BITDEFENDER TOTAL SECURITY
Focused on malware protection and not bloated with pointless features, a low price makes this a winner
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1st YEAR PRICE
5 devices, £43 (£52 inc VAT)
from bitdefender.co.uk RENEWAL PRICE
5 devices, £63 (£75 inc VAT)
from bitdefender.co.uk RETAIL PRICE
5 devices, 1yr, £17 (£20 inc VAT)
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Bitdefender provides effective protection through its pleasant interface
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lready a very effective security suite, Bitdefender has improved its malware detection performance from last year, and offers plenty of features without becoming too costly or bundling in irrelevant options. It’s available for Windows, macOS, Android and iOS.
We don’t have data from SE Labs, but Bitdefender was a top performer in AV-Test’s regular assessments involving both real-world exposure to live malware and scanning of a passive set of malicious files. It detected and protected against all malware, with zero false positives of benign software. AV-Comparatives’ latest real-world malware exposure test was more challenging to all the software tested, but Bitdefender blocked 99.6% of malware – only slightly behind Norton, F-Secure, McAfee and Avira – and picked up only five false positive misidentifications of benign software as a potential malware threat.