In today's environment, in which almost all of our activities are carried out online, having virus protection is a must. BullGuard Antivirus is a program that gives you several levels of protection.
The first is, of course, the Antivirus feature, that offers three different types of scans: Full Quick, and Custom. Also, the program has a Vulnerabilities monitor that detects threats immediately. Another function is the Game Booster, which, as its name implies, optimizes your system's performance so you can play video games without any hassles.
The program also has other self-explanatory functions, such as Firewall, Backup, PC Tune-Up, Parental Control, Security Browser, and BullGuard VPN. Unfortunately, I couldn't test these features, since they are disabled in the shareware version.
The functions I tested ran very fast and in an unobtrusive manner. In general, the antivirus scan was quick, and although it slowed down my system a bit, this was not an issue. Please take into account that to use the Game Booster function, you need a 4-core CPU. Otherwise, it will be disabled.
In general, I found that this is a good antivirus with an affordable price tag. You may want to give it a try.
To use the program, you need to create an account using a valid e-mail address. You can use the shareware version for 15 days. If you like the program and want to use all its features, then you will need to purchase a license.
v18.0 [Sep 25, 2017]
NEW FEATURES
* Home Network Scanner: New module that allows users to stay in control of their networks by identifying new connections and providing an overview of all the smart devices connected to them, while pointing out those that might expose the network to external threats.
* Antivirus: Implemented a next-generation behavioural engine that analyses all the actions performed by programs and detects suspicious activity.
* Game Booster: Enhances the gaming experience by protecting systems against frame drops caused by initialized programs that are not core to the system.
IMPROVEMENTS
* General: Desktop application tiles have been reordered to accommodate new features.
* Firewall: Enhanced the Firewall module by releasing an intrusion detection system that monitors networks for malicious activity or policy violations.
BUG FIXES
* General:
- Fixed cases of displaying an inaccurate number of Messaging Centre entries
- Fixed instances of Skype not going into full screen video while BullGuard was open in the system tray
- Solved instances of displaying the Firewall settings page instead of the main application screen when starting BullGuard from the system tray
* Antivirus:
- Fixed cases of missing text from "More details" dialogs opened from Antivirus on-access pop-ups
- Solved cases of not deleting quarantined files
- Fixed instances of missing on-access pop-ups for infected mails on Thunderbird 45.1.0
- Solved cases of displaying the Antivirus tile as greyed-out on Windows Vista
* Firewall: Solved occasional cases of Firewall crashes when uploading files to BullGuard cloud
REMOVED FEATURES
* Spamfilter: Since filtering junk emails has become a central feature of most email services, BullGuard's Spamfilter has been discontinued, but we will continue to scan your emails for threats and malware.
* Social Media Protection: Following Facebook's API policy changes, Social Media Protection functionalities have been greatly reduced, which led us to removing this feature.
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