Bit Defender any good?

StarBound · Post by **StarBound** » 24 May 2007, 19:12

Its on as a PCF forum add and its also at Incredible corrupt.. I mean incredible connection for R99.

I know norton has become trash and I am currently using AVG but how does Bit defender rate up? Anyone using it and maybe used AVG or anotehr anti virus that can say if its any good?

Vexo · Post by **Vexo** » 24 May 2007, 19:28

I just stick to NOD.
IMO the others just slow your pc down.
btw I run NOD with the Windows defender ( Vista )

RobThePyro · Post by **RobThePyro** » 24 May 2007, 19:51

Vexo wrote: btw I run NOD with the Windows defender ( Vista )

how? dont they fight?

Vexo · Post by **Vexo** » 24 May 2007, 19:53

lol

, they have no problem running together.... and i feel save

Post by **Stuart** » 24 May 2007, 19:56

Nothing at all wrong with BitDefender. You can't go wrong with it.

M1ke · Post by **M1ke** » 26 May 2007, 11:23

yeah... it's great worth the price.

xumwun · Post by **xumwun** » 26 May 2007, 18:45

There is one problem however.
Bitdefender does not allow a single application to use more than 128mb ram
so if you are using it on a gaming machine it really sucks

Tribble · Post by **Tribble** » 27 May 2007, 07:34

I have used Bitdefender for the past 3 years and won't change. I have had not had any problems with it at all. I run it on my games machine and have not noticed it to have any detrimental effect. But you can always switch it off for a while as long as it is not a net game.

Dooza · Post by **Dooza** » 21 Aug 2007, 08:14

I have bit defender antivirus plus v10 on my PC at home and for the last couple of months we've lost our internet connection because of the fools at telkom and it doesn't seem as if they in a hurry to fix the problem. Bit defender use to update itself automatically but now I have to do that manually I download a update every other day but it always says its out of date, Can anybody tell me why it does that?

CesarePlay · Post by **CesarePlay** » 21 Aug 2007, 09:39

I have no problems with bit defender and all my programs work correctly with no slow down problems. Just make sure it is off when playing games offline. otherwise keep it on as you never know when a nasty trojan, virus etc will come along and ruin your windows.

MongwopMan · Post by **MongwopMan** » 21 Aug 2007, 13:14

we use bit defender on all our machines here at work, updates every hour, as opposed to N.A.V every 2nd day or so!

Never had any hassles with it!

rustypup · Post by **rustypup** » 21 Aug 2007, 13:26

Dooza wrote:I download a update every other day but it always says its out of date

MongwopMan wrote:updates every hour

this may be why... intermittent updates will always be out of date.

as to how great it is... comparison tests are available... (NOD32 still leads the pack, although AntiVir and NOD tend to run neck and neck...

)

as for firewalls.... you would be hard pressed to top Outpost's performance. rock solid, all the way.

RobThePyro · Post by **RobThePyro** » 21 Aug 2007, 15:21

Personally my antivirus raitings, from best to worst:

NOD32
Avira AntiVir (currently using, loving it~!)
Bitdefender
Kaspersky
AVG
Nortons
McAfee

What say you?

Rob.

rustypup · Post by **rustypup** » 21 Aug 2007, 16:41

norton/mcafee currently knock avg into a cocked hat... not for much longer, perhaps, but AVG has some ways to go.

i enjoy seeing how badly trend does, given the number of 'netadmin' types who swear by it... got to love disinformation. without it, most politicians would be picking apples... [size=0]ok, apple picking actually takes a certain amount of skill, so probably not...[/size]

you're missing AVK in your list...

Tribble · Post by **Tribble** » 21 Aug 2007, 16:49

I like Bitdefender but it missed a few viruses, as did Norton. The only one to pick it up was Avast. That happened on two seperate occassions - I now use Avast on some machines and Bitdefender on others. The only irritating this is that it talks - so disable that feature - very annoying.

Post by **Stuart** » 21 Aug 2007, 20:49

RobThePyro wrote:Nortons
McAfee

What say you?

I'd swap these two around, and put a couple of viruses above Norton. McAfee is WAAAAAAYYYYYYY better (imho) than Norton.