A ton of features for privacy, protection, and utilities A free 30-day trial to try it out OneClick optimizer to make it all optimized for you
Cons
Can be a little steep when it comes to pricing
BitDefender Total Security
Price: $
Bitdefender Total Security excels as an award-winning antivirus software, ensuring robust protection for your Windows PC. While there are a handful of antiviruses available in the market out there, Bitdefender creates its place by offering you a clean interface, a highly effective security system, and quite a few additional features which we will get into later.
For starters, the Bitdefender Total Security offers a lot of customization that you can apply as per your liking to consume as many resources of your PC as you like. Many antivirus software out in the market can consume your entire PC's resources and not let you do your work, but this is not like that. There is an additional AutoPilot feature that can automatically adjust itself to offer you the most balanced security settings.
Protection
The protection features that Bitdefender Total Security offers are industry-leading. There is the option to quick scan which will quickly scan your main registries, folders, and files for viruses and malware. Then there is the system scan option which is a complete scan and takes much more time to finish. It is a thorough one that can find out any viruses that your computer might have.
Other options include vulnerability scan, real-time virus protection, online threat prevention, advanced threat defense, firewall, ransomware remediation, and antispam. Almost all of these options include further settings in which you can enhance and modify any choices.
Privacy
Privacy is a crucial aspect of any security application for any OS. In terms of features to enhance and protect your privacy, there are the following:
SafePay: used to secure your transactions and online banking
VPN: BitDefender Total Security has a built-in VPN to protect and privatize your internet activity
Password Manager: a separate tool that can be opened through the antivirus
Video & Audio Protection
Anti-tracker
Parental Control
Utilities
Bitdefender Total Security offers a host of features in the utilities section too, including the following: Anti-Theft, OneClick Optimizer, Profiles, and Data Protection.
Pricing
Bitdefender Total Security offers a 30-day free trial in which you can try out all the features before you decide to buy it. The price varies for the number of years you choose to buy it for and the number of devices you want to apply it on. The price starts at $69.99 (5 devices) for one year and ranges to $239.99 for 3 years (10 devices).
Conclusion
Bitdefender Total Security is an award-winning antivirus software that provides an all-in-one security solution for your Windows PC, although it is available for other platforms including Mac, Android, and iOS. It is a premium suite that has a ton of features built-in and a couple of add-ons too. All of these features are useful. If you are looking to secure your PC, this might be your choice.
Reviewed by Hamza Sadiq (editor rating 4.5 out of 5 stars)
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Additional info
Minimum requirements
• Windows 7 with Service Pack 1, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, and Windows 11 • 2 GB RAM • 2.5 GB free space
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