Both Avast and Bitdefender originally built their reputations on their high-quality, free solutions. Even though they've both grown into professional-grade security companies, they still offer ...

No matter what's going on, we always need free antivirus software. Computer viruses and other digital nasties are still out there, so being able to defend yourself against them is never a bad idea.

A vulnerability in the free version of Bitdefender Antivirus could be exploited by an attacker to get SYSTEM-level permissions, reserved for the most privileged account on a Windows machine. Privilege ...

A security vulnerability has been discovered in Bitdefender's antivirus software that allows attackers to escalate their privileges within the system. Various Bitdefender versions are affected.

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