{"id":644866,"date":"2013-03-01T18:19:39","date_gmt":"2013-03-01T23:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/betanews.com\/?p=133721"},"modified":"2013-03-01T18:19:39","modified_gmt":"2013-03-01T23:19:39","slug":"is-it-next-year-already-bitdefender-releases-total-security-2014-beta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/644866","title":{"rendered":"Is it next year already? Bitdefender releases Total Security 2014 beta"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Bitdefender has released the first public beta of\u00a0Bitdefender Total Security 2014<\/a>, its high-end security suite. And while the new edition doesn\u2019t offer any revolutionary changes, there are enough additions and enhancements to make it interesting.<\/p>\n

Bitdefender themselves are highlighting the suite\u2019s \u201cadaptive scanning technology\u201d, which apparently \u201cvisibly improves speed and performance in a matter of hours by gradually molding to your PC\u201d. The new Wallet fills a gap in the previous editions by storing your user names and passwords, then automatically filling them in for you.<\/p>\n

A weekly Security Report sums up what\u2019s happened in the past seven days, highlights anything you need to do, tells you about unused modules, and more.<\/p>\n

The spam filter is now fully cloud-based, cutting system impact and improving detection rates. Or so Bitdefender claim; the filter didn\u2019t appear to be working at all on our system, although whether that\u2019s a genuine bug, a local issue for us, or we\u2019re just missing something, isn\u2019t yet clear.<\/p>\n

Parental controls are significantly enhanced (you get full HTTPS as well as HTTP coverage, for instance), while the Safepay online banking environment stores your logons even more securely via the new wallet.<\/p>\n

And of course you also get all the features from previous editions: the antivirus engine, smart firewall, browsing protection, privacy tools, online backup system, anti-theft service, and more.<\/p>\n

The beta comes in the form of a very small download, which insists that you remove any other antivirus packages you might have installed, and then scans your PC, while simultaneously downloading and scanning the rest of the package. This took a very long time for us, but be patient, it does complete eventually.<\/p>\n

Once the program fires up you\u2019re prompted to register. Just select \u201cI don\u2019t have a key, I want to try the product for free\u201d and Click Next.<\/p>\n

The \u201cConfigure Behaviour\u201d dialog gives you a chance to turn the program\u2019s \u201cAuto Pilot\u201d and \u201cAutomatic Game mode\u201d off. Essentially this just means you\u2019ll get more prompts, though, so for now we\u2019d accept the defaults and click Next.<\/p>\n

Next, you\u2019re prompted to activate the installation via your Bitdefender account. If you have one, enter your details as usual and click \u201cLogin to MyBitdefender\u201d. If you don\u2019t, either click \u201cCreate a new account\u201d and follow the instructions, or sign in via your Facebook, Google or Microsoft accounts.<\/p>\n

With that done, click Explore on the beta dialog box and you\u2019ll be able to set up the new Bitdefender Wallet feature. Which isn\u2019t exactly difficult: all you have to do is set up a new database, and enter a password.<\/p>\n

And, finally, that\u2019s it. If you tried Bitdefender 2013 then you\u2019ll recognise the interface, which hasn\u2019t really changed, so just click the various icons on Bitdefender\u2019s gadget and give the system a try.<\/p>\n

Please note, though, this is a beta and there are some significant bugs. As we write, for instance, the Auto Update button gets turned off when the system performs an update. Check the\u00a0beta home page<\/a>for more, but just keep in mind that you shouldn\u2019t use the suite as your main security for long \u2013 it\u2019s just not reliable enough yet (which is also why the build will expire after 60 days).<\/p>\n

Still, if you do stick with\u00a0Total Security 2014<\/a>\u00a0then Bitdefender are offering a few prizes for the most active beta testers, including an HP Envy dv6 laptop, Samsung Galaxy S3 and Google Nexus 10 tablet. Again,\u00a0the beta page<\/a>\u00a0has more.<\/p>\n

Photo Credit:<\/strong> almagami<\/a>\/Shutterstock<\/a><\/p>\n

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Bitdefender has released the first public beta of\u00a0Bitdefender Total Security 2014, its high-end security suite. And while the new edition doesn\u2019t offer any revolutionary changes, there are enough additions and enhancements to make it interesting. Bitdefender themselves are highlighting the suite\u2019s \u201cadaptive scanning technology\u201d, which apparently \u201cvisibly improves speed and performance in a matter of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7429,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-644866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7429"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=644866"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644866\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=644866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=644866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=644866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}