Selasa, 18 Desember 2007

Review of BitDefender Anti Virus 10

Due to the rapid law-enforcement of copy rights in Indonesia; most of computer users are now struggling to keep alive in this computer era. Either you want it or not, we have to always keep up with current update with the latest technology. One of it is the anti virus software.

I have experience in using a former anti virus, I bought it legally for USD 35,- for each client, or Indonesian Rupiah (IDR), it's around IDR 325,500,-. Quite expensive for such a small company like mine; since we have to buy at least 40 copies of it. So, by a simple calculation, at that time I was USD 1,400 poorer for buying a one year license of that Anti Virus.

And few weeks ago, I was in the High Tech Mall (THR Surabaya), a mall that is specialized on computer (hardware and software) trading. Kind of surprise by seeing a very affordable anti virus, called Bit Defender Anti Virus 10.

What the hell is that? At that time, I don't know anything about this anti virus. All I know is that this anti virus is very cheap. It's only around USD 5. So, due to my limited time to either continuing my last anti virus license or purchasing a new one, I decided to buy a single copy of this anti virus.




After I ask the sales-person, I'm very happy to know that this Anti Virus is already support Windows Vista (I really need to remove my Windows Defender at that time - since it's kind of ugly defense anyway :p )

So, after using it for several weeks, here are some comments from me :

Good things about this software :

1. This anti virus is great for defensing our PC, since it could update its own database several times in a day
2. Good compatibility for Windows Vista Users
3. Easy to Install
4. Have an easy to watch monitor - for reviewing access in our PCs

Bad things about this software :

1. It ate quite a big resources when it does some background scanning. We could notice that our computer suddenly run very slow for no reason (and I find this out when I check thru my Task Manager)
2. Sometimes, it crash for no reason when finishing its auto updates
3. It has some background services - those of course it took our physical memory away

So, over-all result : this is a five stars (*****) for a five-bucks AV Software. Don't compare to other expensive software, please. :P

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