

Now, if you already have a BD account, you can use this as well. Bitdefender gives you the option to avoid a lot of this by using your Google account to authenticate instead of a BD account. Creating an account, password, a PIN, arranging default settings.

Setting up a security app can be a bit of an annoyance on a mobile device. It's All About The Flow: Initial Setup And Scanning Features It has the basic features I want, and makes using them straightforward and (relatively) hassle-free.

It's simple, easy, and (most importantly) lightweight. Security apps are something I tend to avoid using as well, because experience tells me that I can expect a resource hog, and a far more noticeable performance impact given the limited computing power of a smartphone or tablet compared to a PC.īut Bitdefender Mobile Security has, in theory, won me over with their approach to an Android security and antitheft app. I won't even use live wallpapers because the FPS drop annoys me. I get chills just thinking about it.Īs a result, I'm also pretty protective and watchful about what I let run on my Android device. There's nothing worse than turning on a new Windows laptop and discovering Norton is installed. If you're like me, then you probably avoid heavy, suite-ized security solutions like the bubonic plague crossed with bird flu. I'm the kind of person that goes into MSConfig every 6 months to scrape useless startup processes like barnacles off the hull of a ship to keep boot times down and squeeze every last possible increment of free RAM and CPU that I can (insert "Then you should use Linux" joke here) out of my system. I'll admit it, I'm anal about CPU and RAM usage. It's All About The Flow: Initial Setup And Scanning Features.
