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A Comparison of McAfee vs BitDefender by the Spyshakers.com Team Editors

A custom antivirus comparison of McAfee vs BitDefender by the
Spyshakers.com Team Editors (accurate as of April 26, 2024).


McAfeeBitDefender

Company Profile:

Launched in 1988.
Sold to Intel in 2010.
Headquarters in Santa Clara, California.

Company Profile:

Established in 2001 in Bucharest, Romania.
Bitdefender has over 500,000,000+ installs.

Versions:

McAfee Antivirus Plus - More Info
McAfee Total Protection - More Info
McAfee LiveSafe - More Info
McAfee Business - More Info

Versions:

Bitdefender Antivirus Plus 2017 - Save up to 25%
Bitdefender Internet Security 2017 - Save up to 25%
Bitdefender Total Security 2017 - Save up to 25%
Bitdefender Business Security 2017 - Save up to 35%
BitDefender Antivirus for Mac 2017 - Free Trial

Cool Features:

McAfee is a household name with several key features. Probably the most impactful feature is the money-back guarantee. If McAfee can't remove your infected virus you will get a 100% refund. Also very useful is the file shredder feature. Permanently delete files off of your PC for good. Provides protection against viruses, malware, ransomware and other online threats. How McAfee handles new suspicious threats is interesting. When McAfee encounters a suspicious program it sends data to the McAfee cloud to analyze. It will then log the program's behavior and roll back any vicious actions if the program is found to be a problem.

Cool Features:

Bit Defender showcases a pure performance Photon features which is an effort to preserve PC speed and battery life. Their anti-ransomware feature protects end users from PC extortion for money scams. Bit Defender Safe Pay can auto-fill credit card input boxes for you. This antivirus also comes with Parental Controls if this is a need for you.

Business / Endpoint Info:

Coming soon.

Business / Endpoint Info:

Bitdefender's business product line is called GravityZone. GravityZone leverages the following notable features. Advanced Threat Control (ATC) which consistently monitors running processes for signs of malicious behavior. With over 500 million machines protected the Bitdefender Global Protective Network performs 11 Billion queries per day. It uses machine learning and event correlation to detect threats without slowing down users. Different security policies can be applied based to an end user or group or company based on employee roles such as Human Resources or Engineers etc. Active Directory is supported for integrating and applying policies. At the web-browsing level GravityZone can restrict or block employee access to applications or web pages. Potentially harmful websites are marked in the search results and known malicious pages are blocked. Control all of this from the web-based administration console. GravityZone Business is built to handle up to 50 endpoints and 15 servers. More than this will require the larger GravityZone Enterprise product.

Detection:

McAfee can identify Sasser, Bagle, Zafi, Mydoom, Lovsan, Blaster, Klez and Bugbear to name a few.

Detection:

Bitdefender can identify Adware.Heur, Palevo, ScriptWorm, Hupigon, Brontok, AutorunINF, and PDF-JS to name a few.

Customer Support:

McAfee offers a "Virtual Techician" to troubleshoot common problems, and if necessary online chat, email, and phone support are available.

Customer Support:

Support includes chat, phone, and an online forum.

Business / Endpoint Info:

Coming soon.

Business / Endpoint Info:

Bitdefender's business product line is called GravityZone. GravityZone leverages the following notable features. Advanced Threat Control (ATC) which consistently monitors running processes for signs of malicious behavior. With over 500 million machines protected the Bitdefender Global Protective Network performs 11 Billion queries per day. It uses machine learning and event correlation to detect threats without slowing down users. Different security policies can be applied based to an end user or group or company based on employee roles such as Human Resources or Engineers etc. Active Directory is supported for integrating and applying policies. At the web-browsing level GravityZone can restrict or block employee access to applications or web pages. Potentially harmful websites are marked in the search results and known malicious pages are blocked. Control all of this from the web-based administration console. GravityZone Business is built to handle up to 50 endpoints and 15 servers. More than this will require the larger GravityZone Enterprise product.

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