BitDefender Free Edition is a freeware antivirus application.
BitDefender Free Edition is an on-demand virus scanner, which is best used in a system recovery. If you are on an "always-on" Internet connection, it is better using a more complex antivirus solution like avira antivir personal.
Some features are : antivirus engine, spyware scanning and cleaning, rootkit detection and Removal, hourly updates, etc...
The protection functionality of "BitDefender free edition" is similar like the AVG free edition or avast home edition, but the only difference from other free anti virus is that BitDefender free edition doesn’t provides real time protection. Dispite this limitation looking at the comparative tests of antivirus programs we will notice that BitDefender Free Edition is at the top 20 anti virus suites.