- ProsPreinstall scan eases installation. Best suite protection against phishing. Impressive performance optimizer. Above-average parental control. Local, remote, and advanced backup. PC Tune-up. Effective spam filtering. Configurable UI. Private data protection. Remote management. Game/laptop/silent mode.
- ConsMediocre malware removal and blocking. Parental control's IM management easily evaded. Old-school firewall passes security decisions to the user.
- Bottom LineBitDefender didn't score as well as last year in my hands-on antimalware tests. Still, I was particularly impressed by its performance optimization tool, and its phishing protection is excellent. It's a good security suite with a full-featured backup system.