Any Info On Number Of Definitions?

you're welcome. which version are you using currently? the screen grab is of 2014 I don't use the 2015 build either.

2011, last one before they thoroughly messed up everything. Ability to set firewall rule scope from the prompt, to decide whether I want a rule to be created at all, and to set "prompt user for action" in case an infected or suspicious object is detected, which were present in earlier versions, gone by then as well, but at least I still have an amount of control I can generally work with. As I keep saying, that's no longer the case with 2012+. Tried that and 2013, then gave up completely, last year looked into Kaspersky but heard that was being dumbed down too and when I contacted their branch from here they wouldn't reply to my questions by e-mail, asked for my phone number instead and when I said that if I sent a message one'd assume I expect a reply via the same method they didn't reply again at all, so filed them off as... something that the forum software here will likely censor and stuck to BD for another year. Now wondering if I actually can stay on it till this license expires (in February, had 3 bonus months) and then start all over with looking for something new or I have to do it sooner.

Recommendations if I asked around for a solution that was top-notch in terms of security but also highly customizable and suitable for advanced users that also want to use it for system control were quite fixed on Comodo, but plenty saying that it'd be better with some other antivirus product paired with the Comodo Firewall instead of their suite, and I know that since 2012 BD doesn't play well with that, so blah...

Yeah, just noticed that EoL date a few days ago when I checked. Was worrying, but it's not like I've been expecting program updates to it for quite some time now. What I'm interested in is to have accurate 0-day definitions still being added (and if you look on the definitions download page, you see them going back to BitDefender 10, as in the one launched in 2006) so if something shows up it'll still notice it, not have them simply do without definitions and rely solely on the newer behavioral analysis modules and cloud to handle things, leaving older versions in the cold.

In fact that's what I expect a security suite to do in terms of security, have the definitions to keep me safe from stuff that may trigger without my knowledge, such as exploits, drive-by downloads, that sort of stuff, plus old-school viruses in the sense of malicious payloads inserted into otherwise legitimate files. Otherwise I'm pretty darn security conscious, at times perhaps too much so, to avoid actually performing actions myself that may cause problems, much less installing stuff that may in itself, as a whole, be malicious. So basically block the obvious malware that may act without my knowledge and let me know of anything else, help me monitor and control my system as I keep saying.

Wasn't thinking of having it alongside BDIS... But that does beg the question, if my key is for BDIS, can it also be used a level down, on BDAV? And can the Comodo Firewall be used at full power? Because on that thread about the issues the 2012 version had with Comodo it was said not to activate any of the additional features the Comodo Firewall comes with if you want it to work.

And it'd be far nicer if you wouldn't have to choose between versions because each newer one would actually be an improvement over the older ones, by fixing any issues and adding new features without removing any old ones!