BitDefender 9 Professional Plus Review

Great Firewall, Average Antivirus

Submitted by CX on Sat, 2009-05-30 17:24.
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Pros:
All-in-One Internet suite with great features Firewall is great Has everything a computer needs to be protected, doesn't need any additional softwares Online back-up feature
Cons:
Sometimes causes memory leak with multiple softwares Anti malware feature is about avarage Annoying pop-ups
Review:

The new BitDefender has some nice features apart from Antivirus and Firewall features which are; ID protection, Anti phishing, Parental Control, Spam Filtering and it also includes online system back-up feature. The feature is greater than it looks. When your system files have been effected with virus it automatically removes the file and replaces it with the online backed up version.

Software layout is almost the same as the previous BitDefender versions. The red-white colour scheme is still there and easy-to navigate layout is user-friendly.

Pop-ups keep showing every now and then, even though the pop-up questions are less frequent than the previous versions, you will still be seeing them more often than the users of other softwares.

Spam filtering is quite slow but still does its job. Antivirus scanning is faster than other versions, the software works about average when it comes to spotting viruses. It detects and removes most of the infected files but Antivirus can't do anything the 2008 version of the software cannot. Even though it's good enough for an Internet Security all-in-one software Antivirus feature is still a little behind of its rivals.

Finally, the customer service -which can be reached via phone or email- is very helpful with answering your possible questions. I had an issue with the firewall blocking one of my favourite games from connecting to its server, the customer service has been more polite and helpful than I'd expected.

Conclusion:

BitDefender does its job as it's promised and probably the best All-in-One Internet Security Suite out there. Only using different softwares for each of these tasks can protect your PC better.