Bitdefender appeared to offer good protection, but as with everything there's hidden problems that Bitdefender would like to keep hidden.
One example is: When US based ip addresses search for Bitdefender ratings and reviews, the company has manipulated Trust Pilot to show only .au results. Not .us reviews.
My company and my wife's accounts were compromised and majority of the activity came from Romania, Germany. Bitdefender had no liability though, because they are protected under the online user agreement.
Let's stop and think about this for a moment.
Think about all the times you heard about identity breaches in the news from either Microsoft, our healthcare system or even the US Social security offices and let's not forget about the IRS or cred karma or Equifax.
What I found worked best: creating impossible passwords using several special characters. Example: $#@&+€√π% along with numbers and random letters. And never using the same password twice.
My email address is even crazier but it works well. It's something like: 70$+90T@ whatever you choose for com.
You see, most emails and passwords can be found or discovered because people use names or words in emails and passwords.
Stop using logic in your password.
Finally: go to the store and purchase a physical address book and write down your passwords there. Don't take a pic of it and never use the same password twice.
P.S. I found it helpful to restart my devices once a day. It's crucial to hit restart and not shutdown and then just power back up.
Most devices reset on restart and not shutdown.
If you're a Yelp user, then you may be at risk because YELP made a few deals with Microsoft and is in your life ( like it or not ) to Yelp or not to Yelp is the question.
Remember check for steering to: au site results and type .US every now and then.
Oh and my financial losses equated to just over $300k trusting Bitdefender. I'll never recover my losses.
Thanks Romania, enjoy my money.
