In this guide we will
describe how to install Bitdefender Internet Security in Windows 8.1 OS.
Firstly, please
download the latest Setup file from Official Site.
Bitdefender Internet Security Setup file
supports online installation of the product. Please Right Click and select “Run
as administrator”
Windows 8.1 User Account Control will show us
that the Setup file produced by “Verified Publisher – Bitdefender SRL”, it
means that the digital signature is OK, so press “Yes” button.
Bitdefender Internet Security Setup will start
downloading of the Full installer as shown.
When the Full
installer will be started, the “Welcome” window will appear on your screen.
Please read “End User
License Agreement” by clicking the link shown.
“End User License
Agreement” will be opened by installer in your default OS web browser.
To start installation
process, please press “Install” button.
Bitdefender Internet
Security installation consists of three main steps:
1. Scanning your Windows
8.1 OS before installation
2. Downloading of the
additional files
3. Installing into
your Windows 8.1 OS
Here it is shown
“Downloading” step
When the Bitdefender
Internet Security installation is running, Windows 8.1 will alert about
“Firewall protection”, “Spyware protection”, “Virus protection”. Don’t worry,
everything are OK, cause the Firewall, Spyware and Antivirus protection will
are replaced with Bitdefender Internet Security applications.
Now, we can see
installation to Windows 8.1 OS progress.
When the installation
will be completed, Setup will show this window.
Now, Bitdefender will
ask us to “Register your product”, in our case we will try the product for
free.
On the next step, we
configure product behavior by default.
For Bitdefender registered users there is option
to Login to MyBitdefender account, we skipped this step as shown by clicking
“Ask me later”
Bitdefender Internet
Security inform us about our OS are currently protected, so we could run “Quick
Scan”
Quick Scan running
progress is shown here.
If there are no any
threats, Bitdefender Internet Security will show this message.
Now, we can check,
are Bitdefender Internet Security services work as “Firewall, Spyware and
Antivirus protection” in Windows 8.1 instead of Windows Defender application.
Please Right Click to the “Start” button and select “System” from submenu.
Then, please go to
the “Action Center”
Congratulations!
Bitdefender Firewall (1) is active; Bitdefender Antivirus and Bitdefender
Antispyware services are turned on also (2).
