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BitDefender Antivirus v10

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Pros
Excellent virus detection
Inexpensive
Cons
Slow performance in Vista

Performance
Renewal cost, per year	$22 (3/31/07)
Ease of use	Superior
Malware detection rate: Malware detection tests used AV-Test.org's collection of 884,164 malware samples.	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%
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
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
With Firefox 2	187%
With Adobe Photoshop CS2	34%
With Microsoft Office 2003	124%
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

User Reviews for BitDefender Antivirus v10

Reviewed by: balrawat

Duration of ownership: 2 Months

Strengths: Excellent Virus detection & protection from malware.

Weaknesses: Not detected yet

Overall Evaluation: I am using Bitdefender Total Security 2008 Version 11.X.XX for two & half months now. I think it is one of the best Total Security software at this time. It has an excellent update interface & also we don;t have to restart our system. It automatically downloads & installs updates. I am using Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit version on an Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8 GHz., 2 GB RAM, SATA 160 GB. I don;t see any slowdown of system due to Bitdefender. One of my friend is using it on Windows Xp SP2 & it works fine on that too. I think Bitdefender Total Security 2008 is the best antivirus, antimalaware solution right now.
Reviewed by: shravan

Duration of ownership: 3 Years

Strengths: - Good detection - Live chat support - They work on sundays! - Instant ( well almost ) redressal of issues of viruses

Weaknesses: - Update problems - Interferes with Windows Update - A little system heavy on Vista

Overall Evaluation: I use the Bit Defender Antivirus Plus 10 ( AntiVirus+Firewall+AntiSpam+Anti-Spyware ). The program works amazing. I got two licenses for US$ 49 for two years. The licenes are on subscription basis and if you own them, you get a free upgrade to the next version of the prog too! Not like other AV's where you buy the AV version and only renew your definitions subscription and where subscriptions are only allowed to limited updates of that version only. Here, you subscribe for their service. Also, recently I'd faced a virus problem on a Sunday and the tech support was quick enough to reply to me the same day in like an hours time. Great product, even better support. Go for it!