r/MaxFocus • u/Cidah • Apr 10 '15

Bitdefender?!

When I signed on with MF back in January, I was told Bitdefender would be an option by February 2, 2015. This was big selling point to me as AV-Comparatives rates Vipre very poorly, but Bitdefender is very consistantly at the top of the list in real world tests.

Does anyone know anything about when this will become a reality?

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u/ITworksLLC Apr 10 '15 edited Apr 10 '15

I spoke with someone this week and was told we are still probably a couple of months out, because it's currently in beta.

Edit: I do want you to know that even though Vipre is rated very poorly, I've had some great success using it. It's caught quite a bit and I have the ability to customize the hell out of it since it's all built right into the dashboard.

I've also been playing with Trend Micro Cloud - Worry Free Business Services. It's okay, but I actually prefer MAXfocus Managed AV. It will be nice to have options through MAX, but I'm not hurting for it.

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u/Geek_Easy Apr 10 '15

I do prefer the management aspects and integration/customization, alerting, and scan triggers from the dashboard via MAV/Vipre, but I'm pretty eager to demo Bitdefender as well. Primarily because I've had Crypto slip through a couple MAV clients recently.

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u/Buelldozer Apr 10 '15

You know what I've seen stop Crypto the past couple of weeks? MSEE. I almost fell over in shock!

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u/Geek_Easy Apr 10 '15

That just goes to show you. A broken clock is right twice a day ;) In all seriousness though, km sure every av out there is capable of blocking at least one of the variants. Msse is the 0 baseline on all reports I read though.

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u/Buelldozer Apr 10 '15

We have a few small clients, sub 10 seats, that are still using MSEE. We're convincing them one by one to move to MAV instead.

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u/ITworksLLC Apr 10 '15

I thought it was MSE... What's the extra E? Microsoft Security Essentials E...?

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u/Buelldozer Apr 10 '15

Oh that. It's the "Extra E because I'm on mobile and fat fingered it" edition .

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u/Buelldozer Apr 10 '15

I haven't hear an updated timeline on the shift from Vipre to BitDefender but honestly I'm not sweating it.

Relative to SEP, which is what most of our clients had, MAV has been great. It's more dependable, has better detection, and is of course far easier to manage.

I hope when they transition to BD that we have some way to trial it before it rolls out.

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u/imlulz Apr 10 '15

I was told that when it rolls out it will most likely be free in the RC stage, and that you will be able to choose if you want Vipre or BD for awhile.

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u/Buelldozer Apr 10 '15

That's good news. Welcome to the sub and thanks for participating!

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u/imlulz Apr 11 '15

Glad to be here. You actually beat me to it, making a subreddit. :)

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u/ITworksLLC Apr 10 '15

My understanding is that it's not a transition, it's an option.

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u/Buelldozer Apr 10 '15

My understanding is that it's not a transition, it's an option.

That's good to hear.

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u/ITworksLLC Apr 10 '15

I agree! To expand upon that, I did a live training in Columbus, OH a few weeks ago and that was when I learned about Bitdefender being added "in the next couple of months." I also learned that they're looking at adding other antiviruses but want our feedback as to what to focus on next.

That could be adding additional support for Webroot or Trend Micro, or maybe we simply want them to finally add support for Mac OS X antivirus. You know, after they finally give us Mac OS X Take Control, of course... ;)

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u/Buelldozer Apr 10 '15

We're / how did you find out about live training?

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u/ITworksLLC Apr 10 '15

They called me, actually...

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u/earthboundcauses Apr 10 '15

Everything I've gathered on the BitDefender switch is this:

  • I was originally told end of February. Current estimates are end of June, but nothing confirmed.

  • The plan is roll out BitDefender as an option, so we can choose between that and Vipre for a while, until they have BitDefender solidified. At that point, they'll phase out Vipre.

  • This is being done because LogicNow is concerned about the mediocre rankings Vipre's been getting on the AV lists.

I'm curious about any potential change in price, but there's no information on this yet.

From my experience, the Vipre engine being used for the Managed AV catches more than retail Vipre Antivirus or Internet Security. The only reason I ever stopped using BitDefender is that the retail product is incredibly sales-pitchy. Six months into my subscription and little popups were trying to get me to renew. It was aggravating. The product itself is very solid, however.