BitDefender AntiVirus - 1yr Free - Win, Mac & Android [EDIT: Westpac Customers Only]

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  Centurion19871 on 19/03/2013 - 12:21

  This would be good for all the ozb's that missed out on the last deal.

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  brett-au on 19/03/2013 - 12:22

  +1

  Whats this? A message from my bank. Hmm. My computer could be infected with a virus! That sounds bad. I should enter my bank account details and download an executable to fix my PC. And its free?!

  Sign me up!

  …

  But before I rush in, anyone have any comment on how bitdefender does as an AV?

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    lostn on 19/03/2013 - 12:24

    Well I have this website that looks just like the Westpac one… you could enter your details into mine, and I'll give you free AV. Yeah.

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    Snoop on 19/03/2013 - 12:46

    I've found it to be pretty good so far!
    I don't find it to bee too system hungry (compared to NAV), but it can, like most, be a bit obtrusive at times and pops up with issues often. But you've got to expect that if you're playing with torrents, keygens etc!

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      lostn on 19/03/2013 - 14:13

      I don't find it to bee too system hungry (compared to NAV)

      NAV is not a high benchmark to begin with so…

      Booting up is when it has the greatest impact on performance.

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        Snoop on 19/03/2013 - 14:48

        Agree on NAV!!!
        Current machines previously had McAfee. Can't say I've noticed a difference in boot time since using BD. Not that I've physically timed them, but definitely nothing noticible!
        And at a cost of 0.00 dollars per year, I think you'd be hard pressed to find anything with overall better performance per dollar value than BD!
        Sorry to those that have actually paid for it previuosly!

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  Snoop on 19/03/2013 - 12:22

  This is kind of a dupe listing.
  This deal has been offered for a few years now & has been mentioned and/or listed every time BD comes up!
  But always handy to remind peeps about it!

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    GaelicAU on 19/03/2013 - 12:25

    -1

    Sorry - havent seen it mentioned before. Thanks for the heads up.

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  lostn on 19/03/2013 - 12:23

  +1

  This isn't the first time this deal has been published.

  In any case, I don't recommend Bitdefender. I paid for my license, not knowing that as a Westpac customer I could have got it for free. I uninstalled it after a month. I actually wanted to do it even sooner.

  It's just too buggy. And it slowed down the loading of Windows (the time after you enter your password to the time your disk stops thrashing and everything is fully loaded) significantly.

  I've used almost all AVs. None are perfect. I have quibbles with all of them. Right now I use ESET which seems the least system intensive of them all, but every time I plug in any external device it thinks that device is malware and dangerous.

  I'm interested in hearing what the rest of you recommend.

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    GaelicAU on 19/03/2013 - 12:25

    -1

    Good to know, thanks for the feedback.

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    Snoop on 19/03/2013 - 12:40

    Asking for AV advice on here is like the proverbial "Pandora's Box"!!!
    Every time an AV is listed on here you get a multitudes of +s and -s!
    From my experience BD isn't too bad, better than most I've had but still has its issues!
    I got it free for 3 years on 3 different comps, so I was sold!

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    hollykryten on 19/03/2013 - 12:47

    Yeah i too was running Bitdefender but the total security version and it seemed to make Windows 8 on my core i5 2500k run slightly sluggish. Bitdefender hogs resources in some way. Uninstalled it and am now running Norton Internet Security and it's heaps better.

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  grimace3 on 19/03/2013 - 12:27

  -3

  It's only available to people with access to internet banking @ Westpac…

  Sign in to Online Banking, select Security from the menu, and follow the instructions to download the software from Bitdefender.

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    GaelicAU on 19/03/2013 - 12:30

    -1

    Have you not read the whole title if not the whole post?

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      grimace3 on 19/03/2013 - 13:08

      +1

      I did and you have "[EDIT: Maybe All]" in the title which is misleading since it's only available for westpac customers . :)

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        GaelicAU on 19/03/2013 - 13:43

        +1

        Title now updated.

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  seanbaussie on 19/03/2013 - 12:44

  Downloaded this for free, installed it & uninstalled it 2 hours later when it stopped a program from opening & turning every option off still wouldn't make it not scan that program.

  Biggest -ve I see is you can't pause it nor tell it to ignore something easily. Very un-user friendly.

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    Snoop on 19/03/2013 - 12:48

    You can if you know where to do it!
    I had a similar issue with a keygen coming up as a virus!
    Can't remember off the top of my head where to do it, but it took me a few minutes to find!
    I recall it gave me some options like: Turn off for 5 minutes, etc.

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      seanbaussie on 19/03/2013 - 16:06

      Their staff on their forums claim it's a security risk to allow such an option (& allowing me to tell them when a file is safe): http://forum.bitdefender.com/index.php?showtopic=31067
      Seems they think their program is smarter than me.

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        Snoop on 19/03/2013 - 23:58

        Go to dashboard, select Anti Virus settings icon, select Shield, switch on access scanning to off, it'll ask how long for 5mins, 1hour, till restart etc.
        Turning this off allowed me to dl, install and run programs that otherwise came up as a virus!

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  xyron on 19/03/2013 - 12:55

  +2

  that second link just redirects to Bitdefender AU home for me.

  great AV though, im still using the keys that i got from the last couple of freebie giveaways from donotcrack.com :)

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    GaelicAU on 19/03/2013 - 13:44

    -1

    Yep - seems like its been updated. Good while it lasted. :-)

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  yeohkt on 19/03/2013 - 14:04

  link not working ?

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  hollykryten on 19/03/2013 - 14:06

  That non-westpac customers link just redirects to the front page of the main Bitdefender site so it's a dead link.