Bitdefender Total Security 2024 | 10 Devices 1 Year Subscription | with Premium VPN (unlimited) | Windows/Mac/iOS/Android | UK Activation Code by Email

I would never touch McAfee and Norton again. They tended to make my computer chugg, but more than that they spammed me endlessly, which wasn't appreciated. I don't like Bitdefenders interface much and the update procedure seems unfeasibly slow to complete, but the important thing for me is ... I don't suffer any annoying issues. Bit defender does also spam you a bit, but it's nowhere near as annoying as the other suites I mentioned.Example Norton issues : I make programs for a living, and Norton had an annoying habit of quarantining my service applications. For the most part I got around this by excluding a few folders, but I found that trying to maintain an archive of "customer installed software" was unmanageable. I eventually removed the features causing this problem on my main PC, but it took hours because the interface is REALLY pants. All my other machines didn't get updated as I just don't have the time. Recovering my lost files. I gave up as it was just too slow and problematic. (Each file took about 10 minutes to recover and there were too many to count)Example Norton issues : McAfee kept throwing up *massive* pointless messages (like "working in the background"). It religiously did this when I was trying to watch video's in iPlayer and the like. It used to drive me nuts as it felt like I was being trolled. I know that sounds silly, but I did feel trolled. If I went to close the notification it would vanish before I reached the close button. If I didn't try to close it, it would stay up indefinitely. Friends used to laugh when I reached for the keyboard, grumblingExample Bit Defender issues : It self promotes a bit too much, that's about it. I've had no major or minor issues in the last two years, so I bought a new subscription. One thing I will say, I got the premium VPN option this time. I wouldn't say I use it a lot, but the 200MB limit on the non premium VPN product was a bit too restrictive. with all the graphics, unwanted ads & random auto playing videos you get on websites these days, 200MB can sometimes vanish before you've done anything much on line.

I think this software is really aimed at IT professionals. As the owner of an SME I have to wear many hats, including managing my own computers, but struggled with this. Luckily I have IT literate millenial sons, one of whom set this up properly after I messed it up.