I was a long time Norton customer and fan but abandoned it 3 years ago when they had stopped sales via 3rd party in my region and moved to Kaspersky. Never looked back.
This is a scam page directing folks to Russian malware. The notion a security tool out of Russia doesn't except Russian malware is insane. Any time FSB makes a call, they have to make exceptions or they get thrown out the window like everyone else. Also, why support Russia as it commits genocide??
Great video and testing! I prefer Kaspersky because it seems a lot less intrusive throwing a lot less false positives which makes more of a pleasant user experience. Plus Kaspersky's pricing is simply unmatched for what it offers in my opinion.
@@rounakr94This site is so popular (so and TPSC recommended this site at his video. But idk, maybe they do maybe not. But if you look other tests at the site Kaspersky winned at all (even in ukraine war) but in last test Bitdefender winned.
Defender works perfectly fine. Combine with open dns, ublock origin and strong unique passwords and air gapped backups, you are good. Unless you store other peoples sensitive data, then you need proper advice.
@@nadie4221 "it was much cheaper to buy it new again" - this was exactly the same with my Bitdefender renewal last year where buying it new was much cheaper than their renewal price. Customer loyalty means nothing these days (as if we didn't know). Same with house/car insurance etc. Stay savvy, don't blindly auto-renew.
Very useful comparison.👍 I have used Bitdefender since 2015 and I like it because it's easy to use and it doesn't hog resources. AND it has kept me safe and secure for all these years 😊
Was just earlier in the week having a look at the basic Bitdefender Antivirus edition, from the perspective of a regular Kaspersky user. The interface felt cleaner and everything seemed to run smoothly. I would feel confident recommending Bitdefender as an alternative to others, while sticking to Kaspersky myself for wanting more granularity in the settings. And for that Bitdefender was throwing false positives on a number of uncommon software tools I had lying around. Not something that should be a bother at all for most users.
@@jschreiber6461How is that relevant to detecting viruses? Kaspersky has never bombed a single soul ever, just like Tesla has never bombed an innocent family at a wedding or kids party.
Thanks for doing the tests and the results. It increased my confidence in my choice of Bitdefender. Like you mentioned they are both good at their intended purpose.
This is all nice and dandy, however I prefer my Microsoft Technician level 3 from Mumbai to take care of my security. Cost me only 299.99USD / year and I can’t start to describe all the foreign connections (hackers) he found on the first day. Plus all stopped processes by the same. Highly recommended.
Thank you, Leo! Find all of the work you do very helpful and informative. Really appreciate that you took the time to do this test and share. Keep up the great work!
If we made false positive test between Bitdefender and Kaspersky, I'm sure Kaspersky would be the winner. Because as you said, Kaspersky is more likely to allow executions and to search behavioural patterns rather than Bitdefender blocks suspicious or malicious signatures ,it's more likely to block them instead of relying on behavioural search.. This may allow false positives more for Bitdefender side.... Both products are good, but I would prefer Kaspersky nevertheless, because I trust Kaspersky's behaviour based detection strength more than Bitdefender's behavioural detection. .. :) Thanks for your nice videos..
In my experience, Kaspersky gets pretty much every single piece of malware but it has a lot of false positives for innocent programs that do suspicious things, such as convenience crypto mining apps
Both Kaspersky and Bitdefender have strong anti-malware capabilities, but their methods are slightly different. Kaspersky provides a System Watcher component that monitors system activity and uses various databases and algorithms to detect and block suspicious activity, effectively protecting against zero-day threats and ransomware. On the other hand, Bitdefender excels at real-time protection and has a slightly better result in detecting and eliminating 2,000 types of malware during testing.
Your work is exemplary, Leo. Your work is critically important to me; I can think about such testing but I could NEVER to it. Now, I feel informed; thanks!
How could we have been waiting for this when he just did a kaspersky vs 2000 malware video 2 months ago. What we are waiting for is for people to quit testing kaspersky every other week and give other AV and malware tools a chance.
Kaspersky is a awesome low resource heavy antivirus which is very very good so why quit a antivirus that's reliable have very good protection and low impact on pc
@@billyguthrie3176 well he said we had been waiting for this, so maybe he meant we had been waiting, up until he did a kaspersky vs 2000 malware video 2 months ago
This is a scam page directing folks to Russian malware. The notion a security tool out of Russia doesn't except Russian malware is insane. Any time FSB makes a call, they have to make exceptions or they get thrown out the window like everyone else. Also, why support Russia as it commits genocide? ??
As a American i feel more comfortable having a russian company monitor my internet than a American company. Going to go with no anti virus after kaspersky is banned.
@@pablovonduckbill7802 Sophos Security is from UK, if i’m not mistaken. Worked as an IT-assistant for a big private equity company in Düsseldorf (Germany) until 2022. They praised it. Would love to hear some expert view on Sophos. Edit: the Heinrich-Heine-University of Düsseldorf uses Sophos too (at least they did 2018, when i worked there last as IT assistent)
This was insanely close! I believe BitDefender was on the better side purely because of that one detection that wasn't temporary on Kaspersky's side, but they're both great software.
Yes the heavyweight championship! I've been a loyal Bitdefender customer for a few years now. No doubt it gives top notch protection. At first though, all the false positives were driving me nuts. But whether it's the product itself, if it's just used to me and my family's computers, or a little of both, it's not a problem anymore. It runs quietly in the background, and I never have any problems. Great vid. Best PC security channel on RUclips. Of course that's a low bar, as most PC channels are by idiots for idiots.
Great as usual. Surprised to see that both Kaspersky and BitDefender scores are almost matching which means BitDefender improved a lot. But again I would prefer Kaspersky anytime because its less costly and consumes much less resources than BitDefender. Also any type of scan can be customized in Kaspersky which seems to be somewhat restricted in BitDefender. Anyway, either of the two are great products.
Big difference I see at first test is, that Bitdefender tells you afterwards "Everything is fine", while Kasperky tells you, that your system is at risk.
Hello, I am a w7 32-bit user and I have been using Bitdefender free for several days. Too much memory consumption for me, it does not have a simple option to deactivate it from the taskbar, and browsing both the internet and my folders was tedious, very heavy. Now I'm trying kaspersky free. So far I am satisfied, it does not take unnecessary resources from my PC and it seems smarter when it comes to protecting. It allows me to browse without slowing down the PC. Easy to deactivate. It's what it should be.
both antivirus are too good around 2 year ago, i tried bitdefender ,but due to unavoidable notification by bitdefender i have to shift to Kaspersky, but just after few months later when people complaint about this, bitdefender allowed users to stop notifications
I'm using Kaspersky, but just because it's very light on system resources .. there are only two background processes running in the background while Bitdefender has 8 or 9 of them, eating up your CPU and RAM.
It takes around 700-1GB with 0% CPU usage, I wouldn't call that intensive considering most new CPU's have many cores and notably weaker cores for this task
Yesterday I replaced my ESET with Kaspersky plus. Unbelievable how much it managed to detect, all of which ESET left behind. Kaspersky even threw out some keyloggers.👍
Love your video! Also, I think the music matches the test! It gives a feeling of anxiety as if the malware is now secretly slipping through the antiviruses! It also reminds me of the windows defender sandbox vs malware video that you did a few years ago - where this music was also played and the cascading waterfall of error kept popping up >_< Great job!
I'll always stick with Kaspersky. They're 1 of the best antivirus software. No doubt Bitdefender is great, but I still rate Kaspersky the best. They never miss anything, so you're completely safe
to many false positives with windows defender and they delete half of your programs on you..... keygens or what ever windows defender will delete off your system
In my system, Ryzen 7 5800x with 32GB of RAM, BitDefender uses roughly 300mb of RAM and at idle isn't ticking up any CPU resources used (Staying at 0%). Take that as you wish, I don't run Kaspersky, so I can't verify. Edit: Also, I'm using BitDefender Total Security. So it's got everything enabled.
In my case with 32Gb and i9 12900Kf Bitdefender uses 660Mb to 1Gb but 0% CPU. Overall it doesn't bother you much while using the PC and stays away but I also have Windows Defender running with 60-100Mb and 0% usage alongside Bitdefender
How did you activate the unlimited VPN in the Plus version of Kaspersky? I own it (Total Security to Kaspersky Plus) and I don't have the unlimited VPN
I run Bit Defender for the fam and have been very happy with them. I had a scare from a hacked NAS (not mine, I just had access to it) a few years ago that made me tighten down everything tighter than a bull's asshole. Sad that you need so much protection these days.
I think one of the Kaspersky notofications is interesting - "We applied the rule created by you to control activity of the application". So were rules set up in application control that were not on default settings? just curious to know
I like your new software suggestions! Just wanted to share Immersive Translate with you. It’s been essential for accessing international software resources.
We've been using it since 2008, not a single infection since then... back then, I was also a not very vigilant child, known to download malware on a weekly basis 😂
It is a tough call, because they are both excellent programs. Personally, I don't mind false positives. Kaspersky has a great user interface that you can tweak quite a lot. If I have to have a Microsoft-based tool , and a anti-malware program starts "clutching at its pearls", I will just run it in a sandbox in a host M$ OS running under a Linux hypervisor, and see what goes on with it. Web apps are more dangerous generically because they can crack your browser on whatever the box is, and try to escalate control from there. So if you are going to sandbox anything, make it your browser, IMHO. I like the DOM idea in QUBES OS. The hypervisor OS has no internet connection, and you can create host OSes [of any flavour] from templates, and you interact with the world from the guest OS's. If you get into trouble with one, just delete it. It can always be respawned afresh from your templates. You update DOM from the most hardened guest OS, and never use that virtual machine for anything else. You can use a different secure OS for sensitive info [like internet banking or whatever], and another OS as your "daily driver". It is the best compromise I have seen that gives your hardened OS capability and yet the convenience of moderate security for normal tasks.
This is nice! I've been a Bitdefender user for years with my family and PCs. I couldn't trust Kaspersky before as they had a lot of product upgrade spam. It just irritated me. Nice to know their performance is up!
With today's technology, it doesn't matter much. Even the free AV programs are more or less at par with the expensive ones. To me, the issue is how quickly an AV company reacts to a new threat.
Super comparison! Can we see a comparison between Sophos enterprise and Bit defender enterprise? I use for various companies the Sophos security suite and I must say it's rock solid, especially it's tamper protection! Happy to provide a license for a Sophos enterprise endpoint to test
Thanks for the heavy test, validates my confidence in my Bitdefender. I'd used Kaspersky years ago, but stopped when the rise in Russian hacking really got rolling as it was reported by agencies as a risk considering where it comes from. Kaspersky did a good job then, but being paranoid about the internet isn't a bad thing. I always keep an eye on things and would jump from Bitdefender to another security suite that was proved to be significantly better. Subscriber to this great channel.
I had the same thoughts. Kaspersky has a great granular interface, even traps Apps trying to access the webcam… BUUUUUUT… it’s run out of Moscow and Moscow takes requests from Beijing. Ergo… your entire hard disk being scanned for viruses could also be scanned for anything that Beijing/Moscow might be looking for….
@@jschreiber6461 it's funny that you prefer to be scanned for the needs of the NSA or the FBI, rather than for the needs of abstract Moscow or for some reason Beijing.
Bitdefender and kaspersky both are great. But the problem with bitdefender is, they too much eating RAM or CPU and sometime, the web blocking dosen't always work. But to be honest, both product are great
@@blazerod592 i agree. because i had been try bitdefender before like internet security and total security. but the biggest problem with bitdefender is sometime miss like blocking malware or virus or something else. and bitdefender dosen't have feature like kaspersky such us system watcher. but to he honest. bitdefender and kaspersky are greate than other AV
As always, these videos are never disappointing. On another note, how do you collect these samples from the internet? Is there software, or is it manual work??
Kaspersky is the superior product everyday all day. Bitdefender is extremely buggy, UI is buggy, not alot of customization with Bitdefender for the price and uses an extreme amount of system memory upwards of 500mb-1.2gb + spawns 15 windows processes compared to Kasperskys 70-250mb of ram usage and 3 windows processes
@@TheHobbitmann Wow what a well thought out comment. At least I provided reasons as to why I don't like bitdefender. Its factual that bitdefender is a resrouce hog when it comes to system useage compared to Kaspersky. Get mad though fanboy
Avast you say 😂😂😂 aren't they the ones who were caught installing shit without your consent??? Oh wait that's right, CCleaner was caught installing AVG (different name, same shit) 😂
avast is junk i used it for years and switched to the free ver of bitdefended like 2 years ago! bitdefender picked up viruses and i didn't even know were there when i was using advast they weren't even false positives just not detected.....
I would say this is a draw, or maybe a close victory by bitdefender due to more aggressive approach. Quite satisfied to have chosen bitdefender to replace kaspersky on my machines exactly 23 months ago.
i still use Bitdefender but I run my browser in Sandboxie...at the end of the day I delete the sandbox. That way there is nothing left on my PC. Not even cookies.
Never saw a comparison between the two. Was interesting to see because I use Kaspersky and have used Bitdefender a few years ago. All in all, I think you're safe with either program, thank you, for sharing!
I love Kaspersky but boy it's expensive, the 3 year plan bitdefender is cheaper than 1 year plan Kaspersky. And the difference is really huge, for 3 years Kaspersky I need to pay for 5 times the price than bitdefender with the same period of time
Hi. Do you recommend any windows debloaters and how do we use them without breaking windows when lowering the processes down to 50's or lower. example chris titus (advanced) or winpilot. Thanks in advance.
Very interesting. Do you have the opportunity to test SentinelOne again? It's been 4 years since the last test. I would be interested to know how SentinelOne behaves against 2k viruses.
Of the two, Kaspersky is lighter on resources. However, at least on my machine, it would cause Windows Updates to crash every once in a while. Although you can't go wrong with either product.
Great video. But instead of only malware tests can you also look into the advanced threat defenses of these antivirus since they they pose quite a major issue. For malware tests antivirus are getting better at detecting them
Bitdefender failed me with a very sneaky RAT that was a persistent threat. The malware was able to disable Bitdefender immediately (I'm assuming through remote commands) and then do whatever it needed to to Windows to shield it from view. Then the app started back up again and made no peep about the malware. I abandoned Bitdefender after that. I'm now using Kaspersky with VPN. Hoping this one does better but I'm not holding my breath.
It would be interesting to see some antivirus comparison for android phones. Some of my experience tells me that in that case Bitdefender is a better option than Kaspersky.
Thanks for the video. I was just trying to figure out if I should get the Kaspersky premium since my license was coming to an end and was hoping that maybe there would be other security software that it was better but it looks like kaspersky still has it so I went ahead and renewed my license
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Always love to see Kaspersky vs Bitdefender
are you a jew?
why?
@@wisniewskijan9740 these are Top of market CyberSecurity solution
What kind of empty headed comment is this?
@@Righteous628 Yes, of course.
I was a long time Norton customer and fan but abandoned it 3 years ago when they had stopped sales via 3rd party in my region and moved to Kaspersky. Never looked back.
Norton has always felt like malware disguised as virus protection to me lol
@@squaidinkarts That's because it probably is
LOL I've known Norton everything to be bloatware for longer than that...
This is a scam page directing folks to Russian malware. The notion a security tool out of Russia doesn't except Russian malware is insane. Any time FSB makes a call, they have to make exceptions or they get thrown out the window like everyone else. Also, why support Russia as it commits genocide??
yes because a mascow anti virus is not dangerous...... pretty sure putin would never store info....@@squaidinkarts
Great video and testing! I prefer Kaspersky because it seems a lot less intrusive throwing a lot less false positives which makes more of a pleasant user experience. Plus Kaspersky's pricing is simply unmatched for what it offers in my opinion.
You know how sometimes vendors tell you to "disable AV"? I don't recall ever having to do that with KAV...
In last tests. Bitdefender has better protection at all. Look at the av-comparatives
@@LexyyWhoMost comparatives are biased now against Russian Origin Products.
@@rounakr94This site is so popular (so and TPSC recommended this site at his video.
But idk, maybe they do maybe not.
But if you look other tests at the site Kaspersky winned at all (even in ukraine war) but in last test Bitdefender winned.
@@LexyyWho Kaspersky ''Product of the Year 2023'' (av-comparatives)
This is the bake off I have been waiting for. Thank you so much Leo for taking the time to put this together. We appreciate all that you do.
Now we need the ultimate battle of the top 3 free software comparison side by side: ;)
Kaspersky Free
Bitdefender Free
Windows Defender
why windows Defender? can be Norton
@@yoshirocalizayaortega7312 It needs to be Windows Defender, so I can link the video again to people calling antivirus software snake oil.
@@yoshirocalizayaortega7312 Because @gamercontruct said free software comparison!
@@relegendize Try and read the post you are replying to, @gamercontruct said free software comparison!
Defender works perfectly fine. Combine with open dns, ublock origin and strong unique passwords and air gapped backups, you are good. Unless you store other peoples sensitive data, then you need proper advice.
My Kaspersky subscription is expiring soon. Still worthy, so Imma extend it for another 2 years. Thanks, Leo for the comparison.
I member when mine was gonna expire and for some reason, renewal was Kind of expensive but it was much cheaper to buy it new again 😂
@@nadie4221 "it was much cheaper to buy it new again" - this was exactly the same with my Bitdefender renewal last year where buying it new was much cheaper than their renewal price. Customer loyalty means nothing these days (as if we didn't know). Same with house/car insurance etc. Stay savvy, don't blindly auto-renew.
Yikes! Kerspesky is sitting down July 2024 in uSA. Unknown you can get your money bsck
@@DrTarrandProfessorFether im from mexico so that doesnt bother me
@@DrTarrandProfessorFether No you cannot get your money back. Because American government sucks
Very useful comparison.👍 I have used Bitdefender since 2015 and I like it because it's easy to use and it doesn't hog resources. AND it has kept me safe and secure for all these years 😊
Was just earlier in the week having a look at the basic Bitdefender Antivirus edition, from the perspective of a regular Kaspersky user. The interface felt cleaner and everything seemed to run smoothly. I would feel confident recommending Bitdefender as an alternative to others, while sticking to Kaspersky myself for wanting more granularity in the settings. And for that Bitdefender was throwing false positives on a number of uncommon software tools I had lying around. Not something that should be a bother at all for most users.
Isn’t Kaspersky run from Moscow? And Moscow takes its lead from Beijing?
@@jschreiber6461they moved everything to Switzerland
@@jschreiber6461Oh come on now...
Eh, actually it COULD be a bother for more people than you think, many, many companies use special tools which are not in the market...
@@jschreiber6461How is that relevant to detecting viruses? Kaspersky has never bombed a single soul ever, just like Tesla has never bombed an innocent family at a wedding or kids party.
Thanks for doing the tests and the results. It increased my confidence in my choice of Bitdefender. Like you mentioned they are both good at their intended purpose.
This is all nice and dandy, however I prefer my Microsoft Technician level 3 from Mumbai to take care of my security.
Cost me only 299.99USD / year and I can’t start to describe all the foreign connections (hackers) he found on the first day. Plus all stopped processes by the same.
Highly recommended.
299.99? They got you good, it only cost me 150USD 😂
@@liltimshady But is your level 3, named George with heavy Indian accent?
😂Nice one
Eh, if no more than $10k is going to them per year they're fine 😂
30 USD/yr for Eset Nod32. 90% saving lol
Thank you, Leo! Find all of the work you do very helpful and informative. Really appreciate that you took the time to do this test and share. Keep up the great work!
Yes! The ultimate championship
If we made false positive test between Bitdefender and Kaspersky, I'm sure Kaspersky would be the winner. Because as you said, Kaspersky is more likely to allow executions and to search behavioural patterns rather than Bitdefender blocks suspicious or malicious signatures ,it's more likely to block them instead of relying on behavioural search.. This may allow false positives more for Bitdefender side.... Both products are good, but I would prefer Kaspersky nevertheless, because I trust Kaspersky's behaviour based detection strength more than Bitdefender's behavioural detection. .. :) Thanks for your nice videos..
In my experience, Kaspersky gets pretty much every single piece of malware but it has a lot of false positives for innocent programs that do suspicious things, such as convenience crypto mining apps
KASPERSKY IS TRASH
Agreed but I use Bitdefender for that reason Kaspersky is awesome as well.
Kaspersky is trash
@@TheHobbitmann nope
Both Kaspersky and Bitdefender have strong anti-malware capabilities, but their methods are slightly different. Kaspersky provides a System Watcher component that monitors system activity and uses various databases and algorithms to detect and block suspicious activity, effectively protecting against zero-day threats and ransomware. On the other hand, Bitdefender excels at real-time protection and has a slightly better result in detecting and eliminating 2,000 types of malware during testing.
Bitdefender free protege de ramsonware?
Good video, funny , informative and let's not forget the very clear explanation
about the detections and the differences between the two
Your work is exemplary, Leo. Your work is critically important to me; I can think about such testing but I could NEVER to it. Now, I feel informed; thanks!
The hard part is collecting the samples (and maybe the payment too, if there are no free trials), the rest is... not so hard.
Thank you so much, our honest support may walk side by side with you till you reach the first million subscribers
We had been waiting for this!
How could we have been waiting for this when he just did a kaspersky vs 2000 malware video 2 months ago. What we are waiting for is for people to quit testing kaspersky every other week and give other AV and malware tools a chance.
Kaspersky is a awesome low resource heavy antivirus which is very very good so why quit a antivirus that's reliable have very good protection and low impact on pc
We had been waiting for the final confrontation with Bitdefender. @@billyguthrie3176
Yes, you right, I was wating for this test. 👍
@@billyguthrie3176 well he said we had been waiting for this, so maybe he meant we had been waiting, up until he did a kaspersky vs 2000 malware video 2 months ago
Appreciate the work involved in this, very cool results.
Would love to see TrendMicro Maximum take on the same challenge!
I love this competition between kaspersky(my fav) and bitdefender
I subscribed to you a long time ago when you had only a few thousand subscribers. I'm glad that your hard work is paying off.
Compare free versions of the antiviruses
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This is a scam page directing folks to Russian malware. The notion a security tool out of Russia doesn't except Russian malware is insane. Any time FSB makes a call, they have to make exceptions or they get thrown out the window like everyone else. Also, why support Russia as it commits genocide? ??
😂😂😂😂
As a American i feel more comfortable having a russian company monitor my internet than a American company. Going to go with no anti virus after kaspersky is banned.
Remember that McAfee and Norton are from the U.S.A
@@VSN-wb2ly yeah i know im looking for a non us comapany. any suggestions?
You’re a nut bar.
@@pablovonduckbill7802 Sophos Security is from UK, if i’m not mistaken. Worked as an IT-assistant for a big private equity company in Düsseldorf (Germany) until 2022. They praised it.
Would love to hear some expert view on Sophos.
Edit: the Heinrich-Heine-University of Düsseldorf uses Sophos too (at least they did 2018, when i worked there last as IT assistent)
@@pablovonduckbill7802 ESET
I love the classical music piece too! Great choice.
This was insanely close! I believe BitDefender was on the better side purely because of that one detection that wasn't temporary on Kaspersky's side, but they're both great software.
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Shake and Bake
Yes the heavyweight championship!
I've been a loyal Bitdefender customer for a few years now. No doubt it gives top notch protection. At first though, all the false positives were driving me nuts. But whether it's the product itself, if it's just used to me and my family's computers, or a little of both, it's not a problem anymore. It runs quietly in the background, and I never have any problems.
Great vid. Best PC security channel on RUclips. Of course that's a low bar, as most PC channels are by idiots for idiots.
Great as usual. Surprised to see that both Kaspersky and BitDefender scores are almost matching which means BitDefender improved a lot. But again I would prefer Kaspersky anytime because its less costly and consumes much less resources than BitDefender. Also any type of scan can be customized in Kaspersky which seems to be somewhat restricted in BitDefender. Anyway, either of the two are great products.
Big difference I see at first test is, that Bitdefender tells you afterwards "Everything is fine", while Kasperky tells you, that your system is at risk.
Hello, I am a w7 32-bit user and I have been using Bitdefender free for several days. Too much memory consumption for me, it does not have a simple option to deactivate it from the taskbar, and browsing both the internet and my folders was tedious, very heavy. Now I'm trying kaspersky free. So far I am satisfied, it does not take unnecessary resources from my PC and it seems smarter when it comes to protecting. It allows me to browse without slowing down the PC. Easy to deactivate. It's what it should be.
both antivirus are too good
around 2 year ago, i tried bitdefender ,but due to unavoidable notification by bitdefender i have to shift to Kaspersky, but just after few months later when people complaint about this, bitdefender allowed users to stop notifications
I'm using Kaspersky, but just because it's very light on system resources .. there are only two background processes running in the background while Bitdefender has 8 or 9 of them, eating up your CPU and RAM.
it's better than bitdefender anyway
@@elduderino7767 - Fully agree!
@@elduderino7767 KASPERSKY OVERRATED PRODUCT
bitdefender really takes up no ram at all like 1GB max....
your PC have 4GB of ram?
It takes around 700-1GB with 0% CPU usage, I wouldn't call that intensive considering most new CPU's have many cores and notably weaker cores for this task
Great content. To the point w/o wasting everyones time! TY keep up the great work
Yesterday I replaced my ESET with Kaspersky plus. Unbelievable how much it managed to detect, all of which ESET left behind. Kaspersky even threw out some keyloggers.👍
tf u downloadin?
I can only imagine what your PC is going through.
Love your video! Also, I think the music matches the test! It gives a feeling of anxiety as if the malware is now secretly slipping through the antiviruses! It also reminds me of the windows defender sandbox vs malware video that you did a few years ago - where this music was also played and the cascading waterfall of error kept popping up >_<
Great job!
Really nice how you compare the two side by side.
My father used to buy Kaspersky when we had XP seems like a legendary product to me ❤
i've switched from kaspersky to bitdefender for 2 years...both works fine...both gives me vpn and password manager...
These videos are so helpful! Thank you for sharing. Can you test Sophos too please?
I'll always stick with Kaspersky. They're 1 of the best antivirus software. No doubt Bitdefender is great, but I still rate Kaspersky the best. They never miss anything, so you're completely safe
There was a time when I was using Kaspersky. Great stuff. Never had a problem. But now I'm perfectly fine with Windows Defender.
to many false positives with windows defender and they delete half of your programs on you.....
keygens or what ever windows defender will delete off your system
Great testing.
Since it was so close I would have liked to see which one of the two has the biggest impact on system resources.
Kaspersky has the least system impact
In my system, Ryzen 7 5800x with 32GB of RAM, BitDefender uses roughly 300mb of RAM and at idle isn't ticking up any CPU resources used (Staying at 0%).
Take that as you wish, I don't run Kaspersky, so I can't verify.
Edit: Also, I'm using BitDefender Total Security. So it's got everything enabled.
i got 128GB of ram and bitdefender eats up like 520MB of ram.... really nothing very low resources are used with these softwares....
In my case with 32Gb and i9 12900Kf Bitdefender uses 660Mb to 1Gb but 0% CPU.
Overall it doesn't bother you much while using the PC and stays away but I also have Windows Defender running with 60-100Mb and 0% usage alongside Bitdefender
Used BD then switched to Kaspersky early last year due to price plus Kaspersky included VPN and password manager for free
How did you activate the unlimited VPN in the Plus version of Kaspersky? I own it (Total Security to Kaspersky Plus) and I don't have the unlimited VPN
why do you even pay for these AV softwares?
i just use the free ver of bitdefender....
Download it and log in with your ID. @@LovelyKittenMusic
Both are great, I have BD now and feel like it is more "clunky" and resource heavy. But can't go wrong either way
when both anti virus are alike it would be cool to monitor resource usage (ram,cpu,ssd,intenet) and compare it during idle and scan process
I use Kaspersky and find it works very well. I would trust Russian Kaspersky more than U.S software.
I run Bit Defender for the fam and have been very happy with them. I had a scare from a hacked NAS (not mine, I just had access to it) a few years ago that made me tighten down everything tighter than a bull's asshole. Sad that you need so much protection these days.
I think one of the Kaspersky notofications is interesting - "We applied the rule created by you to control activity of the application". So were rules set up in application control that were not on default settings? just curious to know
I am curious too
I like your new software suggestions! Just wanted to share Immersive Translate with you. It’s been essential for accessing international software resources.
That's what I was lookin' for!
Ty for the information
This sucks that Kaspersky is being banned in the US, I’ve used it for years and loved it. Now I’m thinking about switching to Bitdefender
rip Kaspersky, you will be missed.
You one of the few knowing this. I liked it too but do not trust Russian companies.
@@DrTarrandProfessorFether kaspersky isnt a russian company anymore
@@DrTarrandProfessorFether I don't care if it's russian or not. I trust the product because it has 100% detection and prevention
bitdefender still earning its place ; glad to see it
also glad to see kaspersky has gotten a lot better in recent years
great video dude =]
We've been using it since 2008, not a single infection since then... back then, I was also a not very vigilant child, known to download malware on a weekly basis 😂
It is a tough call, because they are both excellent programs. Personally, I don't mind false positives. Kaspersky has a great user interface that you can tweak quite a lot. If I have to have a Microsoft-based tool , and a anti-malware program starts "clutching at its pearls", I will just run it in a sandbox in a host M$ OS running under a Linux hypervisor, and see what goes on with it.
Web apps are more dangerous generically because they can crack your browser on whatever the box is, and try to escalate control from there. So if you are going to sandbox anything, make it your browser, IMHO.
I like the DOM idea in QUBES OS. The hypervisor OS has no internet connection, and you can create host OSes [of any flavour] from templates, and you interact with the world from the guest OS's. If you get into trouble with one, just delete it. It can always be respawned afresh from your templates.
You update DOM from the most hardened guest OS, and never use that virtual machine for anything else. You can use a different secure OS for sensitive info [like internet banking or whatever], and another OS as your "daily driver". It is the best compromise I have seen that gives your hardened OS capability and yet the convenience of moderate security for normal tasks.
This is nice! I've been a Bitdefender user for years with my family and PCs. I couldn't trust Kaspersky before as they had a lot of product upgrade spam. It just irritated me. Nice to know their performance is up!
This is like watching IPL matches antivirus premiere league ❤❤ great commentary bro ❤
Finally, 2024 Kaspersky live test, thanks leo
Really appreciate the work you do, you are the best I’ve seen in cyber security on this platform
Thank you so much for the comparison.
Can you make antivirus tierlist???
Kaspersky and Bitdefender S tier the rest below
With today's technology, it doesn't matter much. Even the free AV programs are more or less at par with the expensive ones. To me, the issue is how quickly an AV company reacts to a new threat.
Hey Leo thank you very much this is great comparison between two great security applications I hope you can make another antivirus tier list for 2024
This is great, but I would like to see how many system resources are being used.
i vote for Kaspersky am using Kaspersky from 2019 and i still used it ❤
Using KAV since 2008 here!
Using KAV since 2008 here!
Thx 4 the testing. It's really appreciated... Which one uses less resources it it's significant ?? 👍😎
yes Kaspersky uses less, it can be significant at times.
FINALLY BITDEFENDER. DO MORE!!
Super comparison! Can we see a comparison between Sophos enterprise and Bit defender enterprise? I use for various companies the Sophos security suite and I must say it's rock solid, especially it's tamper protection! Happy to provide a license for a Sophos enterprise endpoint to test
Thanks for the heavy test, validates my confidence in my Bitdefender. I'd used Kaspersky years ago, but stopped when the rise in Russian hacking really got rolling as it was reported by agencies as a risk considering where it comes from. Kaspersky did a good job then, but being paranoid about the internet isn't a bad thing. I always keep an eye on things and would jump from Bitdefender to another security suite that was proved to be significantly better. Subscriber to this great channel.
I had the same thoughts. Kaspersky has a great granular interface, even traps Apps trying to access the webcam… BUUUUUUT… it’s run out of Moscow and Moscow takes requests from Beijing. Ergo… your entire hard disk being scanned for viruses could also be scanned for anything that Beijing/Moscow might be looking for….
@@jschreiber6461 it's funny that you prefer to be scanned for the needs of the NSA or the FBI, rather than for the needs of abstract Moscow or for some reason Beijing.
Guys... you do know that it's not in their best interest to bombard themselves with data off millions of disks, right???
@@jschreiber6461brainwashed cattle.
Bitdefender and kaspersky both are great. But the problem with bitdefender is, they too much eating RAM or CPU and sometime, the web blocking dosen't always work. But to be honest, both product are great
Bitdefender for me only uses a few percent more in background usage.
@@blazerod592 i agree. because i had been try bitdefender before like internet security and total security. but the biggest problem with bitdefender is sometime miss like blocking malware or virus or something else. and bitdefender dosen't have feature like kaspersky such us system watcher. but to he honest. bitdefender and kaspersky are greate than other AV
Used Kaspersky for many years. Can't take a chance that Russia will use Kaspersky for it's own ends.
Lol i use it for that reason, i trust the us government much less than Russia.
I agree, it's absolute shit now. Can't trust anything in the hands of a terrorist
As always, these videos are never disappointing.
On another note, how do you collect these samples from the internet? Is there software, or is it manual work??
Kaspersky is the superior product everyday all day. Bitdefender is extremely buggy, UI is buggy, not alot of customization with Bitdefender for the price and uses an extreme amount of system memory upwards of 500mb-1.2gb + spawns 15 windows processes compared to Kasperskys 70-250mb of ram usage and 3 windows processes
Kaspersky is trash
@@TheHobbitmannBitdefender fanboy lmao
@@TheHobbitmann Wow what a well thought out comment. At least I provided reasons as to why I don't like bitdefender. Its factual that bitdefender is a resrouce hog when it comes to system useage compared to Kaspersky. Get mad though fanboy
@@nutellaguyau Omg haven't you heard? Kaspersky is in Russia and Russia bad! Oh no! We should trust other governments to not steal our data!!
KASPERSKY IS TRASH AND OVERRATED PRODUCT AND IS THE UNIQUE AV NO HAVE 64 BITS NATIVE.
No wonder KS often comes with fewer false positives. Its also impressive that KS uses less resources than BD and even WD itself.
Please do the same test for latest AVAST vs ESET
Avast you say 😂😂😂 aren't they the ones who were caught installing shit without your consent??? Oh wait that's right, CCleaner was caught installing AVG (different name, same shit) 😂
avast is junk i used it for years and switched to the free ver of bitdefended like 2 years ago!
bitdefender picked up viruses and i didn't even know were there when i was using advast
they weren't even false positives just not detected.....
Avast and AVG are no longer what they used to be
I would say this is a draw, or maybe a close victory by bitdefender due to more aggressive approach. Quite satisfied to have chosen bitdefender to replace kaspersky on my machines exactly 23 months ago.
Wow can't believe enigma apps are malware thanks for showing that as a malware sample
i still use Bitdefender but I run my browser in Sandboxie...at the end of the day I delete the sandbox. That way there is nothing left on my PC. Not even cookies.
Please review UltraAV and compare it to Kaspersky or Bitdefender.
Never saw a comparison between the two. Was interesting to see because I use Kaspersky and have used Bitdefender a few years ago. All in all, I think you're safe with either program, thank you, for sharing!
Very very helpful vid. Thank you!
Is it just me who kept saying "CASPER - SKY" this whole time in my mind?
Love your conent bro, really good information.
I use ESET Essential and Kaspersky Premium (subscribed to both).
Please create some video on phishing attacks for Kaspersky, BitDefender, ESET, Avast and Norton. Also please upload some video on AVG vs Malware.
Whats are the resources consumptions on both pcs when running the tests ?
Good test, thnx Leo!
Glad to see you here
@@Gateastrologykc Jip always watch his videos 🙂
@@jitechsolutions very close results like in your tests
@@Gateastrologykc Jip true as it always are with these 2 products
Oi hello JiTech,big fan of ya keep up the good work😊
I love Kaspersky but boy it's expensive, the 3 year plan bitdefender is cheaper than 1 year plan Kaspersky.
And the difference is really huge, for 3 years Kaspersky I need to pay for 5 times the price than bitdefender with the same period of time
Great test 👍. Thank you
this is what i have been waiting for
Hi. Do you recommend any windows debloaters and how do we use them without breaking windows when lowering the processes down to 50's or lower. example chris titus (advanced) or winpilot. Thanks in advance.
Very interesting.
Do you have the opportunity to test SentinelOne again?
It's been 4 years since the last test. I would be interested to know how SentinelOne behaves against 2k viruses.
So in other words, the usual answer for these 2.
Both are great, for a techy savvy user install kaspersky, for everyone else install bitdefender.
Nice, very well executed
Of the two, Kaspersky is lighter on resources. However, at least on my machine, it would cause Windows Updates to crash every once in a while. Although you can't go wrong with either product.
That's... never happened to me...? How would Kaspersky even be running if updates are being installed?
Great video. But instead of only malware tests can you also look into the advanced threat defenses of these antivirus since they they pose quite a major issue. For malware tests antivirus are getting better at detecting them
Bitdefender failed me with a very sneaky RAT that was a persistent threat. The malware was able to disable Bitdefender immediately (I'm assuming through remote commands) and then do whatever it needed to to Windows to shield it from view. Then the app started back up again and made no peep about the malware. I abandoned Bitdefender after that. I'm now using Kaspersky with VPN. Hoping this one does better but I'm not holding my breath.
It would be interesting to see some antivirus comparison for android phones. Some of my experience tells me that in that case Bitdefender is a better option than Kaspersky.
it is, Bitdefender has full real time protection both during install and in downloads
i love to see comparaison with products ! could you perform the same with Windows Defenders and one of the top 3 best free antivirus ?
Thanks for the video. I was just trying to figure out if I should get the Kaspersky premium since my license was coming to an end and was hoping that maybe there would be other security software that it was better but it looks like kaspersky still has it so I went ahead and renewed my license