user manual

2. Overview

BitDefender provides security solutions to satisfy the protection requirements of today's com-

puting environment, delivering effective threat management for over 41 million home and

corporate users in more than 100 countries.

Designed to provide full protection for corporate network and systems, the BitDefender solution

range comprises, beside antivirus protection, antispam, personal firewall and security manage-

ment solutions. BitDefender also specializes in providing assistance with designing and estab-

lishing content security policies for corporate networks.

BitDefender Professional was the third product of its kind in the world to receive ICSA certi-

fication for Windows XP and the first to be awarded for groundbreaking innovation by the

European Commission and Academies. BitDefender Antivirus is certified by all the major re-

viewers in the antivirus field - ICSA Labs, CheckMark, CheckVir, TÜV and Virus Bulletin.

BitDefender is headquartered in Bucharest, Romania and has offices in Tettnang, Germany,

Barcelona, Spain and Florida, US. Website: http://www.bitdefender.com

2.1. Why BitDefender?

Proven. Most reactive antivirus producer. BitDefender fast reactivity in case of computer

virus epidemic was confirmed beginning with the last outbreaks of CodeRed, Nimda and Sircam,

as well as Badtrans.B or other dangerous, fast-spreading malicious codes. BitDefender was

the first to provide antidotes against these codes and to make them freely available on the In-

ternet for all affected people. Now, with the continuous expansion of the Klez virus - in various

versions immediate antivirus protection has become once more a critical need for any computer

system.

Innovative. Awarded for innovation by the European Commission and EuroCase. BitDe-

fender has been proclaimed a winner of the European IST-Prize, awarded by the European

Commission and by representatives of 18 academies in Europe. Now in its eighth year, the

European IST Prize is a reward for groundbreaking products that represent the best of European

innovation in information technology.

Comprehensive. Covers every single point of your network, providing complete security.

BitDefender security solutions for the corporate environment satisfy the protection requirements

of today's business environment, enabling management of all complex threats that endanger a

network, from a small local area to large multi-server, multi-platform WAN's.

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Overview