Do you want to protect your computer with a reliable but free antivirus? BitDefender Free Edition, which we will call BitDefender, is one of the best options. Of course, it is not difficult to imagine that this is a no-cost alternative to the famous antivirus of the same name developed by the company Softwin and that with fewer tools, we can use it without compromise.

Interestingly, this free version of BitDefender has the same approved standards and regulations as the firm's other paid products, so the levels of protection, although lower, are still very high. Moreover, by installing and using BitDefender on our computers, we can locate and delete any virus that puts the device at risk from our PCs.

In turn, BitDefender will allow you to find those malicious elements that may be hiding in your computer, no matter where they are stored, since it can discover them inside mobile units, network drives, and of course, hard disks. In addition to the real-time protection it can offer, it can also detect viruses previously installed on your computer.

BitDefender can even allow us to customize many of its primary functions, which is especially useful when we are not at home most of the day, and we want it to run somewhat autonomously. Let's take a concrete example: you want to run the antivirus while at university or sleeping; you must schedule a scan to run it at those times.

We continue with the options to configure BitDefender to say that it is also possible to prevent the application from deleting directly and automatically the elements that it considers dangerous but to place them in quarantine for us to decide what to do. Thus, if you are tired of dealing with antivirus programs that delete content from your computer without consulting you, you should know that this puts an end to those problems.

On the other hand, if you do not remember what you have deleted and what you have not, you should know that BitDefender has a section on the History of all the viruses we have deleted , with details and reports that allow us to know all the information about it. Thus, even if it has been a long time since you deleted a particular file, you can check if you have removed it or if it is still on your PC.

Then, although we said before that it is possible to schedule BitDefender scans, you can also run any of them at the precise moment you want. And if you are a video game lover and you want to enjoy a game, this antivirus will stop during the duration of the game, starting to work again once it is finished, so as not to take power away from you or bother you.

And if you want that, instead of analyzing all the contents of your computer, it stops only in some of them so that the work takes much less time, then you can choose the units you want to check thoroughly. Of course, this is an application that users with antivirus experience can take more advantage of. Still, it is far from being complicated for computer novices.

In any case, it is crucial to consider that for BitDefender to work correctly, it will be necessary that while the program is running, we are connected to an Internet network for its analysis to be completely reliable. This is the only way to ensure access to the database of potentially dangerous viruses on your PC, so always try to run it when connected to a network.

Let's stop at the main strengths of BitDefender to highlight in the first instance that it is an easy-to-use antivirus, which we like because it helps users without previous knowledge. In addition, it consumes very few system resources, making it ideal even for computers that may be a bit old. And finally, it has several configuration options to customize it to the maximum that come in handy.

And what are our criticisms of BitDefender? Although there are not too many negative points to stop us when thinking of this program, if we had to mention one, it would undoubtedly be how boring it is from an aesthetic point of view. We know many free antivirus programs in the same segment that differentiate the contents of their tabs more, which is why we considered that this application could give a little more.

In conclusion, our idea of BitDefender is that it is a perfect alternative for all those who want to protect the contents they have on their computers without taking unnecessary risks. And remember that not only is it not necessary to pay for this service, but you don't need to have previous experience in its use, which makes it perfect for all types of users.