Description
Bitdefender is a highly rated internet security provider and the latest version of its Internet Security suite includes several new features to expand its coverage and ease of use. It includes many of the major modules you'd expect in an IS suite with anti-virus software, anti-spyware, online protection – including internet banking – and tune-up. (See also: Best internet security software 2015 UK.)Innovations in this edition include pre-defined profiles to adjust settings for specific uses, like movies, work or games, a start-up organiser and PC tune-up with a one-click optimiser. You don't get a two-way firewall, parental control, backup, online storage or device anti-theft, though these are available in the £60, Bitdefender Total Security.
The main control window is clean, with Modern-style tiles for the main and subsidiary functions. The three big tiles provide access to Protection, Privacy and Tools, while the four smaller ones are labelled Scan, Update, Safepay and Optimize. Each tile leads to a setting and report screen, breaking down the options within the modules of the suite. (See also: 2015's best antivirus for PC and laptop UK.)The new one-click optimizer looks at junk files, registry entries and privacy issues and can sort them all in at least a couple of clicks. On our test system, it offered to recover 3.7GB of unnecessary files and sort out lots of registry and privacy issues. It's an all or nothing approach, though, without the ability to select which issues to resolve.
The Startup optimizer does a similar thing for programs automatically run when Windows launches, but shows a lot more info, detailing all the apps that auto-start and the time it takes to start them, so you can select any you want to remove from the list.
