Parental Controls: I’ll probably do a separate post on this, as I find the feature disconcerting for two reasons: Children reach an age where their privacy should be respected, and there comes a point where such intrusive monitoring might be considered morally questionable. Vaults can be exported to other devices running Bitdefender’s encryption utility. Ransomware Detection: Seems to basically prevent the encryption of marked directories, so even if the ransomware manages to install itself, execute and encrypt most the system filles, whatever’s in the protected directories should be recoverable.įile Encryption: Much like TrueCrypt/VeraCrypt’s main function, Bitdefender file encryption can be used to create ‘Vaults’, which are containers that can be mounted as virtual partitions.
It makes sense to include this anyway, as most customers wouldn’t bother installing and configuring a stand-alone IDS.Īntispam: Rule-based system that checks the content of emails against criteria associated with spam. Here we only get to select the level of detection from three preset profiles, but it should be sufficient for the desktop and users who don’t have the expertise to configure one. Intrusion Detection: A pro-active security measure that includes alerting for changes a malicious program might make to the local system. Having this all in one place is handy.įirewall: By default this is an application firewall, but under the Advanced settings it’s possible to allow/deny by port numbers and IP addresses under the Advanced settings when adding a new rule. Vulnerability: Basically checks the update status of Windows and installed applications, which should eliminate vulnerabilities that can be patched. Scanning can also be performed on demand in the main application panel. Most the interesting features are listed under the ‘Modules’ section:Īntivirus: Options here enable the user to create Scan Profiles that can be configured and scheduled. Within five minutes the control panel, which is almost perfectly consistent with the Windows 8/10 desktop, is displayed:Īside from the Safepay button, these are all the standard options one would expect in an anti-malware product. The first thing I noticed was the installation process was very quick, a matter of signing into Bitdefender Central and clicking the install button. Initially I didn’t expect it to be much different from the typical AV system.
Anything that bundles multiple tools is worth reviewing, so I was happy to accept the request to look at Bitdefender Total Security 2016.
Most the commercial AV vendors package a more comprehensive solution with their products, such as Mobile Device Management, disk encryption, intrusion detection, etc.
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