United StatesEssential security for your Mac! Bitdefender Virus Scanner finds Mac malware as well as Windows viruses with ease. Virus Scanner will detect any infected files that you downloaded or got in your inbox, so your Mac will be safe and you won’t pass anything bad to your friends’ computer. Grant Bitdefender Virus Scanner access to the locations on your computer that you want to scan against malware. Choose ‘Deep System Scan’ or ‘Scan Critical Locations’ to scan. The award-winning Bitdefender engines will find that piece of malware. For free! Make sure your Mac is free of infected files. Don't put your friends and family at risk by unknowingly passing along malware. Features: - Detects both OS X malware and Windows viruses; - Before a scan, it updates to detect the latest malware; - Searches for malware even in archives and inside various types of files such as pdf, pkg, zip, rar, etc.; - Critical locations scan - rapidly scans system areas that are prone to infections. - Award-winning Bitdefender antivirus engines; Also: - Quarantines dangerous files; - Deep system scan for all the locations the user has granted access to; - Drag-and-drop scan of files or folders; - Option to exclude files and folders from scan (i.e. Time Machine backups, etc.) - Easy-to-use interface. Constraints: - Due to sandboxing in the App Store, the app has access only to the locations that the user has explicitly granted access to. Grant access to the entire disk for increased protection; - Disinfection limited by the privileges of the user running the app; - Doesn’t scan programs stored in memory.
Another Hot Mess SAAS
I'll start with I'm a Mac user and downloaded this app a year ago. The software worked fine. Why does it get a 1star review? Removing this antivirus is like trying to get rid of a virus manually. My partner has Sophos, so I decided to move to that antivirus at the end of my BitDefender subscription. At the T-10 days mark, I deleted the payment method and the account. I then attempted to remove the software. The unistaller didn't work, nor did their additional methodology. I contacted support, but they were cluless what to do to remove it from a MAc if those three methods didn't work. So they escalated the ticket to their "engineers". I never heard back from Bitdefender. So I manually went through every file on my mac and deleted bitdefender. It took a day with countless restarts, but it worked. Yesterday was Sunday. I got 3 emails letting me know my subscription had ended. Followed by 2 more emails telling me they had accepted payment and a confirmation of payments. Remember when I said I deleted payment info and the account? I had to spend time requesting a refund, then confirming I requested the refund. I don't actually know if I will get the refund or if I will need to dispute the charge. Do not do business with these people if you may in the future change your mind about the software.
United StatesConstant Bitfender ads!
I downloaded this app only to have it constantly give me Bitfender ads when I open a new website!
United StatesWorks well
I used a program that looks at my inbound and outbound internet traffic, and found some programs sending and recieving data that I didn't recognize. Used this program to detect and get rid of them. A !
United StatesIssues
I can't delete a damaged file from my Mac that belongs to this app that appeared when I uninstalled it, now's temporary on my desktop until I find out how to delete it because when I try to do so, it just crash followed by a text saying that I can't delete it becuase it's a damaged file, so stressful.
United StatesWorked perfect for me
I had somehow gotten malware on my Mac that caused every single safari page i opened to redirect to Bing, making it nearly impossible to use safari because even after i typed in a search it would clear it and just launch bing. Very annoying. I tried a few other apps that did not work or promised to work after charging me. I tried EVERYTHING to clear it without an app as well. I then came across this app. I downloaded it and after about 5 minutes of setup, I had it run a deep system search on my Mac (I strongly encourage you do the same if you have a similar issue. It took about an hour but it searched EVERYTHING on my mac for viruses. Much more thorough than the regular system search option). After I ran the deep system search I restarted my mac and boom the problem was all gone. Very appreciative of this free app.
United StatesNEAR IMPOSSIBLE TO CANCEL ACCOUNT AND GET REFUND
Wow, it has taken me days and hours to try to cancel my trial and get a refund. It didn't help me with fixing any problems. It just showed me problems that I know about from free services. It doesn't help me fix anything on it's own. Not worth the money and a nightmare to cancel/fund.
United Statesmediocre detection, plus no right-click menu
I was previously using avira, then avast but now that I did a fresh install on a new machine, I thought of trying something different, with bitdefender. Because I'm the gatekeeper for security at a few firms, I have a few old bits of malware I sometimes use to test apps. Of the 30 files I had, this program detected 24, which is mediocre (no antivirus is 100%, but some get closer). None of the malware samples I have are even zero-day, with some being 3-5 years old, more than enough time for a virus scanner to detect them. What really turned me off was that this program doesn't even have right-click access, which makes scanning incoming files so easy! Once you use an app that has right-click access, you'll wonder how you ever got along without it. In all, this app is just too limited for my tastes. For now I'll go back to avg. Maybe I'll look for something else later and rate it.
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