This is a dragon that kills your system for sure, once installed. I bought this online after the reviews told a great story. I had used their earlier version and found good. Bitdefender antivirus plus 2012 turned out to be a disaster! There is no support for it except the forum. Even my registration was a real pain. After I installed this product, my browsing went so slow that it started timing out websites which used to be flash fast. I started suspecting BSNL. But I found that my laptop which had a different antivirus but less powerful was performing the best way. I tried some research and found out that it is Bitdefender who caught my desktop by its throat. I also noticed that my hard disk is running for its life! To make much more worst, my desktop shutdown automatically after 20 mins!
The issue: Investigation revealed that, the bitdefender filter confuses with your virtual adaptors and goes into a loop which eventually kills your browsing experience. The 'autoscan' scans your system so much that the hard disk activity and eventually your thermal protection system shuts your desktop!(I used to run my desktop 24/7 for weeks for my'experiments with technology'. Never shut down by itself!)
I tried to turn up to support. Realized that there is nothing like that, except forums where people howl and bark on this issue. no resolution except the blame game.
I decided to remove bitdefender. I used a professional uninstaller as I know antivirus needs real'removal tricks'. I cleaned my registry and restarted. Bingo! My home page appeared, as fast as it was! Suspect confirmed.
Moral of the story: Reputation and pricing can cheat! They need to do a lot of work before it could possibly be considered again.
Just try searching'bitdefender 2012 slows down internet' in the internet. You will be surprised! I am not sad, as I lost the money, but I am much happy that I am one among those unfortunate people who use Bitdefender.
Raj
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