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Publisher's description of BitDefender Free Edition

From SoftWin: Benefiting from previous experience, the new BitDefender Free Edition was designed with a centralized management console, which allows protection options configuration for all BitDefender modules. It is enough to open the management console in order to have access to all modules: Virus Scan, Scheduler, Live! Update, Quarantine, Reports. On demand scanning - Powerful scan engines ensure detection and removal of all viruses in the wild every time you need it. You can schedule the checking of your system at any time, periodically, without any other intervention. With just a right click you can check your files and folders. Automatic and manual update are available. Intelligent update of antivirus protection, without your intervention. The update can be done from the network over the Internet, directly or through a Proxy Server. There are over 90,000 Virus Definitions.

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  BitDefender Free Edition

  Only good as a backup scanner.

  by: Chainmail2006 on 24-Aug-2007 12:27:14 AM

  Pros: Whats good about this application is theres no active protection. That sounds crazy, I know. But the purpose of this application is, for use a backup scanner only. It has a nice GUI thats user friendly and an unusual feature. It will show the file list in detail as it scans. It has a large data base and it's free. Scan times are on par with other like applications.

  Cons: It has not had a version update in over a year. It runs with "XP" only. It's not very configurable. It's subject to giving false positives and it treats detections (without prompting) automatically.

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  BitDefender Free Edition

  Amazing secondary antivirus

  by: Invincible67 on 15-Apr-2007 01:23:42 AM

  Pros: Bitdefender 8 free is back-up support for your primary antivirus software. Bitdefender 8 catches most viruses and spyware. You can set it up to regularly run scans and update itself. Combine this program with avg (which it is compatible with) and you will be virus free.

  Cons: Bitdefender 8 does have some compatibility issues. It doesn't work with all firewalls and antivirus programs, but if you can find a working combination you will be happy with it. Great secondary antivirus.

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  BitDefender Free Edition

  good backup antivirus

  by: im.spartacas on 04-Apr-2007 09:19:39 AM

  Pros: i use this to backup avast as it has no realtime protection. it has slightly better detection rate than avast and has found the odd thing avast has not. so for me it has done its job

  Cons: no realtime protection. plus when i do a scan it does not list files as it scans them(it did when i first installed it) have tried repair and reinstall still does not list them.

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  BitDefender Free Edition

  2 stikes & you're outta here

  by: 19monty64 on 01-Jun-2006 11:17:05 AM

  Pros: up-dates frequently, quick scanner

  Cons: free version has no real-time protection, very large download by the time you install & up-date, conflicts with some antispyware-apps (spywareguard for one) and unstable as it failed to load on some re-boots and had to be repaired or re-installed....one of my favorites at one time

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  BitDefender Free Edition

  Pretty nice.

  by: trumpetman1433 on 14-Jul-2006 11:01:14 PM

  Pros: Very quick scan with low resource consumption (which is always nice). Frequent updates. Free. Pretty much does it job, great for those that don't 100% trust their real-time protection. Oh, and nice GUI.

  Cons: No real-time protection, but still great for a second back-up scan since it doesn't take long :p.

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