Pros: Huge improvement over the beta version. Offers a wide range of new features and its autopilot feature does not demand more input.

Cons: Requires a huge amount of RAM. The interface is white texts on black background that is not so impressive. There are some issues on installation that is rather slow.

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Bitdefender Internet Security 2012 provides a number of predefined scanning types such as Quick Scan, Custom Scan, Vulnerability Scan, Full Scan and Rescue Mode. Although you cannot save your scans, it does offer a list of custom scans that are sorted by date where you can select and run later. The firewall option on the first interface offers quick access to network details and firewall settings. You can choose to turn on or off the firewall with a press of a button. The Network details allow you to change the type of network you connect to and the type your choice will determine how the firewall sets different application and network rules.

Its firewall also offers sufficient controls but average protection in the default settings. You can also find activity log and ability to raise alert levels if you turn it to paranoid mode. It includes an Intrusion Detection System that is turned off by default. You can achieve better results though if you enable Intrusion Detection System. It is important that you understand the type of network you connect and how you are going to change the firewall setting. There is a room to clarify or improve some verbiage used in describing the various firewall settings.

It offers on access scanning options which include the items you expect. You can select the strength of the scan relating to the amount required system resources. The active virus control allows you to choose how real time scanning is being handled. You can set the active scanning into Aggressive, Normal or Permissive. The default selection is Normal and if you choose aggressive or permissive, it may result to more or less alerts respectively. The search advisor browser add was improved in this version and it appears to function in major browsers.

The latest Bitdefender Internet Security version is yet to be tested, though it already showed some impressive points on it on access and real time scans that have already been proven effective.

Summary: Overall, it has a clean and easy to navigate interface but the attention to detail may seem to be lacking in this version.

Pros: BitDefender Total Protection 2012 features top-notch protection, backup options, easy to use firewall, parental controls, advanced data security tools and a dose of performance enhancing utilities.

Cons: An integrated Search Advisor fails in flagging some dangerous and malicious sites.

Summary: BitDefender Total Security is an all-in-one premium security suite. It is capable of providing powerful utilities, top-notch security and performance enhancing features in a comprehensive solution. It is a valuable piece of software and comes at very reasonable cost.

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If you want to make sure your PC is performing at its best and safe all the time, the BitDefender Total Security will make your machine invulnerable to all cybercrimes and free of system-slowing data. It features backup tools, excellent customer support, parental controls, firewall and toolbox of useful utilities for PC keeping data organized and hard drive clean.

It surpasses other programs as it has high detection rates, useful tune-up, optimization tools and streamlined interface. It also includes data encryption tools and online backup option. The security suite interrupts malware, ensures that your PC is at its best and safeguards your data at the same time.

Its real time, kernel-level antivirus protection is capable of scanning internet and messaging traffic. It utilizes a number of advanced heuristic technologies to detect proactively and deter the latest and most recent malware.

This year’s version of BitDefender still has the ability to let you schedule scans and run them when you want to. It implements a scanning technology adjusting its behavior according to processing resources available.

BitDefender Total Security features a firewall and hosts flexible and highly advanced firewall that offers protection to computer with automatic adjustments to suit your location. The firewall integrates a Wi-Fi monitor that can detect and prevent forbidden access from intruders to your Wi-Fi network. BitDefender’s security is definitely second to none allowing you to do the normal activities you normally do online without worrying about identity theft, system lag and virus infections.

The software’s main focus has been security as always, but there is more that it can offer in terms of PC performance and optimization utility tools. It has advanced settings and tweaks so users can easily fine tune the performance of their PC for optimum speed and effective utilization of resources.

It also offers additional features such as laptop mode, gamer mode and parental control. The parental monitoring and time control features are highly effective giving parents complete control when their child uses the internet. The gamer mode allows uninterrupted full screen game play or even movie watching. Moreover, it can perform online and local backup jobs.

The Bitfefender Total Protection 2012 is more advanced as its software interface has been improved, increasing usability and user efficiency.

Pros: Features AutoPilot mode that provides silent security and rescue mode for tough threats. It has the best anti-phishing protection and identity theft monitoring. It also integrates Facebook protection and remote monitoring as well as configuration.

Cons: Takes a lot of time to install. Its score malware blocking and removal tests are not that impressive. There are site reputation search device missing for most links.

Summary: Bitdefender Antivirus 2012 is packed with lots of features you won’t find with others. It is one of the best antiphishing tools and it is still a great choice despite the not so impressive scores in malware tests.

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Bitdefender Antivirus 2012 provides a line of great features at prices affordable to consumers. It offers social network security and at the same time provides unmatched protection from viruses and spyware. One of the important features it has is anti-phishing which is crucial if you want to ensure the protection of your system. Other than phishing, a lot of people are losing their personal information to keyloggers and some of them fall into victims of popup disguise and viruses. This antivirus software is equipped with the best features that can help you avoid all these hassles.

If you have teens in your home, it is imperative to give them some sort of protection when using the internet. This software can provide security for social networking sites and instant messaging. Its silent security features improve the level of protection that you want to have in order for them to browse safely. The Virtual Browser is one of the most impressive features in this software. It can isolate the browser you are using during virus clean up. That way, you need not to worry about someone peeping in your web surfing history. This is a great feature for computer users who usually transact online.

Included in its array of features is the Rescue Mode which places your system only to the safest environments for cleanups and rebooting. This is a very important feature that can help prevent your information for being stolen by a virus. There are some viruses that can actually shut down your system while they are transmitting your information to their creator. A lot of people don’t realize that when they leave their computers unused for longer period of time, the system could fall as victims to inadequate performance issues. Selecting this software will allow system checks on a regular basis. This is a new feature of Bitdefender Antivirus 2012 that intensifies the levels of security you can obtain from your home computer system.