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BitDefender Antivirus v10

Last updated
April 23, 2007
Test Center Reviewed by
Ryan Naraine
Pros
Cons
Full Specifications
Download price, 1-year license - $30 (3/31/07)
Renewal cost, per year - $22 (3/31/07)
Ease of use - Superior
Malware detection rate - 96% File viruses - 97%
Macro viruses - 100%
Script viruses - 98%
Polymorphic viruses - 100%
ActiveX controls - 100%
Back doors - 95%
Bots/zombies - 96%
Trojan horses - 95%
Adware - 99%
Dialers - 99%
Number of false positives (out of 20,000 harmless files) - 14
Heuristic detection (one-month-old signatures) - 61%
Heuristic detection (two-month-old signatures) - 55%
Detection rate of malware within archived files - 77%
System disinfection Detection rate of existing infections (10 infections) - 100%
Disinfection rate (files, Hosts changes, Registry items) - 59%
Average time (in hours) to deliver signatures for new malware - 4 to 6
Features Right-click manual scans in Windows Explorer? - Yes
E-mail protocols scanned - POP3, SMTP
Scan Web traffic? - Yes
Scan speed with standard settings, in seconds - 115
System slowdown With Firefox 2 - 187%
With Adobe Photoshop CS2 - 34%
With Microsoft Office 2003 - 124%
Support policies Daily support hours - 24
Saturday support hours - 24
Sunday support hours - 24
Free phone support - Yes
Toll-free phone number - Yes
Cost of phone support - 0
Live chat support? - Yes
E-mail support? - Yes

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