I refer to the paid versions of Bitdefender Anti-Virus. 1. What kind of impact does it have on the system performance? Is it light as the company claims? Is it prone to surges of high CPU usage that make it hard to use the computer till they subside? 2. Does it allow the user to disable "PUP" detection? 3. In the case of false positive detections, can you restore well from quarantine or is the targeted program gone, period? Computer: DELL Dimension 2400 CPU: Intel Pentium 4-2667 (Northwood, D1) 2666 MHz (20.00x133.3) @ 2658 MHz (20.00x132.9) Motherboard: DELL 0G1548 Chipset: Intel 845GEV (Brookdale-GEV) + ICH4 Memory: 2048 MBytes @ 166 MHz, 2.5-3-3-7 - 1024 MB PC3200 DDR-SDRAM - Kingston K - 1024 MB PC3200 DDR-SDRAM - Kingston K Graphics: Intel 82845G/GL/GV Graphics Controller [DELL] Intel i845G(L) Integrated, 64 MB Drive: WL120GPA872, 117.2 GB, E-IDE (ATA-7) Drive: WDC WD2500JB-57GVC0, 244.2 GB, E-IDE (ATA-6) Drive: HGST HTS545050A7E380, 488.4 GB, Serial ATA 3Gb/s <-> USB Drive: SAMSUNG CD-R/RW SW-252S, CD-R Writer Sound: Intel 82801DB(M) ICH4(-M) - AC'97 Audio Controller [A-1] Sound: Creative Technology SB Live! Series Audio Processor Network: RealTek Semiconductor RTL8139 PCI Fast Ethernet NIC [A/B/C] OS: Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Build 2600 Antivirus: Panda Antivirus Pro 17.0.1 Firewall: Panda Antivirus Pro 17.0.1 Ad Blocker: Adguard, Ad Muncher, Adblock Plus Default Browser: Maxthon 4.4.8.1000
Hello, I am not a security expert, but I bought Bitdefender Anti-virus 2018 yesterday early morning. I found it to be a pain in the butt to use and work with . This morning, it told me I had no internet connection and could not install a windows update that was needed. Also all scans custom or otherwise would not scan for rootkits . I downloaded the Bitdefender uninstall tool , ran it and contacted customer support canceling my account and asked for a refund . My pc 64 bit windows home .
I like BDIS2018 but would not recommend for the specs listed. If Panda works I'd consider keeping it.
Besides there online support I've been pretty happy with the software over the years I really like safe pay to do my banking . Use there trial and configure it to your likings see if it will work for you.
1. Mine experience, and those of several other friends/colleagues, is that Bitdefender is quite cumbersome, making relatively new PC's inexplicably slow even on simple stuff like opening menu of a random software (office, browser, etc). All symptoms were remedied when Bitdefender was uninstalled. Maybe this is something going on with only certain hardware/software combinations (as Bitdefender has many satisfied users), but with ancient hardware like yours, I'd rather go with something else. Anything else, really. 3. You can restore files from quarantine, and they are listed in exclusions afterward. Yet inexplicably on every next scan Bitdefender will flag and delete those same excluded files again. This is very recent experience with certain „PUP“ I had to deal with recently, same as last year (so nothing new here). You can also see this topic: https://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/anti-virus-for-xp.401039/
I would just try the trial on that achine. If you don't run into any problems in 30 days and like it then keep it. Also light is quite subjective. If the security solution is no slowing down you computer then it's light.