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10 March 2015

Bitdefender announces that Bitdefender Safego for Facebook will reach its End of life on April 1, 2015. The free Facebook app will no longer be available on Bitdefender’s official website or on the Bitdefender Facebook page after that date due to changes in Facebook policy.

Bitdefender is committed to delivering innovative and effective security solutions to our customers. As technology evolves and circumstances change, we are occasionally obliged to discontinue older software versions and products.

This is the case of Bitdefender Safego for Facebook. The app uses the permission to read the stream from the user's News Feed to scan it for e-threats such as scams, spam, malware and risks to private data. This permission is no longer allowed by Facebook’s app development policy. As a result, the main functionality of the app becomes unavailable and the app must be closed.

Bitdefender will continue to offer Partial Support for the product for 30 days after the official EOL announcement (March 1, 2015). After the official EOL date, the product will reach its End of Support Life.

Partial Support: During the Partial Support phase, Bitdefender will provide support for known and existing bug fixes, workarounds or information from our technical support knowledge base in response to the customer’s request for assistance.

End of Support Life (EOSL): After Partial Support, the Major Release and its related releases reach their EOSL. Support services will no longer be available. Bitdefender will stop providing any type of technical support regardless of the problem.

Product Migration options

Customers are encouraged to migrate to Bitdefender TrafficLight. TrafficLight is a small, unobtrusive application that filters web traffic and blocks access to web pages that contain malware or hide phishing attempts in real-time. 

About Bitdefender®

Bitdefender is the creator of one of the world's fastest and most effective lines of internationally certified internet security software. The company is an industry pioneer, introducing and developing award-winning protection since 2001. Today, Bitdefender technology secures the digital experience of 500 million home and corporate users across the globe.

Top international testing organizations and world-renowned software reviewers acknowledge Bitdefender’s solutions as the world’s most effective. In January 2015, Bitdefender won AV-Comparatives’Product of the Year a second time, taking Gold awards in Proactive Malware Detection for its industry-leading heuristics, Real World Detection for accurate performance in real-life situations and Malware Removal for its thorough disinfection. At the same time, Bitdefender’s nearly undetectable impact on system performance won it Best Overall Speed.

Bitdefender has further confirmed its industry leadership with titles including Best Antivirus of 2014 and two Editor’s Choice awards from PCMAG, The Best Performance 2014 Award by AV-TEST for its Endpoint Solution, and 2013 Editor’s Choice from CNET. Bitdefender is also the only security solution to win all 35 VB SPAM awards given out by Virus Bulletin.

For more information about Bitdefender products, visit the security press room. Bitdefender also publishes the HOTforSecurity blog, with stories from the underworld of internet fraud, scams and malicious software.

 

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