Bitdefender 2021 released

[fabiobr]

Bitdefender has really done it in this version!
It's one of the lightest security suites I've tried recently.
It seems their approach has changed! They stopped throwing redundant features on a product that was long plagued with bugs and instead they've trimmed it down and polished the product! They've even polished their Bitdefender Central! And It's really handy.
It's Bugdefender NO MORE.
Also recently they've added dark mode - and it looks good. Though the UI is not exactly to my taste.

Now it'll be great if they could add some advanced features -application control?- and granular controls geared towards enthusiasts and advanced users!
But hey that's the premise of Bitdefender - set and forget ! And I think it's the best out of the box for novice users.

Dark mode? Where?

 

[Alan Taylor]

Dark mode? Where?

You will find it under Settings;

 

[Durden]

Dark mode? Where?

Apparently it’s on build 25.0.7.29!
I got this build after freshly installing it on my older laptop. However, on my main PC I still haven’t got that build despite forcing the update multiple times.

 

[DJDANY]

Bravo bravisimo bitdefender team, for kaspersky team it is difficult for them to achieve , i not like bitdefender because "safe pay" it is not as up-to-date as in Kaspersky

 

[Sammo]

Apparently it’s on build 25.0.7.29!
I got this build after freshly installing it on my older laptop. However, on my main PC I still haven’t got that build despite forcing the update multiple times.

I got this version by doing a reinstall (Go to Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Programs and Features\Bitdefender Internet Security and choose reinstall). I love the new black mode.

 

[Freud2004]

Bitdefender Total Security 2021 — Free License for 3 Months​

Bitdefender Total Security 2021 — Free License for 3 Months

Don't say I am not your friend, you never publish 3 months free licenses for Kaspersky, shame on you (maybe because Kaspersky never give 3 months licenses for free)...

 

[Nightwalker]

So I decided to revisit Bitdefender and shockingly they still have not fixed the annoying popups and the stupid automatic profile "feature", what they are thinking?

How to stop bitdefender popups/notifications - Expert Community

I get constant popups from bitdefender saying its optimised for "??????" or constantly for usb sticks that have been in and scanned...Its worse than spam when you are trying to work. I only need to see things that may have the potential to infect or disrupt my work. The constant adds and popups...

community.bitdefender.com

Work Profile & Notifications - Expert Community

How do I turn off the Work Profile in Bitdefender Antivirus Plus 2020 ? The on/off switch isn't working - It's grayed out. I want to get rid off the permanent popup notifications. Already disabled all notifications under Settings/General. Please help.

community.bitdefender.com

 

[blackice]

So I decided to revisit Bitdefender and shockingly they still have not fixed the annoying popups and the stupid automatic profile "feature", what they are thinking?

How to stop bitdefender popups/notifications - Expert Community

I get constant popups from bitdefender saying its optimised for "??????" or constantly for usb sticks that have been in and scanned...Its worse than spam when you are trying to work. I only need to see things that may have the potential to infect or disrupt my work. The constant adds and popups...

community.bitdefender.com

Work Profile & Notifications - Expert Community

How do I turn off the Work Profile in Bitdefender Antivirus Plus 2020 ? The on/off switch isn't working - It's grayed out. I want to get rid off the permanent popup notifications. Already disabled all notifications under Settings/General. Please help.

community.bitdefender.com

It’s odd, I had just run Bitdefender for a while and didn’t see any. They seem not to know what causes a lot of the small issues. But, I also couldn’t get auto profiles to work for a lot of games. So I just turned it off. The performance difference was very small. It definitely still needs work. I also wish it wouldn’t default to changing your power plan settings (I always forget to turn that off before testing). I’m pretty sure they change something in the registry that doesn’t get set right when you uninstall.

 

[ForgottenSeer 67480]

How's with RAM usage now after installation?

 

[Venustus]

How's with RAM usage now after installation?

Mine generally sits at about 500mb after install and then hovers at around180 -200mb after a few days

 

[AYIZEB]

honestly, I've been testing bitdefender this entire month, and if you have spare ram I have 16 GB, nor will you notice that it is in the computer, since it does not consume cpu or disk, so in general if you meet the first requirement, in the games and demanding things I have not noticed a negative impact.

 

[Pat MacKnife]

BD free is just the other way, when days go by the Ram goes up and still rising ... now 670 mb and it doesn't go down...

 

[JB007]

Very light for me

 

[ForgottenSeer 67480]

I don't know what about you guys, but I don't trust Bitdefender, still. I'll wait until RAM Usage update to make it more smaller, because it's on ClamWin / ClamAV level.

 

[Venustus]

but I don't trust Bitdefender,

I think it's one of the most trustworthy names in the industry