The Bitdefender Expert Community

With the rollout of the new Bitdefender experience, some of you have noticed that the familiar Security Widget is no longer available. We’ve already seen quite a bit of feedback about this change, and several community members have told us that the Widget was an important part of how they interacted with Bitdefender on a…

Some of Bitdefender Latest Handy Tools You Should Check Out. Bitdefender has released several useful tools recently that can help users stay safer online. Below are a few worth bookmarking: 1) Bitdefender Scamio: https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/consumer/scamio Bitdefender Scamio is the next-gen AI chatbot created and…

The internet has changed. Cybercriminals no longer rely only on malware and obviously dangerous websites. Today's threats hide inside search results, sponsored ads, fake online stores and convincing phishing pages designed to steal personal and financial information. Enter Bitdefender Web Sage, an agentic browser security…

On October 21, the European Commission opened proceedings examining Booking.com’s handling of fraudulent listings and phishing involving reservation and guest data. This is an investigation, not a finding of wrongdoing. Criminals can compromise accommodation accounts and send convincing payment requests containing genuine…

A device can be free of malware while its owner is being persuaded to send money to a scammer. That reality deserves more attention whenever we discuss online security. A fraudulent investment platform, a convincing impersonation call or a fake customer support conversation may succeed without installing anything on the…

Bitdefender ensures the best cyber-security available on the market and offers a wealth of features designed to keep your devices safe. Upgrading to the newest version is possible without following the manual uninstall and reinstall procedure. More exactly, the new product including new features and major product…

I have something to share with you. This year marks a very special milestone for Bitdefender: 25 years of innovation, evolution, and commitment to keeping people safer in an ever-changing digital world. Over the past quarter of a century, Bitdefender has continued to push cybersecurity forward, developing advanced…

Our mission: Welcome to the Bitdefender Expert Community! These forums allow Bitdefender users and enthusiasts to connect with each other in order to share tips and insights, resolve issues, and discuss all things related to tech and cybersecurity. Our promise is to nurture and maintain an environment where real people can…

We are always excited to hear your suggestions and ideas about Bitdefender products and services. To ensure our product developers can use your suggestions, we have a couple of guidelines, to help you get the best out of the Product features & Ideation section: It is essential that all ideas include a user story, that is,…

I had thought my laptop was stolen and had triggered the wipe command. The laptop was off but eventually it was found safe. I will be doing an offline backup just in case. Is there any way to cancel the wipe command from Central before I turn on the laptop to avoid the wipe command. The laptop was off when the command was…

Last night the VPN blocked access to all my banking apps and I now have to disconnect the VPN to enable access - what's changed ?

Hey folks, Looking for some guidance from anyone managing Bitdefender GravityZone (Enterprise / EDR enabled) in a manufacturing or OT/industrial automation environment. At Core Blast Solutions, we build automated abrasive blasting machines (suction/pressure blast cabinets with PLC automation). We are having a dual headache…

There is an incorrect Dutch translation in BD Central app. When configuring a device, it says 'Bespaar', which should be 'Opslaan'.

We have an on-prem Gravity zone server in an offline network and we used to download the offline update archives from an update server provided by another office of ours. Due to some budget cuts, we lost that office and now we have to make our own update server. I've installed the DB and Update server rolls, set the…

Hi, Today after an update that completely changed Bitdefender's UI (which is awful btw), the security widget that was on my desktop is gone. Also when I right-click on the Bitdefender icon in the system tray some features are gone, I can no longer see the product information with the exact dates for the last product…

I am writing to request a feature enhancement for both the consumer and endpoint protection suites regarding how Bitdefender handles legitimate, signed commercial remote administration tools (such as ConnectWise ScreenConnect, AnyDesk, and TeamViewer). Currently, threat actors heavily abuse these official, signed binaries…

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recently i sent bdsyslogs to malware research team because I had a suspicion a close friend of mine has been monitoring me/ratting me or put spyware on my device that cant be detected via regular scan. So I would like to ask kindly for someone to check processes on my device or parent/child processes and rule out whether…

Hello, BD Experts! My annual sub renewed 15 days ago, and I decided to switch to the Family Plan since it covers 5 accounts / 25 devices and includes Password Manager for all 5 accounts (screenshot 1, from Bitdefender's own support page comparing Family vs Individual plans:…

I can't get my file shredder to delete a file. When I click for more information it says file not found but, I can go open and look at the file I want to delete. It's not on an internet storage, it's local drive C in my downloads folder. I had deleted other files before that and at the same time, selected multiples to…

Hi, everyone, I'm a professional programmer and hobbyist security researcher. My secondary phone, the Maxwest Nitro A65, was infected with Triada malware by a security update a couple months ago. It's on your list of devices affected by Midnight Mimosa, but I discovered this before your article on Midnight Mimosa was…

I participate in Stockfish chess engine development. I run the Stockfish worker software that allows the developers to test new algorithms. Today, for the first time in many months of testing, I got the following warning from Bitdefender: "The file…

My idea is documented here: https://community.bitdefender.com/en/discussion/107084/feature-request-cookie-protection/p1 I’d like to suggest a specific security feature to help prevent browser cookie theft, which is increasingly being used to hijack Google and YouTube accounts, potentially bypassing passwords and two-factor…

Antimalware Test Results from Leading Agencies: AV-Test, AV-Comparatives, MRG Effitas, Virus Bulletin, and more. This post is dedicated to showcasing the latest antimalware testing results conducted by various organizations. Only admin @Alexandru_BD, along with moderators @fedor, @Nunzio77 and @Flexx have the authority to…

I'm sure most of us know how to find our version, build number via the BD system tray icon, right-click, About. As well as clicking the life preserver at the top of the main UI Dashboard, and Product information at the bottom. But here is the link to confirm that the build you're on, is the most current build available.…

Hello Bitdefender Experts and Community Team, I hope you are all doing well. Last year, I started a discussion suggesting the addition of the Arabic language to Bitdefender—my absolute favorite security product: 👉 As a proud and loyal member of the Bitdefender security family, I would love to gently follow up on this…

Hello, I'm trying to download utorrent , Bitdefender seems to cancel the download and it won't allow it, how would i do this please? can someone help

Hello Bitdefender team, I need help with a persistent issue that is preventing me from continuing development on my personal Windows 11 computer using OpenAI Codex. What happens Bitdefender repeatedly displays “Malicious command line detected,” with the feature listed as “Antivirus.” The application is the pwsh.exe bundled…

I started having a problem with Bitdefender where every time i will going to do some surveys on Mypoints they don't track because Bitdefender is blocking the connection. An example of the message: Online Threat Preventionmsedge.exe attempted to establish a connection relying on an untrusted certificate to…

With my upgraded Bitdefender product I enabled email scanning for myself and my spouse. All was well for the past couple of weeks but now I see that not all emails show the Bitdefender banner declaring them scanned and safe. Don't know why. Happening on both mine and my spouses devices.

I am getting the follow message every few minutes. A scan of this system and a reinstall of outlook does not fix the problem. Any ideas on how i can troubleshoot this problem. Online Threat PreventionWe blocked this phishing page for your protection: https://bestnogamcasino.co/ Accessed by: outlook.exe Phishing pages…

Hi, everyone, I'm a professional programmer and hobbyist security researcher. In the process of analyzing a Triada infection on my own phone (posted separately), I discovered that on at least two devices (the Maxwest Nitro A65 and the Cubot KingKong X) affected by Midnight Mimosa, the malicious apps are not present in the…

Hi, I tried the support route, but its not easy. Does anyone know in the antivirus on how to disable the nag dialog boxes that appear asking you add/upgrade this or that for more money etc? I find this feature in a product very annoying. Thank you.

Today, while my desktop (Windows 10) was running, my local area experienced an electrical power outage. After power was restored I started the computer and resumed my work. After opening the Bitdefender app I noticed the scheduled update time (updates scheduled every 1 hour) had lapsed and no update initiated. Upon opening…

I am almost 80 and not very technical. I keep getting emails about further security. When I went to your website I got Blocked! I have Bitdefender and the VPN . Now it seems I need more! One email said my account was compromised, so I don't know what to do. Please advise. Do you have ONLINE chat??

1] Go into app lock page, toggle Settings to lock 2] Go to Settings Page, unlock Settings Page (confirms app lock is working) 3] Go to home Screen page in Settings. 4 toggle..Hide Apps. Hide BD Security 5] To unlock BD app.. Unlock Settings App.. Go to App page 6] Go to BD security App, Scroll to bottom of page Hit OPEN.…

Is it safe to exclude games within Bitdefender? If so, which specific monitoring and scanning features can be safely exempted and through what process? Please provide a comprehensive and in depth analysis. Furthermore, which Windows files should be excluded to ensure lag free gaming without compromising system security?…

Why does VPN keep getting installed after I uninstall it? I uninstalled it a few days ago and today I noticed it got installed!!? I am using another VPN software and service. I don't need BitDefender VPN. I am using Windows 11.

Every time I connect my laptop I receive a screen supposedly from Bitdefender that says, "Your Bitdefender subscription has expired. Renew your subscription to continue." It gives me a button to go toward a renew subscription option, as well as an option to skip for now. In my Bitdefender settings, I have turned off the…