Bitdefender is a top Mac antivirus program. It has a high percentage of malware detection as well as a variety of useful security features. It’s not without faults.
The default suite’s interface is easy to navigate and includes features in three categories: Privacy as well as Privacy and Utilities. The Protection tab is mostly dedicated to the kind of features you’d expect from any antivirus software, such as real time scanning, firewall monitoring and ransomware countermeasures. The Privacy tab provides methods to remain safe online like a secure browser that runs websites within the sandbox in order to protect you from malware that could infect your browser. The Utilities tab covers optimization tools as well as an application that shreds files with a unique algorithm and renders them unrecoverable when they are deleted.
Other features are included in premium plans, like a useful password manager as well as an Anti-Tracker program that can prevent excessive tracking that is carried out by various websites. The program comes with a vulnerability scanner that detects outdated applications and passwords that are not secure, or Windows updates that haven’t yet been applied. It also provides a speedy custom scan that takes just five minutes to complete, which is much quicker than rivals like Norton and TotalAV.
The only downside to the app is that it takes a long time to install and can be frustrating for users who are eager to get started. Additionally, the app’s “Reveal in Finder” option isn’t working and is a bizarre choice for an antivirus program that competes with other solutions that do exactly the same thing in only a few clicks.