Battle Baidu Antivirus 4.0.3 vs Bitdefender Free 2014

[SlimShady]

These are both free antivirus programs that looks great but which is exactly better?

 

[viktik]

Sure bitdefender will win. Baidu is worse.

 

[zeusc4]

Sure bitdefender,
But you want more than antivirus - COMODO internet Security
free & best

 

[Solarlynx]

Here I prefer Baidu as Bitdefender free has almost no settings to tweak.

 

[Jaspion]

Instead of subjective "this is better" or "that is better", I think we should speak of characteristics. Users can decide if a set of characteristics from a program is useful to them or not.

Real-time file scanner: Baidu is a little faster. Bitdefender is more automated.

False Positives: both have a history of somewhat excessive FPs. Baidu have been improving on that, and seem open to user feedback. I also haven't seen recent FPs with Bitdefender engine.

For the future: I don't know what Bitdefender is cooking for their free offering. On Baidu's side, they're actually asking in their forum for users to vote and suggest new features. You can take a look here. I urged the Baidu team to work on strengthening what they already have, and fix half-assed features such as the Cloud File Scanner and improve the web filter, etc. I'm curious to see which path they'll take: try make the product look impressive, or actually be impressive. I guess we'll find out soon enough.

Security: neither is perfect. I'd say Bitdefender wins this part of the comparison, however, because of the effectiveness of its web filter. Detection rates are similar in both products.

Scanning speed: in this regard, Baidu runs rings around Bitdefender. Bitdefender Free AV's scans are terribly, terribly slow.

Usability: depends. I could say, "Baidu wins this round," but that's because I prefer to have more control, and more speed, to do simple things such as scanning specific folders, updating the product manually, etc. But if you prefer a quiet AV, you should probably get Bitdefender Free, because it is designed to be a set-it-and-forget-it product.

 

[Solarlynx]

On Baidu's side, they're actually asking in their forum for users to vote and suggest new features.

That's a good move from devs.

 

[Ink]

One major disadvantage for Bitdefender is the requirement to have a registered account to use their free products such as, Free AV and SafePay.

 

[Infrared]

I would have to say bitdefender.

 

[cdnsempre]

Baidu have a uggly name but is FENOMENAL AND GENEROSITY!

 

[moonshine]

In my standpoint, I'd rather prefer Baidu's complexity over Bitdefender's simplicity. I like to have options on my end so Bitdefender's simple UI doesn't cut it for me.

 

[ifacedown]

And BitDefender is buggy.

 

[Oxygen]

Baidu is by far way better than avira as it uses more engines.

 

[Chromatinfish 123]

Bitdefender for the protection, Baidu for the complexity. Bitdefender Free has better protection because it has the same engine in the paid products, a very good one, but it is very simple (too simple to me)! All you can do is switch off Idle Scan and Real-Time Protection. It's the size of an extra-large windows widget. Baidu is kinda like Avast, a promoted free product, while Bitdefender Free is not promoted, and the download page cannot be accessed on the Bitdefender homepage!
Bitdefender< Baidu+Common Sense Antivirus 2014
Still I recommend Common Sense Antivirus 2014, it's cross platform, and it's free! It's already installed on your system, guaranteed!

 

[RevolutionSphere]

Instead of subjective "this is better" or "that is better", I think we should speak of characteristics. Users can decide if a set of characteristics from a program is useful to them or not.

Real-time file scanner: Baidu is a little faster. Bitdefender is more automated.

False Positives: both have a history of somewhat excessive FPs. Baidu have been improving on that, and seem open to user feedback. I also haven't seen recent FPs with Bitdefender engine.

For the future: I don't know what Bitdefender is cooking for their free offering. On Baidu's side, they're actually asking in their forum for users to vote and suggest new features. You can take a look here. I urged the Baidu team to work on strengthening what they already have, and fix half-assed features such as the Cloud File Scanner and improve the web filter, etc. I'm curious to see which path they'll take: try make the product look impressive, or actually be impressive. I guess we'll find out soon enough.

Security: neither is perfect. I'd say Bitdefender wins this part of the comparison, however, because of the effectiveness of its web filter. Detection rates are similar in both products.

Scanning speed: in this regard, Baidu runs rings around Bitdefender. Bitdefender Free AV's scans are terribly, terribly slow.

Usability: depends. I could say, "Baidu wins this round," but that's because I prefer to have more control, and more speed, to do simple things such as scanning specific folders, updating the product manually, etc. But if you prefer a quiet AV, you should probably get Bitdefender Free, because it is designed to be a set-it-and-forget-it product.

The Baidu Antivirus Forum, reminds me of the Avast one.

 

[MalwareT]

Baidu vs BitDefender comparison:

1)User Interface - Baidu
2)Memory usage and system impact - Tied
3)Website blocking BitDefender
4)Protection -Baidu
5)Features - Baidu
6) Scanning and removal - Baidu
7)Detection - Tied
8)Phishing - BitDefender

 

[Jaspion]

The Baidu Antivirus Forum, reminds me of the Avast one.

A HUGE number of PCs in Brazil have Baidu installed (I don't know about other countries), but almost NO-ONE chose to install it. Instead people downloaded anything from VLC to CCleaner from a famous, commonly trusted website, and got a custom installer with persistent adware, YAC (Baidu PC faster clone), Baidu Antivirus/PC Faster... I do not support this kind of practice.

Their cloud scanner is now even worse than it was! You scan a file: result safe. Scan again: unknown: Scan again: risk. You think, wow, at first it was safe, then unknown, then a risk! So that must mean it is being analyzed in real-time by the Baidu Cloud. Wow. That's impressive. Scan again! Result: safe. Scan again: risk. Scan again: unknown. Etc, etc, etc. It seems to give results almost at random.

Yet, they keep adding new features. Should I believe they are protecting me? They always seem to have the money to promote themselves via new flashy spacious features, and by using deceptive methods just like the very trojan/adware we are trying to eliminate, but not to correct existing features so they actually work in their favor?

Baidu hasn't matured enough as a security company, from my point of view. But I'm just a guy sitting behind a computer, so what do I know?

Edit: by the way, their Forum is empty. For such a huge company with such a huge user base... maybe if they actually wanted to listen, there would be people there to be heard.

 

[Malware1]

The Baidu Antivirus Forum, reminds me of the Avast one.

That's SMF too.

I hate Baidu. Their automated systems just copy paste detections from Kaspersky and ESET.

 

[RevolutionSphere]

A HUGE number of PCs in Brazil have Baidu installed (I don't know about other countries), but almost NO-ONE chose to install it. Instead people downloaded anything from VLC to CCleaner from a famous, commonly trusted website, and got a custom installer with persistent adware, YAC (Baidu PC faster clone), Baidu Antivirus/PC Faster... I do not support this kind of practice.

Their cloud scanner is now even worse than it was! You scan a file: result safe. Scan again: unknown: Scan again: risk. You think, wow, at first it was safe, then unknown, then a risk! So that must mean it is being analyzed in real-time by the Baidu Cloud. Wow. That's impressive. Scan again! Result: safe. Scan again: risk. Scan again: unknown. Etc, etc, etc. It seems to give results almost at random.

Yet, they keep adding new features. Should I believe they are protecting me? They always seem to have the money to promote themselves via new flashy spacious features, and by using deceptive methods just like the very trojan/adware we are trying to eliminate, but not to correct existing features so they actually work in their favor?

Baidu hasn't matured enough as a security company, from my point of view. But I'm just a guy sitting behind a computer, so what do I know?

Edit: by the way, their Forum is empty. For such a huge company with such a huge user base... maybe if they actually wanted to listen, there would be people there to be heard.

Sounds like they have the potential to be great a AV. I also think that AV forums help a lot, because they then can get user feedback and improve certain thing of software itself.

That's SMF too.

I hate Baidu. Their automated systems just copy paste detections from Kaspersky and ESET.

Though the Avast forum got hacked like 2 weeks ago, if Baidu are using the same hosting for there forum, couldn't it happen to them as well?

 

[Rohitkumar]

Bitdefender is best .
Baidu also Good Antivirus not to the Bitdefender Free Antivirus.

 

[MrExplorer]

Both are worse, If you want a free antivirus than just go for 360 Total Security.
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