Bitdefender Total Security - 5 Devices | 2 year Subscription | PC/Mac | Activation Code by Mail

To resubscribe to Bitdefender is horrendously expensive so found this deal on Amazon which was great for me at the time.

Good product

Was a bit surprised to receive a printed out letter with with code and instructions (rather than an 'official' Bitdefender voucher card, or something similar), and was worried it might be a scam. However, went to the official Bitdefender homepage, created an account, entered the code, which was immediately recognised and installed the software - all is perfect. So, don't immediately be put off when you open the package.

Good reliable product

Delivered as promised and working with all my devices

I’m very happy with the product, price and service received. Thank you

Delivered as promised Smooth activation of 2 year subscription thank you

One of the top rated, if not the best, security suite. Comcast is pulling their usual fun and games. No more Norton 360 for free with an Internet subscription. Without going in to details which are not relevant to this review, the option Comcast was offering was unacceptable and, to be completely honest, deceptive. So I decided to pick this up on sale, this is even a good deal at the full 55 dollar price, and so far so good. Excellent programs. Free "limited" VPN. But hey, you need real privacy full time? There are better options than a VPN. And you get a two year subscription for five devices. So why the 3 Stars on install? Well, and this is not the fault of the program or is it?, I had somewhat of a problem removing a couple of Norton files from one of my computers. The other three removed Norton and downloaded Bitdefender easily. But this one......which was kind of confusing since all my Norton was through Comcast over the years.......would not allow me to remove five or so files. These files stopped Bitdefender from downloading. For IT people and the like, probably not a big deal. For me......and I have more experience with computers than most out there....it was a PIA. You have to go in and change administrative preferences and all this other nonsense. It can be done, but not simply. Or you have to buy a 3rd party uninstaller. Why a new program cannot just go in and annihilate all files from the previous security program is confusing, but there it is. Secondly, I tried to install this on my Fire since I had one available device left. Nope. You have to download Google Play and I could not find this on Amazon Apps. Amazon uses a different version of Android made specifically for them. Oh well.......the Fire is a throwaway device so no big deal. Our two IPads do not need 3rd party security, just our HP's. Other than that......very pleased!

One presidential administration banned the use of Kaspersky on federal computers but allowed civilians to use it on their personal computers and devices. The last presidential administration banned it from being used by civilians. As a result, the Kaspersky Total Security suit that I purchased in March 2024 no longer can update itself. Kaspersky handed it's US business to another anti virus company and allowed that company to install it's software onto people's computers. Not cool. Thanks to the government, I lost money on my 2 year subscription. After being a Kaspersky user for over 13 years, I was forced to find something else. I previously had used Mcafee or Norton before they became intrusive, annoying, weak at scanning for viruses and malware, and resource hogs. Not to mention the customer service sucks for both products. Look them up on user review sites like Trustpilot, if you do not believe me. So I have settled on what some people online suggest to be the next best alternative to Kaspersky. Bitdefender is now installed on my PCs as well as my mom's PCs. I purchased the 5 device 2 year Total Security suit. Unlike Kaspersky, it does not come with a disk. It comes as an envelope with a credit card size paper card with product key. Once I setup up an account and entered product key, It downloaded the installation file and I had it installed on my computer within a few minutes. It asked if I wanted to protect other devices. Through my account, I was able email an invite with the download link to my mom. She clicked the link and downloaded the installation file and had Bitdefender installed on one of her business PCs within a few minutes. I did not have to share the product key or account password with her. That in its self is a nice feature. So far, it seems to be working with out excessive annoying pop ups like you would get with Mcafee and Norton. I liked how Kapersky would give you a real time on screen scan process indicator when inserting a flash drive. Bitdefender seems to do it in the background. Our computers have SSD storage and sufficient memory, so no slow down of computer resources has been noticed.