Bitdefender Free

Discussion in 'other anti-virus software' started by WilliamP, Aug 16, 2015.

  1. WilliamP

    WilliamP Registered Member

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    I have a good friend that is computer illiterate. He has an old Dell with XP. It had never been updated. So I have tried to get it up to date. I took off Norton and tried to install Avira. Well I found out that I couldn't because it was XP. So I installed Bitdefender free. Well he told me there was something wrong. It was shut down. It said the Trial had run out. What kind of Free is that.
     
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  2. Kerodo

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    If it is truly BitDefender Free, there is no trial, and it is indeed free with no restrictions.

    Btw, asking what is the best free av will get this thread closed in seconds...

    Make sure you actually have the BD Free version first, and if necessary, uninstall the trial product, and install the free one.
     
  3. WilliamP

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    Thank you.
     
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    It is free but you have to register after 30 days with a bitdefender account to enjoy the free version.
     
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    To the best of my knowledge there hasn't been any official word (from Bitdefender) re further development of BD-Free. I only know that it is still supported (updating in a timely manner) and performing very well on our Win7 PCs.
     
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  11. mantra

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    hi
    i have installed the free version on a laptop with w10 64bit and it works perfectly
    light ,very light , i really like it
    never had a problem with it under w10
    i had more problem marked compatible with w10 like eset smart security 8 (w10 compatible ) and v9
     
  12. Pat MacKnife

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    It can't be perfect because its not compatible with Win 10 !!
     
  13. haakon

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    @ mantra
    It looks like it's working, but not at all perfectly. Windows 10 incompatibility had been confirmed by Bitdefender sometime last year in their forum. Let me find a link to that... Oh wait. Impet did in post 7 above.

    Unfortunately Bitdefender doesn't use massive flashing red text about that on the Web site for those that don't pay attention to the published System Requirements way down there at the bottom where 10 is not listed.
     
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    It's really sad that they don't update it, RIP Bitdefender Free.
     
  16. Kerodo

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    Yeah, many of us thought it was sad they don't update it years ago. Guess nothing much has changed since then either... Sad.... It was pretty good as far as it went.
     
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    Even if one install and run it in Compatibility Mode?
     
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