Bitdefender Antivirus for Windows

Bitdefender Antivirus Free Edition is a free antivirus suite designed for computers with Windows operating system and aimed at protecting hard drives, external drives, memory buffers and confidential information from viruses, spyware and rootkits.

In addition to “local” data, Bitdefender also copes with threats from the Internet – while surfing the network, corresponding messages appear about unsafe sites, unverified files that are freely available and payment instruments that have not passed the appropriate certification.

After downloading Bitdefender Antivirus Free Edition, your computer will become more secure, according to experts, and here’s why:

• Proactive real-time protection helps to timely deal with suspicious files, unknown services or unnecessary entries appearing in the registry;
• If there is a conflict in the reputation of individual threats, Bitdefender Antivirus Free Edition is able to move the scan to the cloud storage for additional results. After the diagnostics have been carried out, the file (process, document or DLL-library) will become available for use, or it will go to the trash bin for subsequent safe cleaning;
• The modes selected in the main menu allow you to control the degree of protection with a few clicks. In “game” mode, messages will stop popping up and sound notifications will stop playing, in other cases, no one bothers to abandon network protection or check hard drives or external drives for viruses;
• Protection against rootkits and intrusions helps to keep confidential information intact and allows Bitdefender Antivirus Free Edition to analyze services that may adapt to some system processes, but in fact transmit data to fraudsters;
• Adaptation for Windows 7, 8 and 10 eliminates problems with incompatibility, crashes or technical problems. The only problem that may arise is with RAM. Sometimes antivirus requests more than 2 gigabytes of RAM, which can cause serious performance or cooling problems on laptops.

How to install and use Bitdefender Antivirus Free Edition

As is the case with third-party security software systems, when interacting with Bitdefender Antivirus Free Edition you do not have to go into details for a long time – the installation is completely automatic, and the protection tools prepared by the developers take effect immediately, even without visiting the settings.

Difficulties will not arise even for beginners who have not yet become familiar with the interface or who have not understood some technologies and algorithms (and Bitdefender Antivirus Free Edition does not work in Russian – the translations are mostly fan-made and far from perfect). But everything will return to square one after acquaintance with the SYSTEM SCAN button (in fact, the only way of interaction involving full or selective scanning).

Versions and Support

Bitdefender Antivirus Free Edition isn’t the only version of antivirus out there. In addition to the basic edition, which includes protection for computers with the Windows operating system, there is also a Plus version, which is distributed on PCs with macOS and iOS and Android mobile platforms. As an added bonus, there is an option for communicating with technical support via the interface in a separate chat or via email. The listed advantages will cost $ 30-60 depending on the region and the general content (the more operating systems are supported, the higher the price tag).

Regardless of the selected kit – free or paid – the rest of the details are the same everywhere – the same signature updates 4-5 times a week, the same interface, a similar set of settings and parameters. There will be no problems with preliminary configuration – specially prepared instructions for beginners will help you to understand the details and achieve the right functionality.

The anti-virus complex was greeted by critics, albeit with unenthusiastic exclamations, but still positive reviews describing a predictable and intuitive interface, an organic panel with settings and a genre-specific set of features, starting with proactive protection and ending with network security. For 2019 or 2020, reviews for Bitdefender Antivirus Free Edition have not changed. Only occasionally do messages about rare crashes, errors and malfunctions pop up, and even then with a small frequency.