should i try it??

[raxa707]

em planning to try out the bitdefender security for windows 8 on my pc but i m afraid that it would slow down my pc alot should i try it?
my current security rig

windows defender from win 8
win firewall
sandboxie
superantispyware etc

intel core 2 duo 2.8ghz
4gigz of ram

 

[Deleted member 178]

first you should remove Superantispyware, it is useless now since MBAM exists. BDIS should be ok on your computer , just try it.

 

[raxa707]

i have heard from alot of sources that it slows down the startup to a greater extent....... is that true?

 

[Deleted member 178]

in some , yes, in some other, not at all; every system is different, you just have to try it, if it does slow your system a lot , remove it.

 

[raxa707]

ahan thanx...

 

[Deleted member 178]

no problem, it seems to be a basic advice but you will see, it is efficient

 

[rebel4life]

i have BDIS 2013 and my bootup time is less than a minute

 

[Jack]

em planning to try out the bitdefender security for windows 8 on my pc but i m afraid that it would slow down my pc alot should i try it?
intel core 2 duo 2.8ghz
4gigz of ram

You have some decent specs,so it shouldn't slow you down.What other suites have you used and had a noticeable impact on your machine?

It the latest Av-Comparatives Performance Test in October 2012, Bitdefender got some decent results.

If you're looking for an extra-light suite,then ESET Smart Security and Avast Internet Security are your best bets.

 

[raxa707]

Thanks jack! Well i tried Eset smart security and it was really fast! Last time i had used Bitdefender 2012 on Windows 7, the startup was drastically slowed down.

 

[rsinger23]

You should try it. Doesn't affect computer performance, and with some tweaking it's very powerful. Like network intrusion is turned off by default, which I don't understand.

Not to mention it's one of the top rated security suites.

 

[rebel4life]

i have BIS 2013 on my machine and my boot time is around 40 seconds

 

[Ink]

IDS is disabled by default because is some environments can cause False Positives. In this way, we leave this option to be enabled by the user to find the level of protection that needs for his machine.

Source : Christian from Bitdefender Support (Forum)

Hope that makes it clearer, remember not all systems / networks are alike, so the safe-option is off.

Like network intrusion is turned off by default, which I don't understand.

 

[Ramblin]

my current security rig

windows defender from win 8
win firewall
sandboxie
superantispyware etc

In my opinion, you are fine as you are now.

I wouldn't change nothing but I know how it feels when you have an urge to try something. If you feel like you have to try BD, then do it. I did, also tried Bull Guard.

I wanted to use either of those AV but unfortunately they didn't get along with Sandboxie. Bit Defender made pages sticky and opening and closing sandboxes was very slow. Bull Guard was even worst.

I don't use anything that interferes with SBIE. If you feel the same way, I recommend you look at something else or keep your setup as you have it now. Maybe BD its working better now with SBIE but I doubt it.

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