A powerful silent guardian for your Windows computer.

Bitdefender Antivirus Free Edition is an antivirus that always has your back. It uses a minimalistic approach to defend your Windows computer against all cyber threats, whether you are a tech pro or not.

✔ On-demand and on-access virus scanning that runs in the background
✔ Essential antivirus protection for personal and gaming computers
✔ No time-consuming scans, no sudden lag, no ads out of the blue

Bitdefender. Choose what the experts use.
You get the most innovative technologies that predict, prevent, detect and remediate even the latest cyber-threats, anywhere in the world.

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Real-time Threat Detection
Bitdefender Antivirus Free Edition uses behavioral detection to closely monitor your active apps. When it detects anything suspicious, it takes instant action.

Virus Scanning and Malware Removal
Powerful scan engines ensure real-time detection and removal of all malware, from viruses, worms and Trojans, to ransomware, zero-day exploits, rootkits and spyware.

Free protection against internet fraud

Anti-phishing
How can you keep your passwords safe and still browse freely? It's easy: Bitdefender Antivirus Free Edition sniffs and blocks by default phishing websites that pretend to be trustworthy in order to steal your data.

Anti-Fraud
If you ever land on scam websites, our advanced filtering system detects suspicious web page behavior and prevents your sensitive financial data from falling into the hands of hackers.
Release Notes

Changes inv25.0.26.88: some improvements.