November 2008
BitDefender Announces Beta Release of BitDefender Antivirus Scanner for Unices
Beta testers with most impressive bug submission activity will win prizes
BitDefender® announced today the new BitDefender Antivirus Scanner for Unices will be available for beta testing starting November 12, 2008.
BitDefender Antivirus Scanner for Unices is the command line antivirus scanner built for both Linux and FreeBSD systems, which now brings a graphical interface intended to help users scan their computers very easily and allows them to configure the antivirus scanning to best fit their needs. It includes the certified BitDefender Antivirus Engines and provides on-demand anti-malware scanning for both UNIX-based and Windows-based partitions.
BitDefender will reward the beta tester with the most impressive bug submission activity a one year license of a Windows/Linux business solution of choice for up to 35 users. Other prizes will include a 16GB iPod Touch and other desktop solutions.
Users wishing to test the beta version can download the product at BitDefenders Beta Center. The new beta version of BitDefender Antivirus Scanner for Unices is an upgrade to the current product.
Key benefits and features include:
On-demand scanner
Malware signatures and engine updates
Context menu integration with the most common desktop environments (KDE and GNOME)
Open source plugins for three popular file managers: Konqueror (KDE), Nautilus (GNOME) and Thunar (Xfce)
Support for the x86 and amd64 architectures
Available for gcc-4.x systems
Language support for further localization
Beta testing is the most efficient way to ensure BitDefender products have all the kinks worked out, said Bogdan Dumitru, BitDefenders chief technical officer. We are relying on the BitDefender communitys interest in testing this beta product to help us produce a finalized product that fully protects Unices users.
BitDefender Antivirus Scanner for Unices is free for personal use and will be available for testing until January 15, 2009. To submit feature requests and big reports, please go to and subscribe to the BitDefender Antivirus Scanner for Unices beta campaign.
Sobre o Bitdefender®
O Bitdefender é criador de uma das linhas mais rápidas e eficazes e certificada internacionalmente de software de segurança para a internet. Desde 2011 a Bitdefender é pioneira na indústria, apresentando e desenvolvendo uma linha de proteção premiada. Hoje em dia, a tecnologia Bitdefender protege a experiência digital de 400 milhões de utilizadores domésticos e corporativos em todo o mundo.
Recentemente, a Bitdefender ganhou uma série de prêmios e elogios da indústria global de segurança, incluindo a "Editor’s Choice" da PC Mag pelo Bitdefender Antivirus Plus 2013 e o “GoldAward” da TopTenREVIEWS, que confirmaram a primeira posição do software entre os 25 produtos de segurança testados. A tecnologia do Bitdefender Antivirus também ficou em primeiro lugar nos testes mais reconhecidos da indústria, de ambos AV-Test e AV-Comparatives. Mais informações sobre os Bitdefender estão disponíveis na sala de imprensa das soluções de segurança da empresa. Além disso, a Bitdefender publica o blog HOTforSecurity, uma combinação escaldante de histórias picantes de segurança de computadores e visuais estimulantes, que destaca o submundo das fraudes, golpes e softwares maliciosos na internet - e fofocas.