In reviews for BitDefender, the home version of the suite was given the PC Answers editor's choice award in a comparative review in May 2007.[15] As of June 2007, BitDefender had passed Virus Bulletin's VB100 independent tests 14 times out of 18 since first tested in 2002.[16] It also achieved an advanced certificBuy SWTOR Creditsation from AV Comparatives for on-demand scanning,[17] and standard level certification for catching unknown viruses, though it was criticised for its slower scanning speed and higher instances of false positives.[18] The performance of BitDefender's heuristic antivirus technology was measured using the detection rate of new and unknown viruses in a test conducted by Anti Malware Test.[19] In another test conducted by AV Comparatives in August 2009[20] to determine the antivirus software with high detection rates and the lowest false positives rating, BitDefender received an Advanced+ Certification. In a test conducted by PCMag, BitDefender 2010 , "detected 97 percent of all the threats and completely blocked installation for most of them".[21] It is also the least expensive of the top three antivirus solutions, as ranked by PC World.
Incorporated in the 2010 product suites, BitDefender introduced another technology, Active Virus Control, in August 2009.[13]
Active Virus Control continuously monitors eacSWTOR Powerlevelingh program [14] (specific processes) running on the PC, as it executes, and it notes any malware-like actions. Each of these actions is scored and when a given threshold is reached, the process is reported as harmful. Unlike heuristic technologies that check executable files when they are accessed or first started, Active Virus Control monitors everything applications do as long as they are active. Because of this approach, Active Virus Control is considered a third layer of defense
