In 2011, Talpes decided that it was time to rebrand Bitdefender in honor of its tenth anniversary.

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Bitdefender, the 670-person Bucharest-based security software firm, could be the first initial public offering of a Romania-based tech firm.

FORBES: Will Bitdefender Be Romania's First Tech IPO?

Software from companies including AVG, Bitdefender, ESET, Norton and Trend Micro detected between 65 and 90 percent of malware.

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And his efforts to combat the invasion of these viruses, in order to protect its reputation, led Talpes to refocus his company, dubbed Bitdefender, on protecting enterprises from computer hackers in 1996.

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Bitdefender has become quite successful.

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