Should I remove Bitdefender Antivirus Plus?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
9% remove it91% keep it
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #6,483
United States Rank #5,958
Reach 0.0688%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 20.15 days
594.51 days >
Average installed length: 312.37 days
Versions
| Version | Distribution |
| 23.0.10.34 |
0.07% |
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| 22.0.21.297 |
0.74% |
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| 22.0.19.242 |
1.55% |
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| 22.0.18.224 |
0.88% |
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| 22.0.18.222 |
0.07% |
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| 22.0.17.205 |
1.62% |
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| 22.0.15.189 |
1.62% |
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| 22.0.12.161 |
0.44% |
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| 22.0.10.141 |
0.44% |
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| 22.0.8.118 |
0.74% |
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| 22.0.8.114 |
0.07% |
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| 22.0.8.110 |
0.15% |
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| 22.0.1.1 |
5.53% |
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| 17.31.0.1328 |
0.44% |
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| 17.30.0.1275 |
2.06% |
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| 17.29.0.1235 |
3.10% |
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| 17.28.0.1191 |
9.37% |
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| 17.27.0.1146 |
14.97% |
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| 17.26.0.1106 |
6.78% |
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| 17.25.0.1074 |
6.05% |
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| 17.24.0.1033 |
0.44% |
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| 17.23.0.996 |
12.46% |
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| 17.22.0.967 |
2.51% |
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| 17.21.0.925 |
1.77% |
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| 17.20.0.883 |
2.36% |
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| 17.19.0.831 |
3.39% |
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| 17.18.0.808 |
0.29% |
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| 17.16.0.729 |
6.34% |
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| 17.15.0.682 |
6.42% |
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| 17.13.0.551 |
5.46% |
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| 17.11.0.395 |
1.84% |
|
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Bitdefender Antivirus Plus
What is Bitdefender Antivirus Plus? (from Bitdefender)
Bitdefender Antivirus Plus is the acknowledged Antivirus of the Year. With a non-intrusive and extremely fast scanning technology, it offers essential silent security against e-threats. Experience the best antivirus at an incredible speed, without slowdowns! Bitdefender Photon™ is an innovative antivirus technology tha... Read more
Overview
Bitdefender Antivirus Plus is a program developed by Bitdefender. The most used version is 17.27.0.1146, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. Upon installation and setup, it defines an auto-start registry entry which makes this program run on each Windows boot for all user logins. The software installer includes 91 files and is usually about 143.51 MB (150,476,849 bytes). In comparison to the total number of users, most PCs are running the OS Windows 7 (SP1) as well as Windows 10. While about 51% of users of Bitdefender Antivirus Plus come from the United States, it is also popular in France and Canada.
Program details
URL: www.bitdefender.com/solutions/antivirus.html
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender\
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Bitdefender\SetupInformation\{6F57816A-791A-4159-A75F-CFD0C7EA4FBF}\installer.exe
Estimated size: 143.51 MB
Files installed by Bitdefender Antivirus Plus
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bdnc.dll - BitDefender Nimbus Client (Bitdefender Nimbus Client)
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avcbd32.dll - BitDefender® AntiVirus (Active Virus Control - BitDefender Components)
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avcbd64.dll
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avccore.dll - BitDefender Active Virus Control Communications Library
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accessal.dll - Bitdefender Security (BitDefender OnAccessAL)
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apprep.dll - BitDefender Application Reputation
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avcal.dll - avcal Dynamic Link Library
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avccom.dll - avccom Dynamic Link Library
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bdch.dll - BitDefender Crash Handler
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bdchsubmit.dll
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bdpredir.dll - BitDefender Firewall (BitDefender Proxy Redirector User-Mode Module)
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bdquar.dll - BitDefender Quarantine
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bdreinit.exe
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about.exe - Bitdefender 2014 (About Information)
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accessl.dll - accessl Dynamic Link Library
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antivirus.dll - Bitdefender Antivirus Plugin
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avinfo.exe - Bitdefender Antivirus Information Tool
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bdagent.exe - Bitdefender Agent
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bdaphcl.dll - Antiphishing client
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bdaphconp.dll - Antiphishing plugin
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bdaphsp.dll - Antispam service provider
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bdapupck.dll - Bitdefender Application Update Checker
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bdcloud.dll - Bitdefender Cloud
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bdelev.dll - Bitdefender Elevated Helper
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bdencrconp.dll - Encryption plugin
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bdfvsecp.dll - FileVault Security Center Plugin Dynamic Link Library
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bdfvwiz.exe - Bitdefender File Vault Wizard Helper
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bdgs.dll - Getting Started
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bdhtmldialogs.dll - Bitdefender HTML Dialogs
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bdimencrui.dll
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bdlaunch.exe
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bdmetricswks.dll - BDMetrics Desktop
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bdmltusrsrv.dll - MultiUser
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bdplugin.dll - Bitdefender Plugin Container
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bdpop3p.dll - POP3 proxy
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bdsafego.dll
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avc3.sys - BitDefender AVC (Active Virus Control filter driver)
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avckf.sys - Active Virus Control Kernel Filtering driver
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alertvs10u.http.dll - NetDefender (NetDefender HTTP Plugin)
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alertvs10xu.http.dll
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amvs10u.http.dll
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amvs10xu.http.dll
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aphvs10u.http.dll
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aphvs10xu.http.dll
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bdaddmtask.exe - Bitdefender (Bitdefender Add Maintenance Task)
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bdfirewallsdk.dll - BitDefender (BitDefender Firewall)
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bdpredir_ssl.dll - MITM (BitDefender SSL Proxy)
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agentcontroller.exe - Bitdefender 2018 (ProductAgent)
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alertvs14xu.http.dll
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amvs14xu.http.dll
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aphvs14xu.http.dll
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bdmetrics.dll - Bitdefender BDMetrics
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avchvinst.exe
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bdidntconp.dll
Behaviors exhibited
Startup File (All Users Run)
- bdagent.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'Bdagent' which loads as "C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender\bdagent.exe".
Resource utilization averages
Show technical details
| bdagent.exe |
| Memory: | 12.49 MB | |
| Total CPU: | 0.0009587381% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00066848% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00029026% | |
| CPU cycles/sec: | 3,320,305 | |
| Switches/sec: | 51 | |
| I/O reads/min: | 13.21 KB | |
| I/O writes/min: | 4.52 KB | |
How do I remove Bitdefender Antivirus Plus?
You can uninstall Bitdefender Antivirus Plus from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
- On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:
- Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall a Program.
- Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
- When you find the program Bitdefender Antivirus Plus, click it, and then do one of the following:
- Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall.
- Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
- Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove Bitdefender Antivirus Plus.
OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 49%
Win 7 0%
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HOW IT STARTS
Automatically starts? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 9%
Keep it 91%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
52.50% |
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| Windows 10 |
40.94% |
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| Windows Vista |
3.83% |
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| Windows XP |
2.72% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
28.82% |
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| Windows 8.1 |
13.82% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
11.38% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
10.94% |
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| Windows 10 Home |
9.98% |
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| Windows 8.1 Pro |
6.13% |
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Geography
50.86% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
50.86% |
| France |
7.45% |
| Canada |
4.93% |
| United Kingdom |
4.06% |
| Netherlands |
3.14% |
| Germany |
2.22% |
| Italy |
2.16% |
| Australia |
2.09% |
| MA |
1.97% |
| India |
1.91% |
| Belgium |
1.11% |
| Spain |
0.99% |
| Portugal |
0.74% |
| DZ |
0.68% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Hewlett-Packard |
25.39% |
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| Dell |
17.16% |
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| Acer |
16.57% |
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| ASUS |
14.54% |
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| Toshiba |
8.34% |
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| GIGABYTE |
5.72% |
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| Lenovo |
4.41% |
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| Samsung |
4.29% |
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| Alienware |
1.07% |
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| MSI |
1.07% |
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| Intel |
0.83% |
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| Medion |
0.60% |
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Common models |
| ASUS All Series |
5.38% |
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| HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
4.53% |
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| Hewlett-Packard 23-g017c |
3.40% |
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| HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... |
3.40% |
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| HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... |
3.40% |
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| BIOSTAR Group G41D3C |
3.12% |
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About Bitdefender
Bitdefender is an antivirus software suite developed by Softwin that feature antivirus and antispyware, personal firewall, privacy control and backup for corporate and home users.
Publisher URL: www.bitdefender.com