Free bitdefender internet software for windows

BitDefender Virus Definitions June 9, 2009 provides advanced proactive protection against viruses, spyware, phishing attacks and identity theft. It works with BitDefender Professional Plus, BitDefender Antispyware, BitDefender Standard, BitDefender Internet Security
Because new threats appear every day, BitDefender antivirus must be updated periodically. The updates can be of these types:

1. Virus signatures: databases of virus prints to be compared with the scanned files. Shown as Virus Definitions Update. These updates require restarting BitDefender. The restart occurs automatically.
2. Spam signatures: rules for the heuristic and URL filters increasing the effectiveness of the antispam engine. Shown as AntiSpam Update.
3. Product upgrades: new product features, scan techniques and hotfixes. Shown as Product Update. Occasionally, installing these updates requires restarting the computer.

Instructions:

1. To configure the automatic update do the following:
   • Open BitDefender and click Update.
   • Click Settings.
   • Configure the Update location settings.
   • BitDefender 9 includes two update locations, allowing one of them to point to a local mirror.
   • Configure the Automatic update options.
2. Select Automatic check for updates to find out when updates are available.
   BitDefender checks for updates every 1 hour. Click Verify every hours to modify the number of hours after which a check for updates is performed.
   
3. Leave the Confirm update to Silent update unless you desire to be prompted before downloading the updates or before installing them. A similar option is available for the manual update under the Manual update settings.
   
   • Configure the Advanced options.
   • To prevent prompts asking for reboot, select Wait for reboot, instead of prompting.
   • Click Apply to save the settings.
   • Click Default to restore the default settings.
4. Occasional updates can be performed at any time, even when the product is set to update automatically:
   
   • Open BitDefender and click Update.
   • Click also Update at the top of the window if the Settings are displayed.
   • Click Update now to start the update process.
   • If the option Prompt before downloading updates was selected in the Settings, and when updates are available, a list of the updates available for download is displayed. Select the product to install and click Details to see the file download details.
     
   • Select Switch to silent update to stop being prompted on manual update.
     
   • Click OK to download and install the new files or Cancel to postpone the update.

NOTE: One year free license.

Major Features:

1. Anti-virus
   • The mission of the Antivirus module is to ensure detection and removal of all viruses in the wild. BitDefender Antivirus uses robust scan engines, certified by ICSA Labs, Virus Bulletin, Checkmark, CheckVir and T?V.
2. IMPROVED Proactive detection
   • B-HAVE (Behavioral Heuristic Analyzer in Virtual Environments) emulates a virtual computer-inside-a-computer where pieces of software are run in order to check for potential mal-ware behavior. This BitDefender proprietary technology represents a new security layer that keeps the operating system safe from unknown viruses by detecting malicious pieces of code for which signatures have not been released yet.
3. Spy-ware scanning and cleaning
   • BitDefender can scan your system, or part of it, for known spyware threats. The scan uses a constantly updated spyware signature database.
4. NEW Privacy protection
   • The privacy guard monitors HTTP (web) and SMTP (mail) traffic flowing out of your computer for what might be personal information ? like credit card numbers, SSNs and other user-defined strings, like, for example, bits of passwords.
5. IMPROVED Deployment and use
   • A setup wizard starts immediately after installation, helping users select the most appropriate update settings, a scanning schedule and providing a quick path to registering and activating the product.
6. IMPROVED User Experience
   • BitDefender redesigned the user experience, placing emphasis on ease of use and clutter avoidance. As a result, many BitDefender v10 modules require significantly less user interaction, through judicious use of automation and machine learning.
7. Hourly Updates
   • Your copy of BitDefender will be updated 24 times a day over the Internet, directly or through a Proxy Server. The product is able to repair itself if necessary, by downloading the damaged or missing files from BitDefender servers. BitDefender license owners benefit from free virus definition updates and free product upgrades.
8. NEW Rootkit Detection and Removal
   • A new BitDefender module looks for root-kits (malicious programs designed to control victim computers, while staying hidden) and removes them on detection.
     

Requirements:

• Pentium MMX 200 Mhz or higher processor
• Minimum 64MB of RAM Memory (128MB recommended)
• Minimum 40MB available hard disk space

Major Features:

1. Virus signatures:
   • databases of virus prints to be compared with the scanned files. Shown as Virus Definitions Update. These updates require restarting BitDefender. The restart occurs automatically.
2. Spam signatures:
   • rules for the heuristic and URL filters increasing the effectiveness of the antispam engine. Shown as AntiSpam Update.
3. Product upgrades:
   • new product features, scan techniques and hotfixes. Shown as Product Update. Occasionally, installing these updates requires restarting the computer.
4. To configure the automatic update do the following:
   • Open BitDefender and click Update.
   • Click Settings.
   • Configure the Update location settings.
5. BitDefender 9 includes two update locations, allowing one of them to point to a local mirror.
   • Configure the Automatic update options.
6. Select Automatic check for updates to find out when updates are available.
7. BitDefender checks for updates every 1 hour. Click Verify every hours to modify the number of hours after which a check for updates is performed.
8. Leave the Confirm update to Silent update unless you desire to be prompted before downloading the updates or before installing them. A similar option is available for the manual update under the Manual update settings.
   • Configure the Advanced options.
9. To prevent prompts asking for reboot, select Wait for reboot, instead of prompting.
   • Click Apply to save the settings.
   • Click Default to restore the default settings.
   • Occasional updates can be perfomed at any time, even when the product is set to update automaticaly:
   • Open BitDefender and click Update.
   • Click also Update at the top of the window if the Settings are displayed.
   • Click Update now to start the update process.
10. If the option Prompt before downloading updates was selected in the Settings, and when updates are available, a list of the updates available for download is displayed. Select the product to install and click Details to see the file download details. Select Switch to silent update (dont ask me again) to stop being prompted on manual update. Click OK to download and install the new files or Cancel to postpone the update.

Supported Softwin products are: Bitdefender 7.x / Bitdefender 8.x / Bitdefender 9.x / Bitdefender 10 / Bitdefender 11.

Requirements: none