Quote: Originally Posted by
Extensa 
Bitdefender is an awesome program!! It is affordable and has great features like laptop mode and game mode. Has several scanning options (Deep system scan, full system scan and quick scan.) With the ability to purchase licenses for several computers and years at a time, it is one of the most reasonable programs out there on the market. I highly recommend it for all and it is proven to work on Vista x64 (I have it on 2 computers with x64).
It has won the following awards:
Bitdefender failed recent Vista SP1 testing, and XP testing when Softwin submitted their product to Virus Bulletin (VB100) this year.
The above appear to be mostly Editor's Choice awards, and none are "Won". Comparative testing sites award based on performance only. I'd take Editors Choice awards with a grain of salt If I were you as most are not unbiased, and some are paid by the vendor to give favorable reviews. Real world virus testing by reputable comparatives are much more valuable to an informed consumer. A-V Comparatives awarded 1 star (standard) Certification November 2008, and Virus Bulletin Awarded the VB100 in 2008 only for Linux and Windows Server 2003 platforms.
BitDefender (SOFTWIN) Vendor Test History:
https://www.virusbtn.com/Session-751...ts?vendor=VE11
A-V Comparative (November 2008):
Certification level reached-
Standard (Awarded 1 of 3 stars due to 27 False Positives)
http://www.av-comparatives.org/seiten/ergebnisse/report20.pdf
(VB100)Virus Bulletin Vista test results by Vendor:
Vista SP1 Antivirus Performance BitDefender (SOFTWIN) VB100 XP (August, 2008)
Status:
FAIL Failure reason: 4 false positives
Vista SP1 (April, 2008)
Status:
FAIL Failure reason: 2 wildlist misses
Ubuntu Linux (June, 2008)
Status:
PASS Windows Server 2003 (February, 2008)
Status:
PASS Conclusion: Bitdefender is a subpar antivirus program that generates an unacceptable amount of false postives, and fails to detect malware currently in the wild and infecting systems.