Bitdefender Threat Scanner Review
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Bitdefender is among the top antivirus scanners for Mac with consistently high rates of malware detection and a variety of other useful security features. However, the program isn’t free of imperfections.
The default interface is simple to navigate and organizes features into three categories: Privacy, Protection, and Utilities. The Protection tab focuses on the features you’d expect from an antivirus suite, like real-time scanning, firewall monitoring and ransomware countermeasures. The Privacy tab provides methods to stay safe online, like a secure browser that runs websites within an sandbox, which protects you from malware infecting your regular browser. The Utilities tab is a place to find optimization tools as well as an application that shreds files using exclusive algorithms and renders them unrecoverable in the event that they are deleted.
Premium plans also come with password management, as well as an option known as “Anti-Tracker” that can block web services from tracking you excessively. The program also comes with vulnerability scanners that detect faulty apps, weak passwords, and Windows updates that haven’t yet been applied. It also offers a fast custom scan that takes just five minutes to complete, which is much quicker than competitors like Norton and TotalAV.
The only issue with the application is that it takes a long time to install and can be frustrating for users who want to begin. The “Reveal in the Finder” feature of the app doesn’t work. This is a strange omission from an antivirus app that competes with other solutions that can do the same with just a few clicks.