BullGuard是一家丹麦IT 安全(IT security)公司，成立于 2002 年，旨在开发任何人都易于使用的防病毒产品，同时还包括有经验的用户所需的所有高级工具。他们的顶级安全产品(security product)称为BullGuard Premium Protection，它包括一个防病毒引擎(antivirus engine)、一个防火墙模块(firewall module)和其他可以提高您在线和离线(online and offline)安全性的工具。我们使用并测试了BullGuard Premium Protection大约一周，现在我们准备与您分享我们的发现。如果您对该安全套件(security suite)必须为其用户提供什么感到好奇，请阅读我们的评论：
BullGuard Premium Protection 擅长(BullGuard Premium Protection good)什么？
BullGuard Premium Protection是一款非常适合您的安全产品(security product)，如果：
- 您需要一个可以保护您的计算机和设备免受任何恶意软件（包括离线和在线）的(offline and online)安全套件(security suite)
- 您需要一个具有组织良好、易于使用和易于理解的用户界面的安全套件(security suite)
- 您需要一个提供有用附加工具（包括家长控制）的安全套件(security suite)
BullGuard 高级保护(BullGuard Premium Protection)与BullGuard Internet Security
BullGuard Premium Protection和BullGuard Internet Security都提供相同的核心保护组件。这(Which)意味着您在两个安全套件中获得相同的防病毒引擎(antivirus engine)、防火墙模块(firewall module)、网络防护、家长控制等。但是，高级保护(Premium Protection)还包括家庭网络扫描仪(Home Network Scanner)和身份保护(Identity protection)功能。后者是一项服务，BullGuard通过该服务监控互联网上的任何个人信息，并让您知道是否有人试图窃取它。不幸的是，此功能仅在少数几个国家/地区可用：美国、英国、加拿大(Canada)、丹麦(Denmark)、德国(Germany)、法国(France)、爱尔兰和荷兰(Ireland and Netherlands)。除非您居住在这些国家之一，或者如果您真的想要家庭网络扫描仪(Home Network Scanner)，我们认为BullGuard Internet Security是更好的选择。此外，在做出购买决定(purchasing decision)时，请考虑到两个安全套件之间的价格差异约为 36 美元或 30 欧元。
优点和缺点
BullGuard Premium Protection有很多优点，以下是一些最重要的：
- 防病毒引擎(antivirus engine)非常出色，恶意软件无法轻易通过
- 网络防护罩会阻止您在任何(web shield)网络浏览器(web browser)中尝试访问的任何危险网站
- 用户界面看起来和工作都很棒，并且很容易找到你的方式
- 安全套件(security suite)对您计算机的整体性能几乎没有影响
- 它没有自己的防火墙模块(firewall module)，而是依赖于Windows 防火墙，但(Windows Firewall)BullGuard带来的增强使其成为一个高效的网络保护模块(network protection module)
- 往往比大品牌的其他安全套件便宜
不利的是，我们不喜欢它的只有一件事：它不像其他安全产品那样包含VPN 服务(VPN service)，当连接到不安全的公共Wi-Fi网络时会增加隐私
判决
BullGuard Premium Protection是我们今年评测过的最好的安全产品之一。它具有出色的防病毒引擎(antivirus engine)、美观且易于使用的界面，并为Windows 防火墙(Windows Firewall)提供了有用的增强功能。您还能对安全套件(security suite)提出什么要求？我们非常喜欢它，我们相信您也会喜欢它，无论您是普通用户还是IT 专家(IT expert)。它唯一的缺陷是它没有自己的防火墙模块，而是依赖(firewall module and relies)于内置的Windows 防火墙(Windows Firewall)。我们认为BullGuard Premium Protection是一款出色的安全套件(security suite)它应该在Windows(Windows)的最佳安全产品中占有一席之地。
下载安装体验(download and installation experience)
在您的计算机上获得BullGuard Premium Protection意味着您需要下载一个名为BullGuardDownloaderBPP.exe的小型可执行文件。它的大小只有 328KB。当您运行此文件时，它会启动一个处理下载和安装(download and installation)的向导。在您同意许可条款后，它会下载所有必需的文件并将它们安装在您的计算机上。您无法选择安装哪些保护模块，因此您只需等待一两分钟即可。在下载设置文件时，我们会监控从BullGuard(BullGuard)的服务器下载到我们计算机的数据量。它下载了 62.7MB 用于程序安装(program installation)以及另外 261.4MB 的病毒定义。尽管该套件从一开始就下载更新的病毒定义是一件好事，但它包含大量数据，因此您应该为此做好准备，特别是如果您有计量的互联网连接(internet connection)。
当安装即将完成时，BullGuard Premium Protection会要求您创建一个帐户。没有办法绕过它，但好处是您只需提供您的电子邮件地址(email address)并设置密码。
BullGuard Premium Protection以简短的欢迎幻灯片(welcoming slideshow)向您致意，该幻灯片向您展示了产品的主要功能。如果不想看，可以跳过。接下来，BullGuard Premium Protection 会(BullGuard Premium Protection)自动更新其数据库中的病毒定义。这是一件好事，因为您可以获得BullGuard可以为您提供的最新保护。(date protection)
更新病毒定义后，BullGuard Premium Protection会加载其用户界面。它看起来简单且组织整齐，但我们将在本评论的后面部分讨论它。
同时，BullGuard Premium Protection还会运行系统扫描以优化性能。您知道它是因为安全套件会在(security suite)系统托盘(system tray)附近显示一个小通知。
同时，用户界面(user interface)加载，正如您在下面的屏幕截图中所见，它看起来井井有条且易于使用。
在您的计算机上下载和安装 BullGuard Premium Protection 非常简单，没有任何复杂性。唯一要求的个人信息是用于为您创建在线帐户的电子邮件地址。(Downloading and installing BullGuard Premium Protection on your computer is easy and without any complications. The only personal information requested is an email address that is used to create an online account for you.)
与Windows、网络浏览器和通用Windows 平台(Windows platform)应用程序集成
在安装过程中，我们监控BullGuard Premium Protection以查看它是否禁用了Windows Defender和Windows 防火墙(Windows Firewall)。好消息是它会禁用Windows Defender，因此您不会因为计算机同时运行两个防病毒应用程序而遇到冲突或性能问题。另一方面，BullGuard Premium Protection不会禁用Windows 防火墙(Windows Firewall)。但是，这不是问题，因为BullGuard Premium Protection使用Windows 防火墙(Windows Firewall)并建立在其核心保护(core protection)之上。如果您正在考虑禁用Windows 防火墙(Windows Firewall)手动，不要这样做，因为您将无法免受网络攻击。
这种设计选择(design choice)的结果是BullGuard在您使用的网络配置文件方面始终与(BullGuard)Windows站在同一边，无论您将其设置为私有(Private)还是公共，(Public, )您始终可以获得适当级别的防火墙保护。
更进一步，使用Windows 防火墙的另一个直接后果是我们在使用(Windows Firewall)Windows中可用的任何网络功能时都没有问题。我们可以创建和加入家庭组，我们可以通过本地网络共享和访问文件夹(share and access folders)和文件，并且在流媒体文件时我们没有问题。我们也没有下载、安装或使用通用Windows 应用程序(Windows apps)的问题。
为了在您在线时保护您，BullGuard Premium Protection会过滤您计算机上的所有网络流量(web traffic)。这是一件好事，因为无论您使用哪种浏览器，它都能确保您获得在线保护。(protection regardless)此安全套件(security suite)中不包含浏览器扩展，这是一个积极的方面。
安全产品(security product)保护其进程免于终止的效率是保护您的计算机免受恶意软件侵害的重要部分。幸运的是，BullGuard Premium Protection使用的流程得到了很好的保护。恶意软件(Malware)不应该轻易杀死其进程。
我们还检查了该安全套件(security suite)对我们的测试计算机的(test computer)性能影响(performance impact)。我们检查的第一件事是启动时间是否受到它的影响。我们使用BootRacer在安装套件前后进行了测量，得到的结果是一样的，这是一件很棒的事情。然后，我们检查了BullGuard Premium Protection运行所需的RAM量。(RAM)在正常情况下，安全套件(security suite)占用了大约 150 MB 的RAM，按照目前的标准，这并不多。
为了检查互联网或本地网络速度是否受到BullGuard Premium Protection的影响，我们还使用Speedtest.net和LAN Speed Test进行了一些测试。安装安全套件(security suite)前后速度相同，这意味着它对数据传输没有负面影响，这是一个很好的结果！
BullGuard Premium Protection 与 Windows 完美集成。但是，我们不得不承认，我们没想到它会依赖 Windows 防火墙，尽管这对于集成来说是件好事。(BullGuard Premium Protection is integrated well with Windows. However, we have to admit that we did not expect it to rely on Windows Firewall, although that is a good thing regarding integration.)
易于使用和配置
BullGuard Premium Protection提供的用户界面(user interface)既美观又井井有条。每个保护模块(protection module)和基本功能都显示在中央控制台上。这些模块显示为大图块，可以快速告诉您它们所处的状态，并且它们的每个图块都包含一个菜单，您可以从中启动各种操作或更改与其相关的选项。例如，防病毒磁(Antivirus)贴上的菜单可让您启动系统扫描或访问隔离区(Quarantine)，而防火墙(Firewall)可让您查看网络活动(Network Activity)或管理规则(Manage rules)。
主控制台中的每个模块都允许您访问其设置。但是，如果您想一次看到所有这些，用户界面(user interface)也有一个专门的设置(Settings)部分。用户界面主要部分的一个好处是它们都易于在触摸屏上使用，因为它们包括大按钮、磁贴、开关或简单的复选标记。
关于帮助和支持，BullGuard Premium Protection提供在线选项。没有离线帮助(offline help)文件，也没有电话支持(phone support)，或者至少我们在他们的网站上找不到任何帮助文件。但是，他们提供实时聊天服务(chat service)、电子邮件支持、常见问题( Frequently Asked Questions)部分、一般文档和访问(documentation and access)他们的社区论坛。
BullGuard Premium Protection提供详细的日志和在您的计算机上执行的操作的可视化统计信息。它们都可以通过消息中心(Messaging Centre)轻松访问，我们很高兴看到它们组织整齐，每个安全模块(security module)都有不同的部分。
我们还想分享一个事实，即BullGuard Premium Protection比其他类似的安全产品更冗长。我们在检测到恶意软件感染时看到了警报，这既有用又必要，但我们也看到了有关套件正在执行的其他操作的通知，例如程序尝试访问 Internet、套件运行防病毒扫描或更新时正在安装。
BullGuard Premium Protection 是一款提供良好用户界面的安全产品。它简单、干净且易于在带有鼠标和键盘的台式 PC 以及带有触摸屏的设备上使用。我们还喜欢其设置的组织方式，总体而言，用户界面给我们留下了良好的印象。(BullGuard Premium Protection is a security product that offers a good user interface. It is simple, clean and easy to use both on a desktop PC with a mouse and a keyboard as well as on a device with a touchscreen. We also liked the way its settings are organized and, overall, the user interface left us with a good impression.)
在此评论的下一页上，您可以看到BullGuard Premium Protection保护您的计算机免受网络攻击和恶意软件的能力。您还可以查看此安全套件(security suite)中包含哪些附加功能，并查看我们对您应该调整哪些设置的建议。
Security for everyone - Review Bullguard Premium Protection
BullGuard is a Danіsh IT secυrity cоmpany eѕtablished in 2002 with the purpose of developing antivirus products that are easy to use by anyone, bυt also include all the advanced tools an experienced user desires. Their top securitу product is called BullGuard Premium Protection, and it includes an antivirus engine, a firewall module, and other tools that should improve your security, both online and offline. We used and tested BullGuard Premium Protection for about a week, and we are now ready to share our findings with you. If you are curious about what this security suite has to offer to its users, read our review:
What is BullGuard Premium Protection good at?
BullGuard Premium Protection is a very good security product for you if:
- You want a security suite that can protect your computers and devices from any malware, both offline and online
- You want a security suite with a user interface that is well organized, easy to use and easy to understand
- You want a security suite that offers useful additional tools, including parental controls
BullGuard Premium Protection vs. BullGuard Internet Security
Both BullGuard Premium Protection and BullGuard Internet Security offer the same core components for protection. Which means that you get the same antivirus engine, firewall module, web shield, parental controls, and so on, in both security suites. However, the Premium Protection one also includes the Home Network Scanner and the Identity protection feature. The latter is a service through which BullGuard monitors the internet for any of your personal information, and lets you know if someone tries to steal it. Unfortunately, this feature is available only in a few countries: US, UK, Canada, Denmark, Germany, France, Ireland and Netherlands. Unless you reside in one of these countries, or if you really want the Home Network Scanner, our opinion is that BullGuard Internet Security is the better deal. Also, when making a purchasing decision, take into consideration that the difference in price between the two security suites is about 36 dollars, or 30 euros.
Pros and cons
BullGuard Premium Protection has quite a few good things about it, and here are some of the most important:
- The antivirus engine is excellent and malware cannot not get past it easily
- The web shield blocks any dangerous websites you try to visit, in any web browser
- The user interface looks and works great, and finding your way through it is easy
- The security suite has almost no impact on the overall performance of your computer
- It does not have its own firewall module, and relies instead on Windows Firewall, but the enhancements brought by BullGuard make it an efficient network protection module
- Tends to be cheaper than other security suites, from bigger brands
As a negative, there is only one thing we do not like about it: it does not include a VPN service like other security products do, which would increase privacy when connected to unsafe public Wi-Fi networks
Verdict
BullGuard Premium Protection is one of the best security products we have reviewed this year. It has a good antivirus engine, a good looking yet easy to use interface, and it delivers useful enhancements to the Windows Firewall. What more could you ask from a security suite? We like it a lot and we are sure that you will like it too, regardless if you are a casual user or an IT expert. Its only flaw is the fact that it does not have its own firewall module and relies on the built-in Windows Firewall instead. We consider BullGuard Premium Protection to be a great security suite that deserves its place among the best security products for Windows.
The download and installation experience
Getting BullGuard Premium Protection on your computer means that you need to download a small executable file named BullGuardDownloaderBPP.exe. It is only 328KB in size. When you run this file, it launches a wizard which handles the download and installation. After you agree to the license terms, it downloads all the required files and installs them on your computer. You do not have the option to choose which protection modules get installed, so all you have to do is wait for a minute or two. While it was downloading the setup files, we monitored to see how much data was downloaded to our computer from BullGuard's servers. It downloaded 62.7MB for the program installation and another 261.4MB of virus definitions. Although it is an excellent thing that the suite downloads updated virus definitions right from the start, it is quite a lot of data, so you should be prepared for it, especially if you have a metered internet connection.
When the installation is nearly done, BullGuard Premium Protection asks you to create an account. There is no way around it, but the good thing is that you have to provide only your email address and set a password.
BullGuard Premium Protection greets you with a short welcoming slideshow that shows you the product's main features. If you do not want to watch it, you can skip it. Next, BullGuard Premium Protection automatically updates its database for virus definitions. It is a good thing, as you get the most up to date protection that BullGuard can offer you.
Once the virus definitions are updated, BullGuard Premium Protection loads its user interface. It looks simple and neatly organized, but we will talk more about it later in this review.
At the same time, BullGuard Premium Protection also runs a system scan to optimize performance. You know about it because the security suite displays a small notification near the system tray.
At the same time, the user interface loads and, as you can see in the screenshot below, it looks well organized and easy to use.
Downloading and installing BullGuard Premium Protection on your computer is easy and without any complications. The only personal information requested is an email address that is used to create an online account for you.
Integration with Windows, web browsers and universal Windows platform apps
During its installation, we monitored BullGuard Premium Protection to see if it disables Windows Defender and Windows Firewall. The good news is that it disables Windows Defender, so you should not encounter conflicts or performance issues as a result of your computer running two antivirus apps simultaneously. On the other hand, BullGuard Premium Protection does not disable the Windows Firewall. This is not an issue, however, as BullGuard Premium Protection uses Windows Firewall and builds on its core protection. If you are thinking of disabling Windows Firewall manually, do not do it, as you will be left unprotected from network attacks.
A consequence of this design choice is that BullGuard is always on the same side as Windows regarding the network profiles you use, whether you set it to Private or Public, you always get the appropriate level of firewall protection.
Going further, another direct consequence of the use of Windows Firewall is that we had no problems in using any of the networking features available in Windows. We could create and join a homegroup, we could share and access folders and files over our local network, and we had no problem when streaming media files. We had no issues with downloading, installing or using universal Windows apps as well.
To protect you when you are online, BullGuard Premium Protection filters all the web traffic that goes on your computer. This is a good thing as it ensures you get online protection regardless of the browser that you use. There are no browser extensions included in this security suite, and that is a positive.
The efficiency with which a security product protects its processes from termination is an essential part of keeping your computer safe from malware. Luckily, the processes used by BullGuard Premium Protection are well protected. Malware should not have an easy time killing its processes.
We also checked the performance impact this security suite had on our test computer. The first thing we checked was whether the boot times are affected by it. We used BootRacer for doing the measurements before and after installing the suite, and the results were we got were the same, which is an excellent thing. Then, we checked the amount of RAM needed by BullGuard Premium Protection to run. In normal conditions, the security suite took about 150 MB of RAM, which is not a lot by present standards.
To check whether the internet or local network speeds are affected by BullGuard Premium Protection, we also ran a few tests with Speedtest.net and with LAN Speed Test. The speeds were the same before and after installing the security suite, which means that it has no negative impact data transfers, and that is an excellent result!
BullGuard Premium Protection is integrated well with Windows. However, we have to admit that we did not expect it to rely on Windows Firewall, although that is a good thing regarding integration.
Ease of use and configuration
BullGuard Premium Protection offers a user interface that is both good looking and neatly organized. Every protection module and essential feature is displayed on the central console. The modules are shown as large tiles that quickly tell you the state they are in, and each of their tiles includes a menu from which you can launch various actions or change options that are related to it. For instance, the menu found on the Antivirus tile lets you launch system scans or access the Quarantine, while the Firewall lets you see the Network Activity or Manage rules.
Each of the modules from the main console lets you access its settings. However, if you want to see all of them at once, the user interface also has a dedicated Settings section. A good thing about the main sections of the user interface is that they are all easy to use on touchscreens too because they include big buttons, tiles, switches, or simple check marks.
Regarding help and support, BullGuard Premium Protection offers online options. There are no offline help files, and there is no phone support, or at least we could not find any on their website. However, they provide a live chat service, email support, a Frequently Asked Questions section, general documentation and access to their community forums.
BullGuard Premium Protection offers both detailed logs and visual statistics of the actions it took on your computer. They are all easily accessible via the Messaging Centre, and we were quite pleased to see that they are neatly organized, with different sections for each security module.
We also want to share the fact that BullGuard Premium Protection is a bit more verbose than other similar security products. We saw alerts when malware infections were detected, which is both useful and necessary, but we also saw notifications for other actions the suite was taking like when a program tried to access the internet, when the suite was running an antivirus scan or when an update was being installed.
BullGuard Premium Protection is a security product that offers a good user interface. It is simple, clean and easy to use both on a desktop PC with a mouse and a keyboard as well as on a device with a touchscreen. We also liked the way its settings are organized and, overall, the user interface left us with a good impression.
On the following page of this review, you can see how capable BullGuard Premium Protection is to protect your computer from network attacks and malware. You can also see what additional features are included in this security suite, and check our recommendations for what settings you should adjust.
