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BitDefender wins testing for antivirus protection

April 2003


BitDefender was chosen by the PC Magazine in Netherlands as the best solution for home PCs protection

BitDefender, an award-winning antivirus solution, was chosen by the Personal Computer Magazine in Netherlands as the best solution for home PCs protection. The main advantage was the scanning efficiency and the quality of the associated services.

In competition with Norton Antivirus, Kaspersky, Panda Antivirus Platinum, F-Protect, Norman Virus Control, RAV and eTrust Antivirus, BitDefender brought two home PC protection solutions: BitDefender Professional and BitDefender Home Edition, the first revealing as an extra an Application Firewall and a superior network fortification.

Both products have excelled in intuitive behavior and stunning effectiveness, but most of the votes were earned by BitDefender Home Edition, which had the gain of a lower price.

The evaluation criteria were:
- user-friendly interface
- detection of main virus categories
- operating systems supported
- price list
- virus definitions number (over 72 000)
- archives� scanning
- detection of viruses associated with Office documents
- false alarm minimizing
- best behavior under Windows 9x and Windows XP

BitDefender has recently upgraded to the 7th version of his home protection suite and the new BitDefender Standard Edition v. 7, replacing Home Edition v. 6.5, can be evaluated for free from http://www.bitdefender.com. The list price for BitDefender starts from $29.95, including a free CD.


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