First spin with Bitdefender AV 2014

Hi,

I'm taking Bitdefender AV 2014 for a spin just now and as compared to my previous setup which was Emsisoft IS my boot time went from 38seconds to 1minute 5 seconds! I checked my startup items and I saw that aside from Bitdefender agent there is Bitdefender Wallet application there. Now the boot time is too long for me. Using Glary Utilties Pro ver4 I disabled the wallet application from starting up. I also disabled it in the Bitdefender gui. Restarted and it was still the same it started and it was there again. Now I managed to chop some seconds by pacing the wallet application on delayed-start. Glary now shows 47seconds but still sow unlike when I had Emsisoft IS.

I have also placed exclusions for Emsisoft folders/Bitdefender folders respectively so they won't interfere with each other.

Are there any tips you guys can give me as a first time user of BD AV 2014?

Thanks




Is there anything that I can do to make it boot faster?

Also I seem to cannot see where can I backup my configuration for Bitdefender AV 2014? How can I back it up?

 

Hello, Constantine,

Please write us a mail at bitsy at bitdefender dot com with more details about the information you need and what configuration back up you want and we will get back to you with help.

Have a great day!
Mirabela, Social Media Manager at Bitdefender

 

It was nice of you to have replied here. I have gone back to using Emsisoft IS week after my post as I have not had the help I needed.

 

You have chosen a very good product to stick with.

 

An increased boot time is to be expected when running two AV/AM programs. In order to get a like-for-like comparison, it might have been better to have uninstalled Emsisoft first before trialling Bitdefender. As Emsisoft already includes the Bitdefender engine, there's no point in running both.