BitDefender Antivirus 10 offers a two-in-one defense, providing its award-wining antivirus and antispyware protection in one product. Unfortunately, in CNET Labs' performance testing, BitDefender lagged behind the competition, including McAfee VirusScan Plus, one of the slower antivirus applications we've tested. BitDefender is still a top-rated antivirus solution, and it offers two licenses with a two-year subscription at a price below that of the competition. But for the best antivirus protection, we still recommend Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6 above all else.
We downloaded and installed BitDefender Antivirus 10 in a matter of minutes. While other antivirus apps provide single-user licenses and one-year subscriptions, for $10 less than other antivirus applications, BitDefender Antivirus 10 provides two user licenses and two years of updates. Unlike Norton AntiVirus 2007, which runs on Windows XP only, BitDefender 10 runs on Windows 98, Me, 2000, and XP. For $10 more, or the price of other antivirus applications, BitDefender Antivirus Plus 10 includes a firewall. In our current crop of antivirus reviews, only McAfee VirusScan Plus includes antivirus, antispyware, and a firewall; the difference is that BitDefender Antivirus Plus 10 also provides two user licenses and two years of updates. McAfee is single user, with one year of updates.
Once installed, BitDefender requires 60MB of disk space, twice as much as Eset NOD32 and
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