Bitdefender Total Security: Good protection, extras could be better

Bitdefender Total Security is as good as it ever was. Since we last looked, the company has improved its real-time data protection scanning and vulnerability assessment, and it builds on previous advances such as the easier readability of its vulnerability scan results.

The vulnerability scan is Bitdefender’s take on what is an increasingly common approach to security scanning: It checks whether you’re behind on operating system updates, the strength of your Windows account passwords, the security of the browser and other applications, network issues, and more. Bitdefender’s version assesses these concerns distinctly from the malware scanning, which is a bit odd. Perhaps