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Protection rate
Bitdefender detected 99.9%
malware testing in a real-
100,00% world environment.

99,80%

99,60%
Norton detected 99.2%
malware testing in a real-
99,40% world environment.

99,20%

99,00% Winner: Bitdefender

98,80%

Detected threats Undetected threats

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System impact
Bitdefender has a light
impact on a system and
95,00%
does not drown it. The
impact is only about 4%,
94,80%
while during active scans the
94,60% system was impacted by 15%
94,40%
which is very low.
94,20% Norton demonstrates good
94,00% but not perfect performance
results and has rates, similar
93,80%
to the industry average.
93,60%

93,40%
Winner: Bitdefender

Performance System drain

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User interface
Bitdefender has a functional
and uncluttered user
100,00% interface. When it comes to
90,00% the free version, it could be a
80,00%
bit difficult to navigate.
70,00%
When it comes to Norton, the
60,00%
antivirus has a convenient
50,00%
interface and a navigation
40,00% system. Even though the text
30,00% is relatively small on some of
20,00% the settings and options, we
10,00% had no problem while using
0,00% the software.

Winner: Both
User interface
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Customer support
Bitdefender offers 24/7
support via email, phone
100,00%
call, live chat or forum
options.
99,00%

98,00% Norton also offers 24/7

support via email, phone
97,00%
call, live chat or forum
96,00%
options, but we had some
problems with the support
95,00%

Winner: Bitdefender
94,00%
Software popularity 5
According to OPSWAT’s
streamlined Windows Anti-
malware Market Share
Report, which includes the
most recent data collected
for 6 months from June to
December, Bitdefender is in
the fourth place with 10.64%
of the market share, just
followed by Norton (6,29%).

Winner: Bitdefender
 Final thoughts 6
As you can see both,
100%
Bitdefender and Norton are
98% decent antivirus providers
offering protection and
96% performance that users can
rely on. However, in this
94%
battle, Bitdefender is a
92% winner. It demonstrates
superior detection and
90% performance rates, as well
as has a pleasant and
88%
intuitive user interface.
86%

84% Winner: Bitdefender

Protection rate System impact User interface Customer support

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Thank you for your attention

Source: Bitdefender vs Norton