you had .All computers we work with, use an internet connection and no problems at all.Maybe you were infected before you have installed it and some windows files has been already infected.Who knows....!? Now we are using 2011 version on both windows xp and windows 7 64 bit.Recommend it !!
Jennifer wrote at 01.12.2011 - Rating: very good I use Total Security 2011 on XP Pro SP3 - looks excellent and works very well, only issue for me is virus scanning is a bit on the slow side. Before I used Internet Security 2010 which had network issues as well as update issues.

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