Advice Request Bitdefender feedback

[reystar]

Guys, i have always wanted to use BitDefender as my main security program (have been using KIS since for ever) but, whenever i tried to install it and use it on ANY computer (with high specs) i always had issues, all kind of issues like slowdown, crashes etc. Why you think is this happening

 

[ForgottenSeer 89360]

It’s very hard to answer this question without any additional information provided.

In general, security products can behave badly when there is software conflict or some other misconfiguration with software/hardware.
I suggest you contact Bitdefender support for more information.

 

[enaph]

Same here - every single time I wanted to try BD it caused issues (like system slowdowns etc).
If you are using KIS and it serves you well then stick to it - in terms of protection and overall user experience KIS is way better than Bugdefender.

 

[SeriousHoax]

Did you try it recently? What's your system config? Do have any other security related apps installed?

 

[monkeylove]

For my PC, KSC has slowed it down, and it's now faster when I switched back to Bitdefender Free. A year ago, it was the other way round.

 

[ForgottenSeer 89360]

What does high-spec mean and how it slowed you down? The PC speed is formed off 3 components: CPU, Ram size and speed, and HDD/SSD speed.

What exactly the security products slowed down?

 

[FireHammer]

I have Bitdefender Total Security on a low spec Notebook without problems of any kind.

 

[Ink]

Incompatibility/conflicts with OS settings, left-over files from previous, existing security software.

It's generally recommended to 1. restart after installation/updates, 2. run for at least a few days to a week.

If problems persist even on a clean OS installation, don't use or buy the software.

Most security software vendors for consumers are over-rated. Hyped up with clever marketing.

 

[mlnevese]

I'm using Bitdefender on 4 computers with no problem ranging from a second gen i5 to a 9th gen i7 and from 4 to 16gb of RAM

 

[Divine_Barakah]

My experience with BD was as follows

You need to install it on a new system (before any other softwares). This will make BD settle down and adapt to your system. This will give you the least issues. I have personally experienced endless issues with BD but it has improved. Unfortunately, it is not as light as the advertise it.

 

[mlnevese]

My experience with Bitdefender is.

1) Make sure you use the previous security suit uninstaller. Bitdefender hates leftover drivers.
2) Make sure you turn off boot scan. It's unnecessary.
3) Turn on scan only new and modified files
4) Turn off ads and recommendations
5) Do a full system scan

It will settle down on your computer in 3 or 4 days as it finishes adjusting to it. As I said in other thread, my father-in-law uses it on second gen i5 with 4gb of RAM with nearly 0 impact.

 

[Divine_Barakah]

2) Make sure you turn off boot scan. It's unnecessary.

This is sth I would never disable. Norton and Trend Micro offer the same functionality.

Edit
Not sure if the features work identically in the three products.