Battle Avira Free Antivirus vs Bitdefender Free Edition 2020

[HunterKhajiit]

hey

Avira free vs Bitdefender free edition 2020 in terms of protection and overall performance ?

in my system bitdefender eats nearly 400mb ram all the time!

Have nice day

 

[DSD27]

None. Kaspersky Security Cloud Free or Avast Free. Both light with more protection and features.

 

[blackice]

hey

Avira free vs Bitdefender free edition 2020 in terms of protection and overall performance ?

in my system bitdefender eats nearly 400mb ram all the time!

Have nice day

How long have you had Bitdefender installed? Are you limited on Ram?

 

[HunterKhajiit]

How long have you had Bitdefender installed? Are you limited on Ram?

i have been using BD for 1 week and i done full system scan if cloud cache/lookups is reason for that much usage!

 

[EndangeredPootis]

Both are heavy on resources, avira is shady, bitdefender is a buggy mess that has a hard time dealing with detected malware, get Kaspersky Security Cloud Free.

 

[blackice]

Both are heavy on resources, avira is shady, bitdefender is a buggy mess that has a hard time dealing with detected malware, get Kaspersky Security Cloud Free.

They are going to have a hard time shaking this image. Despite having very few bugs in the newest release and generally a low system impact this is still the most common opinion.

 

[blackice]

i have been using BD for 1 week and i done full system scan if cloud cache/lookups is reason for that much usage!

That's interesting, I have BIS 2020 on multiple machines and after a couple days ram at idle is around 200mb or less.

Is your system running slow due to ram usage?

 

[HunterKhajiit]

That's interesting, I have BIS 2020 on multiple machines and after a couple days ram at idle is around 200mb or less.

Is your system running slow due to ram usage?

That is hard to say...

 

[Protomartyr]

Out of both options I'd go with Bitdefender. Bitdefender is a nice set and forget type solution which I appreciate. I would continue to test Bitdefender for another week and see how it goes. If at that point it's still slowing down your system, I would try out Kaspersky Security Cloud Free as others have mentioned.

 

[blackice]

Out of both options I'd go with Bitdefender. Bitdefender is a nice set and forget type solution which I appreciate. I would continue to test Bitdefender for another week and see how it goes. If at that point it's still slowing down your system, I would try out Kaspersky Security Cloud Free as others have mentioned.

I would agree, since you already have it installed give it a couple more days and see. If you are unsatisfied then it may be time to try something else. Not every software works well on every machine.

 

[ForgottenSeer 55474]

Bitdefender is the best choice Free or paid, and it eats some ram, I recommend 8GB Ram as a minimum.

 

[oldschool]

I recommend 8GB Ram as a minimum.

I definitely concur in this. BD is definitely lighter overall performance-wise than in the past, and bug-free as far as I can tell.

 

[The Ordynary]

bitdefender - Behavior detection, heavier on the system, poor pup detection, limited functions,


Avira - Better pup detection, lighter, has no behavior module, Advertisements every 48 h


Bitdefender.

 

[Vitali Ortzi]

As long as you don't use any "special settings " like application control.
I recommend KSC free .
Reasons
1.one of the fastest reputation Wich is key home for home usage
2.Higher percentage of usage around people who run Shady programs (lower false positives around uncommon programs ) .

only negative is all the manual labor to get a nag free experience and remove the preinstalled bloat modules.

 

[SumTingWong]

Windows Defender + VoodooShield free are the best free combo I have used in the past.

I would go with Bitdefender Free. Avira Free has signature 24 hours behind their premium products.

 

[bayasdev]

Mainstream Avira is not really that light and it's signature/cloud only, BD Free offers a way better protection at the cost of reduced performance.

 

[HunterKhajiit]

As long as you don't use any "special settings " like application control.
I recommend KSC free .
Reasons
1.one of the fastest reputation Wich is key home for home usage
2.Higher percentage of usage around people who run Shady programs (lower false positives around uncommon programs ) .

only negative is all the manual labor to get a nag free experience and remove the preinstalled bloat modules.

As long as you don't use any "special settings " like application control. well not available in free version

 

[HunterKhajiit]

Windows Defender + VoodooShield free are the best free combo I have used in the past.

I would go with Bitdefender Free. Avira Free has signature 24 hours behind their premium products.

i will try Avira+Voodoshield combo

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

i will try Avira+Voodoshield combo

Don't know if now the right time is to choose Avira:

German security firm Avira has been acquired by Investcorp at a $180M valuation | TechCrunch

Mergers and acquisitions largely grinded to a halt at the end of March, in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic spreading around the world, but today

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[Vitali Ortzi]

i will try Avira+Voodoshield combo

Voodoo shield is a very good choice .
As long as you can stand a few alerts.