holdingsolz.blogg.se

If you’re just using stock-standard Windows Defender on your home PC for example, you’re really only doing the bare minimum to protect your computer from malware. Cybersecurity companies are working hard to combat this misguided and frankly dangerous idea. There’s an insidious reputation that internet security has: That it slows down your computer too much, and that common sense is enough to protect yourself while online and keep your PC running fast. To take it back to the car analogy, you wouldn’t want to risk installing a mix of parts that don’t play well together. The core idea is that you don’t want to mix and match too much.

Most security suites on the market today can provide a performance boost when used correctly. While it’s certainly a focus of Bitdefender's, this benefit isn’t wholly exclusive to them. This is letting precious processing power go to waste, and slowing down your system as a whole. If you’re running a variety of applications from different developers to make up your security stack, there are inevitably going to be overlaps of what those various programs are scanning or tracking.

Bitdefender’s cybersecurity products in particular have a focus on optimisation, providing a massive suite of security tools while maintaining a light touch on your hardware.Ī holistic approach to your internet security is the best way to not only protect your PC, but keep it running fast (and in some cases, even improve its base performance). It’s a stretch of an analogy, but one cybersecurity giant that clearly sees things that way is Bitdefender, having late last year announced a multi-year partnership with Scuderia Ferrari (Opens in a new tab). A key component in the fine-tuned performance of a PC, laptop or mobile device is security software that doesn’t hog resources and slow you down. It needs specialised protection, new parts, and the occasional tune-up to keep it running optimally. If you’ve owned a PC for a few years, you realise it’s much like your car. While hopefully it still has enough power to do what you need it to do, if a whole new laptop or desktop upgrade isn’t in the budget this year, there are still ways you can optimise your PC performance without breaking the bank. It’s a brand new year, and as exciting as that is, it also means that your PC is now a year older.