A portion of customer data from much-respected anti-virus firm BitDefender has leaked online and, according to the hacker who took the data and tried to extort the firm, usernames and passwords were not encrypted. The perpetrator told FORBES all the data he stole was unencrypted.
Read moreIs Bitdefender a Chinese company?
Bitdefender is a Romanian cybersecurity technology company headquartered in Bucharest, Romania, with offices in the United States, Europe, Australia and the Middle East.
Read moreWhat can you do on Bitdefender Central?
From Central, you can control security for yourself and your entire family . You can activate and manage your subscriptions, install protection, track your lost devices and run remote scans and optimizations – all in one place. You need to create an account to sign in to the Bitdefender Central portal.
Read moreIs Bitdefender really free?
In the email, Bitdefender explained that immense changes in the security industry have upended many of its plans for product development and unfortunately, beginning January 1 2022, Bitdefender Antivirus Free Edition will officially be discontinued and will no longer be available for use .
Read moreIs Bitdefender free going away?
Bitdefender Antivirus Free Edition for Windows computers will be withdrawn as of December 2021. After this month, Bitdefender Antivirus Free will officially be discontinued and will no longer be available for download.
Read moreIs Bitdefender free better than Windows Defender?
Bitdefender is fast, lightweight, and has a much better cloud-based scanning engine than Microsoft’s Defender . Bitdefender’s malware scanner caught all of my test malware during a full system scan, and it barely had any impact on my computer’s performance.
Read moreWhich is better Kaspersky or Bitdefender free?
While they got a 99.9% protection rate with Bitdefender, Kaspersky only managed 99.5% . This isn’t a tremendous difference, but it still means that out of 736 test cases, four viruses got through. In turn, Bitdefender was awarded the Advanced+ rating, while Kaspersky only earned Advanced.
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