Kaspersky vs Bitdefender Test vs 2000 Malware

Kaspersky vs Bitdefender: Test vs 2000+ malware. Which is the best antivirus? In this test we explore protection vs malware in a side by side bombardment.
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[@Khual]

Always love to see Kaspersky vs Bitdefender

[@that_very_last_question]

are you a jew?

[@gamerconstruct]

Now we need the ultimate battle of the top 3 free software comparison side by side: ;) Kaspersky Free Bitdefender Free Windows Defender

[@yoshirocalizayaortega7312]

why windows Defender? can be Norton

[@Blackdeath939]

@@yoshirocalizayaortega7312 It needs to be Windows Defender, so I can link the video again to people calling antivirus software snake oil.

[@cam_934]

@@yoshirocalizayaortega7312 Because @gamercontruct said free software comparison!

[@cam_934]

@@relegends1 Try and read the post you are replying to, @gamercontruct said free software comparison!

[@jondonnelly4831]

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.

[@vipulvirus]

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.

[@squaidinkarts]

Norton has always felt like malware disguised as virus protection to me lol

[@SgtRamen69]

​@@squaidinkarts That's because it probably is

[@erikkonstas]

LOL I've known Norton everything to be bloatware for longer than that...

[@ZiggyAndTheSpiderFromMars]

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??

[@thepro08]

yes because a mascow anti virus is not dangerous...... pretty sure putin would never store info....@@squaidinkarts

[@registeredblindgamer4350]

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.

[@erikkonstas]

You know how sometimes vendors tell you to "disable AV"? I don't recall ever having to do that with KAV...

[@RikiLixi]

In last tests. Bitdefender has better protection at all. Look at the av-comparatives

[@rounakr94]

​@@RikiLixiMost comparatives are biased now against Russian Origin Products.

[@RikiLixi]

@@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.

[@giovanniromani382]

@@RikiLixi Kaspersky ''Product of the Year 2023'' (av-comparatives)

[@thedeanman]

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.

[@rebootfactory]

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!

[@warfare3gin]

My Kaspersky subscription is expiring soon. Still worthy, so Imma extend it for another 2 years. Thanks, Leo for the comparison.

[@joepjoep9531]

Good video, funny , informative and let's not forget the very clear explanation about the detections and the differences between the two

[@JohnDoe-uw9nq]

We had been waiting for this!

[@billyguthrie3176]

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.

[@Snowwolfow]

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

[@JohnDoe-uw9nq]

We had been waiting for the final confrontation with Bitdefender. ​@@billyguthrie3176

[@johndevries7122]

Yes, you right, I was wating for this test. 👍

[@SSJ0016]

@@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

[@jackdeago3639]

Thank you so much, our honest support may walk side by side with you till you reach the first million subscribers

[@thorntontarr2894]

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!

[@erikkonstas]

The hard part is collecting the samples (and maybe the payment too, if there are no free trials), the rest is... not so hard.

[@davidbalcar1226]

Great testing.

[@johanea]

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.

[@liltimshady]

299.99? They got you good, it only cost me 150USD 😂

[@johanea]

@@liltimshady But is your level 3, named George with heavy Indian accent?

[@ABCD-rn6tk]

😂Nice one

[@erikkonstas]

Eh, if no more than $10k is going to them per year they're fine 😂

[@Corteum]

30 USD/yr for Eset Nod32. 90% saving lol

[@LegoMiniMan10]

Yes! The ultimate championship

[@alanmagic360]

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!

[@Alchemetica]

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.

[@Caront3]

That's what I was lookin' for! Ty for the information

[@kingpickle3712]

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.

[@citadel9611]

Really nice how you compare the two side by side.

[@vitaliistep]

Thank you so much for the comparison.

[@TombRaider481]

Great test 👍. Thank you

[@LukeTheJoker]

Appreciate the work involved in this, very cool results. Would love to see TrendMicro Maximum take on the same challenge!

[@DiniM]

Great content. To the point w/o wasting everyones time! TY keep up the great work

[@scythe1533]

Very very helpful vid. Thank you!

[@MikaelKKarlsson]

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.

[@jschreiber6461]

Isn’t Kaspersky run from Moscow? And Moscow takes its lead from Beijing?

[@Light-uw5es]

​@@jschreiber6461they moved everything to Switzerland

[@erikkonstas]

​@@jschreiber6461Oh come on now...

[@erikkonstas]

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...

[@angrysocialjusticewarrior]

@@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.

[@pranavsinha7488]

Thank you for your content.

[@ASimpleBall]

These videos are so helpful! Thank you for sharing. Can you test Sophos too please?

[@metehangunaydn6295]

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..

[@tpd1864blake]

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

[@TheHobbitmann]

KASPERSKY IS TRASH

[@NO-END]

Agreed but I use Bitdefender for that reason Kaspersky is awesome as well.

[@TheHobbitmann]

Kaspersky is trash

[@beast5556]

@@TheHobbitmann nope

[@jvanderhorst2011]

Love your conent bro, really good information.

[@roberttranceedm]

I love the classical music piece too! Great choice.

[@ZeTeacher1997]

love the channel. keep it up

[@ritam2009]

this is what i have been waiting for

[@nilsrp]

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 😊

[@abhishek_k7]

was waiting for this one. thanks!

[@SovietCustard]

Really appreciate the work you do, you are the best I’ve seen in cyber security on this platform

[@umangchinchore2685]

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??

[@jitechsolutions]

Good test, thnx Leo!

[@Gateastrologykc]

Glad to see you here

[@jitechsolutions]

@@Gateastrologykc Jip always watch his videos 🙂

[@Gateastrologykc]

@@jitechsolutions very close results like in your tests

[@jitechsolutions]

@@Gateastrologykc Jip true as it always are with these 2 products

[@draculemihawk10]

Oi hello JiTech,big fan of ya keep up the good work😊

[@realsleepi]

Thank you!!

[@tajsec498]

I love this competition between kaspersky(my fav) and bitdefender

[@jackthibo7644]

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

[@ea168]

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.

[@billabrogar4628]

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

[@fatboy6095]

Whats are the resources consumptions on both pcs when running the tests ?

[@Colorado18]

Thank you

[@vkotzath]

Thanks!

[@alanmagic360]

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

[@JohnDoe-uw9nq]

I am curious too

[@johnygthing]

Hi I have a question is there any need to have an antivirus installed if u just use ur laptop for video editing and nothing else ,,,I use clipchamp which is an online built in programme with Windows 11??thanks

[@ahsnsb]

Compare free versions of the antiviruses

[@Shadowbat.o_O]

I second the motion.

[@wizkid86]

I third this motion

[@reuus]

i got motion

[@ZiggyAndTheSpiderFromMars]

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? ??

[@dxy6254]

😂😂😂😂

[@user-zb5jv3ei2f]

why on the start of the video the bitdefender says 30 days of trial left and in the end of the video 28? on bottom right its says its the same day

[@Mr_iWood]

thank you

[@MeR-md1jq]

When you reboot and run hitman and NPE, do you just run them or do you run something like rkill first? Thanks!

[@JakeDRavioli]

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.

[@janmillerty4528]

Awesome❤❤❤❤

[@Subhadeep2011]

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.

[@davidbalcar1226]

"If You Ain't First, You're Last" Ricky Bobby

[@thepurplesmurf]

"It's only fun if you win. If you lose, it's a stinking waste of time" Al Bundy

[@trisserwomenkisser]

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[@cpuuk]

Maybe you are second?

[@gerekappo]

"If you ain't first, you're dumb." Uannabe Sumting andi comentti que soy primeiro em cada comentario

[@JamieRiley69]

Shake and Bake

[@gremory0]

Why was the Adobe Reader shortcut on the desktop? Did something get through and nothing picked it up on a second scan?

[@Hecklezz]

Adobe Reader is legitimate software by Adobe, why would anything detect it? It was likely bundled in some installer/adware, however Adobe Reader itself is not malicious and was allowed to install, and anything else that may have tried to be installed was blocked.

[@gremory0]

@@Hecklezz true it is legitimate software but then why did one antivirus allow it and the other one didn't? Kaspersky must have noticed something was wrong and prevented the install.

[@Xyler94]

@@gremory0 Probably a fake Adobe Reader installer. It legitimately installs Reader but trojans another software inside. BitDefender probably blocked the Trojan payload but let Adobe Reader install just fine. I once got a virus because I stupidly downloaded a Firefox update from a non-firefox website without thinking over a decade ago. Took a few hours to clean up the damage caused by that.

[@yassinehani]

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

[@user-yj7wu6fb8n]

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

[@bitteroldhousecat9304]

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 KZbin. Of course that's a low bar, as most PC channels are by idiots for idiots.

[@a0mikon]

Since it was so close I would have liked to see which one of the two has the biggest impact on system resources.

[@Snowwolfow]

Kaspersky has the least system impact

[@Xyler94]

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.

[@10percent4DaBigGuy]

i got 128GB of ram and bitdefender eats up like 520MB of ram.... really nothing very low resources are used with these softwares....

[@saadhero9107]

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

[@warcries3362]

hi thanks for your update. I would like to ask if you can share the 2000 malware list. so I could also test our endpoint security. tia. take care.

[@PCLinke]

Finally, 2024 Kaspersky live test, thanks leo

[@Tealc2323]

This is great, but I would like to see how many system resources are being used.

[@antbuch8699]

Will you ever try more commercial software? Like fortinet etc etc?

[@Tamer_Ali]

Thanks a lot for that awesome video could you make a video about the top 3 or 5 free Antivirus ?

[@lavonecoleman9955]

How do you setup your netwoking in the vm?

[@takuminightcore1886]

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

[@A42yearoldARAB]

Both are great, I have BD now and feel like it is more "clunky" and resource heavy. But can't go wrong either way

[@lePoTo51]

i love to see comparaison with products ! could you perform the same with Windows Defenders and one of the top 3 best free antivirus ?

[@armandoromero5661]

How about cpu and memory usage? How about an active infection as opposed to just files materializing on the file system

[@GYTCommnts]

🤔 You left me thinking the approach of the products... I have Kaspersky installed for my parents that are not very techie... I think they would scare if something sort of executes... I will reflect on that. Thank you!

[@alpberker]

Could please give your insight about the Kaspersky Intrusion Prevention Settings below ? Kaspersky Intrusion Prevention Settings - Trust digitally signed applications AND Load rules for applications from Kaspersky Security Network (KSN)? Do you think it is a good practice enable them?

[@Polarlicht]

Can I get your antivirus test tool? I want to test a antivirus called V3, but I can't find any tools that can test antiviruses.

[@_Randwulf]

Thx 4 the testing. It's really appreciated... Which one uses less resources it it's significant ?? 👍😎

[@A42yearoldARAB]

yes Kaspersky uses less, it can be significant at times.

[@Atom4756]

Are there bootable version of kaspersky on usb key? I already have bitdefender installed

[@johny2016]

So at 1:18 did you actaully accept Yes to install the app on the left side ( bitdefender ) ??? or am I not seeing that right?

[@madbalkanrabbit898]

Yes and also in kaspersky same. To se what will happen after program installed.

[@the_2663]

Thank you for comparing these industry standard security products. Can you please compare avast and avira free av simultaneously next time. Thank you

[@MrVellot]

There was a time when I was using Kaspersky. Great stuff. Never had a problem. But now I'm perfectly fine with Windows Defender.

[@10percent4DaBigGuy]

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

[@JohnDoe-uw9nq]

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.

[@greybeard5774]

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.

[@elduderino7767]

it's better than bitdefender anyway

[@greybeard5774]

@@elduderino7767 - Fully agree!

[@TheHobbitmann]

@@elduderino7767 KASPERSKY OVERRATED PRODUCT

[@10percent4DaBigGuy]

bitdefender really takes up no ram at all like 1GB max.... your PC have 4GB of ram?

[@saadhero9107]

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

[@riuxx-xy3vo]

please continue with other antivirus applications!!

[@Someoneishidingjdjsj]

FINALLY BITDEFENDER. DO MORE!!

[@muscle__rr]

What is the difference between Kaspersky premium(subscription model) vs Kaspersky Internet security( yearly license key) ? I have the later. Can you please clarify ?

[@ObakuZenCenter]

The difference is that you got suckered into paying for extra 'features' that aren't really necessary. Just about all of the antivirus solution companies do this in order to make money, but there are no significant differences in real world performance for antivirus, antispyware and malware for example, compared to the free versions. This can be checked on AV Comparatives by the way, so that you can see for yourself.

[@mkumar04]

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

[@johndevries7122]

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.👍

[@tackier52]

tf u downloadin?

[@maxwellsmart3156]

Great test! BD had a missed sample, what does that mean?

[@Snowwolfow]

That Bitdefender needs to be better

[@vaidkun]

could we get test of Bitdefender gravityzone business offering? there are free 30-day trail available.

[@MolochJanus]

Bro donde puedo encontrar esos 2000 malware para hacer pruebas en mi computador?

[@Subhadeep2011]

Please create some video on phishing attacks for Kaspersky, BitDefender, ESET, Avast and Norton. Also please upload some video on AVG vs Malware.

[@JonathanKing9608]

how would ESET compare?

[@richardpacheco5516]

I'd love to see Microsoft Defender for endpoint (MDE) put through the test!

[@AbccbA12217]

Can you make antivirus tierlist???

[@portman8909]

Kaspersky and Bitdefender S tier the rest below

[@randomperson8771]

I went from Norton as it came pre-loaded on my laptop I'm currently using AVG. I've looked on both the official Bitdefender web page and the Kaspersky page and I can't find the free version of either AV where do I download either for free please someone help me thank you

[@thanosrabbit]

Hey! Just came across this channel. I turned off my app security in windows defender. And now it’s not letting me turn it back on? Is there a reason for this?

[@crashreport6356]

Nice video 👍 Next time run the scripts as administrator so you don’t have to click yes on the UAC every time. Or maybe i am missing something?

[@o0sunsi0o]

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!

[@Chikowski102]

This is like watching IPL matches antivirus premiere league ❤❤ great commentary bro ❤

[@elliotakporuno1333]

pls can you show how mutch system resources was used

[@ardeof]

I've got a bit of an interesting question for you. Are password protected files included in the malware samples? Because at some point the antivirus companies have to face this issue of people running these files and it bypassing the scan because it was "too large to scan". Heck i've seen people straight up send large exe files which were viruses and virustotal, my antivirus, etc. didn't pick it up as a virus until like days if not weeks later.

[@sylussquared9724]

the reason password protected files bypass AV scans is that they are encrypted there is literally no way to fix that However the malware can still be caught when unzipped and when executed

[@ardeof]

@@sylussquared9724 Ah okay. My experience was the bloated exe still bypassed the scanners (virustotal, etc). Not sure if that's related to filling the virus with zeroes and scanners skipping it or what.

[@elchigod]

Are Kasperky and Bitdefender the free or paid program you are testing?