If AV Companies that offer, both free and paid solutions, which one do you think offers the most protection and latest technologies – the paid one.
I don't agree; I see paid versions offering a bunch of non-security-related fluff. Firewall? Fluff--Windows already has one.
I ran BD free for a bit and it worked fine (though I never tested it against anything).
I ran BDTS2015 (giveaway) and it was a piece of garbage rife with bugs that quite commonly disabled
all security (not just BD) and
all updating (incl. Windows) 24/7.
"It costs more therefore it must be better" is a foolish premise.
I have listened to a few members on this forum, experts in the industry who are totally aware of the difference between the two.
Who are these experts and what did they find? (Mass media and commercial testors-for-hire aren't 'experts in the industry')
Bitdefender free offers the bare basic’s in-terms-of protection, really, who keeps there computer on 24/7, plus it can take a considerable amount of time to detect malware, crypto ransomware would have a field day.
My wife & I keep our computers on 24/7. I've had at least one computer on since around 1990 (no, not the same computer!). I find it odd that people turn off their computers. (But what do I know; I find it odd people still have televisions and still watch commercials.)
Let's look at the brochures:
A.
http://www.bitdefender.com/media/ht...PRINGMIX2015&icid=HPB_NA_SPRINGMIX2015#tbComp
B.
http://www.bitdefender.com/solutions/free.html
Free version:
Real-time shield (protects from external files), Active Virus Control (heuristics, sig, cloud scanner), Intrusion Detection System (outbound firewall), B-Have (BB), HTTP Scanning, Anti-rootkit, Early Boot Scanning, Auto-Scan.
What. Else. Is. Left?
Usurper version (beyond what's free):
Work/Game/Movie profiles that change a bunch of system settings it has no business touching and breaks Windows Update, any process monitor (ProcessLasso, Prio, etc.), and adds bloat and fundamentally alters my computer in a way that I don't want
Safe Shopping and Banking (password manager/crappy browser)
Privacy and Online Identity Protection (crappy browser)
Kids Protection (more scope creep..are you really going to use BD to 'protect' your children..or your baby goats?)
For $60/yr I get absolutely nothing of value and a broken system. This is why they need PC Mag, AV-* (who get a share of the profit), rudely-motivated Best Buy salesman touting their wares.
One uses Bitdefender for its engine, nothing else.
Heck, I'd probably put it on clients' machines if I had any (just moved, goin' to school, kinda busy) since Avast free blows up in a year without following instructions (and if users followed instructions, they wouldn't get malware) and Qihoo has too many FPs for me to recommend it to 'normals'. heh, and if they managed to get malware, I could always point to PC Mag, etc. and say, "See, they're the best! It's those <insert scapegoat-of-the-day here>!"