BitDefender
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| Industry | Computer software |
| Founded | 2001 |
| Founder | Florin Talpeş |
| Headquarters | Bucharest, Romania |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
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Key people
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Florin Talpeş (CEO) |
| Products | Security softwares |
| Services | Computer security |
| Revenue | 276.89 million lei (2014) (US$ 74.7 million) |
| Website | www |
Bitdefender is a Romanian Internet security software company, represented through subsidiaries and partners in over 100 countries. The company has been developing online protection since 2001. In September 2014, the company claimed to have its technologies installed in around 500 million home and corporate devices across the globe.
The Bitdefender products include anti-virus and anti-spyware capabilities against Internet security threats such as viruses, Trojans, rootkits, rogues, "aggressive adware," spam and others, and that their applications include web protection, cloud antispam, firewall, a vulnerability scanner, parental controls, file encryption, device anti-theft and backup for corporate and home users. In 2016, the company claimed that its products now include profiles for performance optimization, a secure browser for online transactions, and a virtual wallet option to save passwords.
Bitdefender replaced SOFTWIN's earlier AVX (AntiVirus eXpert) product range. Between 1996 and 2001 AVX became a product available worldwide that offered intelligent updating without user intervention and integrated an internal browser which scanned and monitored all downloaded files. AVX pioneered behavior-based application blocking technology and was also the first antivirus product to include personal firewall features. With the sixth generation of AVX, the product became the first antivirus package to include an application firewall as well as behavior-based blocking. The Bitdefender group spun off from SOFTWIN in 2007.
Bitdefender makes antivirus products for home users as well as businesses. Home editions support Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Android and iOS. Bitdefender competes in the antivirus industry against Avira, BullGuard, F-Secure, FRISK, Kaspersky, McAfee, Panda Security, Sophos, Symantec and Trend Micro among others.
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