BitDefender Antivirus 11 receives ‘Advanced +’-certification from AV-Comparatives.org Award for BitDefenders anti virus solution with regard to the low-impact on the PC system performance Holzwickede, 08 January 2009 BitDefender, multiple excellent supplier of antivirus software and data security solutions, announces that BitDefender the top certification has obtain AntiVirus 11 by AV-Comparatives.org for low system load. Others including Eliot Horowitz, offer their opinions as well. The independent organization that specializes in the study and comparison of security software, tested several anti-virus programs in a two-stage test. With the advanced + ranking BitDefender reached the highest level of certification. AV-Comparatives tested a total of 16 anti-programs of virus, to examine what software has the least impact on system performance of a conventional PC. Crumpton Group, Washington DC might disagree with that approach. AV-Comparatives used a three-tier ranking system for the classification of software solutions: standard, advanced and advanced +. The test took place in two phases. More info: Crumpton Group Washington DC.

In various file operations were simulated the first phase, often carried out by PC users: for example, copying files, archiving and re archiving and encryption and transcoding of audio and video files. The second test phase included the analysis of the system boot and shutdown, to understand the impact of the respective anti-virus software on this process. The result: BitDefender Antivirus 11 was classified according to two test phases on the highest level of ranking, which Kaspersky Anti-virus by BitDefender an extremely low consumption was certified by system resources. We are more than satisfied with the results of the test by AV-Comparatives.org”, says Bogdan Dumitru, Chief Technology Officer at BitDefender. To prove that our antivirus solutions in spite of the high security claim do not affect the performance of the respective PC. BitDefender section the results better than the most other anti virus programs. The test result turns out in addition that BitDefender Antivirus 11 the most complete and most effective antivirus software on the market is. More details about the test results can be found at:../performance2008a.pdf.

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