Internet Security 2012 – BitDefender Beta

Start your internet security, antivirus, malware engines. BitDefender has released Beta2 for Internet Security 2012.

Enhancements include: Autopilot, Scan Dispatcher, Rescue Mode, Online Backup (improved), Integrated Cloud Services, Social Networking Protection, File Sync, Flexible interface, and Streamlined installation. http://beta2012.bitdefender.com/ for complete information.

New Feature - An enhancement to a product that the customer likes and/or can use.

Bloatware – An enhancement to a product the customer does not like or cannot use.

Streamlined installation - This is kind of an annual. Vendors can announce this every year.

Rescue mode – Different vendors have different spins on implementing this.

Online backup – This has become a checklist feature. It’s either included with the product, with more memory available for a few dollars more, or is introduced as a separate (free) product that can be upgraded.

The usual suspects, McAfee, Trend Micro, Panda, Avast, Avira, AVG Technologies, Webroot, Kaspersky, G Data, F-Secure, eScan, among others, will be announcing their betas over the coming months. To view PC Magazine’s take on the best Internet Security suites of 2011, go to http://kensek.blogspot.com/2011/04/best-internet-security-suites-2011-pc.html . For PC World’s view of the Internet Security 2011 universe, go to http://kensek.blogspot.com/2011/02/pc-world-pc-magazine-and-aboutcom.html

Download the product, find a wifi connection while having something to eat around Claude Debussylaan and put BitDefender beta through its paces.