That's limited to a minimal 200MB traffic a day, but it could be worse - the unregistered version of Avira's Phantom VPN restricts you to 500MB a month.īitdefender VPN gains the most new functionality in the 2021 edition, too. The consumer range starts with Bitdefender Antivirus Free Edition, a simple Windows tool which focuses very much on the core security basics: antivirus, blocking of phishing and other scam sites, and that's about it.īitdefender Antivirus Plus is the first-tier commercial product, and as you might guess from the name, it's crammed with useful security and privacy extras: an additional layer of ransomware protection, Wi-Fi security scanning to detect network problems, banking protection via a secure browser, secure file deletion, a vulnerability scanner and a password manager.Īntivirus Plus also gets you the free version of Bitdefender VPN. Updated the information and scores from AV-Test's and AV-Comparatives' Bitdefender Antivirus at Staples for $39.99.We are currently reviewing the 2022 version, but have made the following edits to the initial review:

You can jump to the reviews of those individual products by clicking on the links in the bar at the top of this page, but bear in mind that this article is really designed to be read all the way through, as the features of Antivirus Plus are also present in the higher-level security suites.Įditor's note: What follows is the original Bitdefender Antivirus 2021 review published by TechRadar in December 2020. (d) Finally, at the end of the article is our review of the free offering, Bitdefender Antivirus Free Edition. (c) the top-end package Bitdefender Total Security. (a) a full evaluation of the entry-level Bitdefender Antivirus Plus, along with our reviews of the additional features incorporated with the rest of the range: On this page, after our brief intro, you’ll find

This is our all-in-one roundup reviewing every Bitdefender consumer security solution for 2021.

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