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However, the application never prompted me to sign in!!! It just sat quietly in the (compacted/hidden) system tray with a greyed-out icon, not alerting the user that any action is required.

Following installation it seems that my device was not protected by Bitdefender, because the application had not been 'activated' by me signing in.

When running the initial Device Assessment Scan there is no indication of percentage progress there is no indication of the total number of files that are to be scanned, nor an estimate of time remaining.

I don't think the user should be forced to uninstall other AV software: a strong warning/recommendation should be sufficient, perhaps even with a follow-up 'Are you sure?!' confirmation. Malwarebytes had been set to not run at startup (not at all, not in the background, not anywhere), but only run on demand. KIS had been set to run at startup, and I was willing to uninstall that. I had KIS installed, and also Malwarebytes.

The installer forces the user to uninstall any existing AV applications.

Also, although IE was already open, the above-mentioned site was opened in a new window of IE (rather than a new tab). However, the site was unreadable (without any warning/error) in Internet Explorer.

The installer asks the user to accept various terms.

The installation dialogue seems to lack a few standard features: initial confirmation to proceed 'Back' button to return to previous screens options for the user to choose the path where the application should be installed and options for the user to specify other details.

I like to actually download the standalone installer, but I don't see this offered by Bitdefender I understand that it is also useful for IT administrators managing numerous computers over a network. To install the product the user needs to download & run a small (~14 MB) 'installer', which then downloads ~500 MB of files to actually install Bitdefender.I share with you some feedback on my initial experience with installing Bitdefender. I have just moved across from Kaspersky Internet Security (subscribed for ~10 years) to Bitdefender (free trial), motivated by the invasion of Ukraine.

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