- Feb 2, 2013
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illumination said:Malware Man said:Oh dear, that does not sound very good at all. I have heard a lot of bad things about Bitdefender, I am just wondering why they are rated number one if so many people have problems with them and saying it sucks. I just don't get it. Kaspersky is rated number two but I really think it's a lot better then Bitdefender, i'd take it any over it. But I am giving Bitdefender my best shot. It's not like I paid for it, so I have nothing to lose. I have a feeling I will not be keeping it for a whole year. It's scanning speed is outrageously slow.illumination said:Jack said:It's just the PR department over at Bitdefender doing their job. 20, 30 or 100 keys is not that much for a big company like Bitdefender.Malware Man said:I'm lucky enough to have won one of them and am now using Bitdefender instead of CIS.
I guess, you can join a sweepstakes and win a key.
PS: Comodo Internet Security is better than Bitdefender!
I have to agree with the last "PS" statement Jack..
I wonder if BD still uses Virtual Box to secure its web browser "safe browsing", i was turned off by the use of a 3rd party app, not to mention the bugs, and Fp's that as mentioned before, BD has a bad habit of deleting, leaving you missing safe files.. I understand a user can go into AV settings and switch the actions of the scanner to quarantine, but most average users will not, the will leave default settings..
Then of course there was the whole Dash Board incident that literally turned me off by the the way the BD company handled the problem, telling customers we apologize for the "encounters" you are having of signing into someone else's credentials, allowing you to see and take someone else info..
this was pretty serious, and instead of taking the servers off line, they left it up and running until they managed a fix... This is not a company i would want to trust to secure my system, just personal opinion...
It really depends on where you are seeing Bitdefender is rated number 1, there are many discussions on this whole rating system in this forum, and the opinions of most members on this.. Bitdefender AV has high detection rates, there is no doubt, but the other issues are what turn me away from it..
Well people on here told me about the whole toptenreviews site. Apparently the vendors pay to get rated high and the vendor that pays the most get's first place. So since Bitdefender is first place on that site they most of paid a fortune to be put number one. So I don't believe nothing on that site anymore. Don't even go there anymore haha. I believe there is another site that rates Bitdefender number one and that is AV comparatives? Correct me if I am wrong. I do know they are rated pretty high on it, if not first. I don't know what other sites that compare antiviruses there are.