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<blockquote data-quote="roger_m" data-source="post: 882884" data-attributes="member: 31436">In the past, Bitdefender has slowed down my computer very noticably.&nbsp; While the computer I was using at the time was not particularly powerful, it ran very well with no antivirus installed and with some other antiviruses, there were no noticeable slowdowns.&nbsp; It just comes down to how antivirus performance can vary from one computer to the next.&nbsp; As an example, some people with low end system are happy with Windows Defender and don&#039;t find it affects performance much.&nbsp; But on the other hand, some people with high end systems find it causes slowdowns.True, but when so many people were having issues with old versions of Bitdefender, then clearly some users would have been reporting the issues and they weren&#039;t putting much effort in to fixing them.I agree.&nbsp; But it&#039;s understandable that people have some scepticism if multiple versions have been buggy for them in the past.&nbsp; Aside from that, many people have posted that 2020 version is working much better than previous versions.It&#039;s not malicious and a program I used many years ago.&nbsp; It was a very interesting concept when it was first released.&nbsp; They even had planned to add the ability to run it from a bootable CD/DVD, to be able to repair a non bootable Windows installation.&nbsp; However it seems that a few years after it was released it was sold to a different company.&nbsp; Since then, it&#039;s been often included as unwanted extra when you install other software and there have been no new features added.&nbsp; As I said initially, it&#039;s not malicious, but I believe tweaking.com&#039;s free Windows Repair software does a much better job of fixing issues with Windows.I&#039;ve been testing PUPs more many years.&nbsp; I would say that 99% of PUPs are not malicious, despite the bad reputation that have.&nbsp; For example, there is no motive for Reimage to steal your data, when they make money selling their app.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="roger_m, post: 882884, member: 31436"] In the past, Bitdefender has slowed down my computer very noticably. While the computer I was using at the time was not particularly powerful, it ran very well with no antivirus installed and with some other antiviruses, there were no noticeable slowdowns. It just comes down to how antivirus performance can vary from one computer to the next. As an example, some people with low end system are happy with Windows Defender and don't find it affects performance much. But on the other hand, some people with high end systems find it causes slowdowns. True, but when so many people were having issues with old versions of Bitdefender, then clearly some users would have been reporting the issues and they weren't putting much effort in to fixing them. I agree. But it's understandable that people have some scepticism if multiple versions have been buggy for them in the past. Aside from that, many people have posted that 2020 version is working much better than previous versions. It's not malicious and a program I used many years ago. It was a very interesting concept when it was first released. They even had planned to add the ability to run it from a bootable CD/DVD, to be able to repair a non bootable Windows installation. However it seems that a few years after it was released it was sold to a different company. Since then, it's been often included as unwanted extra when you install other software and there have been no new features added. As I said initially, it's not malicious, but I believe tweaking.com's free Windows Repair software does a much better job of fixing issues with Windows. I've been testing PUPs more many years. I would say that 99% of PUPs are not malicious, despite the bad reputation that have. For example, there is no motive for Reimage to steal your data, when they make money selling their app. [/QUOTE]

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