It has the Oneclick Optimizer for clearing space and unnecessary files on your PC, the Startup Optimizer for preventing annoying programs from starting at boot time, Disk Cleanup for clearing more files, and Anti-Theft.Īs we’ve noted in other AV reviews, all of these features are either built in to Windows or available as free utilities. Other than the visual overhaul, this is basically the same as in 2018. What used to be called the Tools section is now called Utilities. I’d still advise covering or unplugging your webcams when not in use, but this is nonetheless a great and useful feature. There’s also webcam protection, which only allows access to your webcam under certain restrictions. The Privacy section has the usual features you’d expect from a top-flight suite, including a password manager, file encryption, parental controls, SafePay for secure and sandboxed online transactions, and a file shredder. IDGīitdefender Total Security 2019’s privacy features. Eventually, this would work itself out, but I don’t have the patience for that and just turned off the feature.

But in my experience it would interfere with my ability to save new files or modify old ones with common programs such as Firefox. The feature is supposed to stop unauthorized access to critical files. With Safe Files I noticed an annoyance that I don’t recall from 2018. If you’re wondering whether you should take any actions to protect your PC, just head over to the Dashboard. It’s still something that other suites also do, but the nice thing here is that your recommendations are centralized in one place. Instead of handling everything for you, it’s acting more like an automated assistant-Bitdefender calls it your “personal security advisor”-suggesting actions you should take to protect and maintain your computer, such as running the one-click optimizer or updating Windows. In 2019, Autopilot makes a little more sense. I wasn’t a big fan of this feature in the 2018 version, because it seemed to me it was just doing what every antivirus suite does, such as carrying out real-time antivirus and firewall protection.

The very top of the Dashboard is dedicated solely to Bitdefender’s Autopilot.

IDGīitdefender’s Autopilot suggests actions to keep your PC safe. Go there for details about competing products and how we tested them. Note: This review is part of our best antivirus roundup.

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