In AV-Comparitives’ February-May 2025 Real World Protection Test, Bitdefender was the leading performer with a 99.8% ...

There is a reason that Bitdefender Free Antivirus is our pick for the best lightweight alternative to Microsoft Defender - it ...

Identity theft protection Bitdefender offers a separate Digital Identity Protection service, which is a bit of a copout, as plenty of antivirus vendors provide this feature in their security suites.

Since the release of Windows 10, Windows Defender has evolved into a more complex and comprehensive means of system protection.

Bitdefender antivirus features Bitdefender’s core antivirus includes real-time protection from viruses and other malware, scan scheduling and manual scanning tools.

Windows Defender does a decent job of blocking malware but lacks many of the protection features found in suites like Trend Micro Internet Security.

Microsoft has implemented an automatic mitigation tool within Defender Antivirus to tackle critical vulnerabilities in Exchange Server.

Bitdefender Total Security runs unobtrusively in the background and performed well in our tests, but the bundled VPN service is very restricted.

The built-in Microsoft Defender antivirus is part of the Windows Security suite of tools. It’s as basic as it comes, but completely free and runs automatically in the background, even if you ...