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Bitdefender product updates and release notes
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…
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Global Investment Scam Network Using Meta Ads
Bitdefender Labs recently uncovered a large-scale global investment scam network operating through paid ads on Meta platforms like Facebook and Instagram. If you’ve ever seen a sponsored post claiming a celebrity discovered a “secret investment platform” or a shocking financial breakthrough, this research shows how such…
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Insights from Bitdefender - What does it take to secure today’s Content Creators?
In today’s digital landscape, content creators and influencers are more vulnerable than ever to cyber threats that can jeopardize years of hard work, reputation, and income. Recognizing this challenge, Bitdefender recently unveiled Security for Creators — the industry’s first cybersecurity solution tailored specifically…
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Best Bitdefender Deals: Save on Premium VPN, SecurePass and Identity Protection
We’re excited to launch a community–focused campaign with up to 50% off Premium VPN, SecurePass, and Digital Identity Protection. Whether you're browsing on public Wi-Fi, managing dozens of passwords, or wondering if your personal data has been exposed online, these tools are designed to give you more control, more…
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Bitdefender Awards and Certifications: Industry Recognition
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, @Gjoksi, and @Flexx, have the…
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Bitdefender Free Handy Tools
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…
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Updates on Frequently Requested Bitdefender Products & Features
Dear Bitdefender Community Members, Over the past months, we’ve noticed a growing number of requests and discussions regarding the introduction or return of various Bitdefender products and features. As these topics continue to appear across multiple threads, this post serves as an official reference and consolidated…
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The Bitdefender Expert Community guidelines and tips to get you started!
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…
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Guidelines for Product features & Ideation
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,…
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Possible Hacking Issue With BitDefender
Hello, I have noticed over the past 6 months that BitDefender keeps disabling automatic updates. I'm usually alerted to this fact, after Windows Defender tells me that something is wrong with BitDefender. When I look at BitDefender's update settings, I always see that the Automatic Update and Silent Update settings are…
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Feedback to add features to Bitdefender
Add these features to Windows PC:- 1. Provide an option to add suspected files to quarantine manually. So that user can add files to quarantine manually. This feature is helpful when a file is malicious but not detected by Bitdefender. 2. Provide web protection for Brave browser over Windows PC. 3. Please introduce 2…
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I reverted to the prev version of Antivirus and went to bd central hoping it would auto install me back to the latest version but
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After the latest update auto installed 100% the other day I no longer see the small red B logo in the hidden icons on task bar?
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False Data Breach on My Home Page - Generated by Identity Theft Protection
Thurs. 03/19/26 — Hi; I'm writing as a recent convert to Bitdefender from Norton 360. I installed it last Saturday [3/14/26]. By the following Wednesday [yesterday], I began to get a red notice on the app's Home page that I had a 'data breach.' Of course, I was alarmed and followed the link. Whereas previously, the…
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sbiedll.dll from Sandboxie Plus at c:\program files\sandboxie-plus\sbiedll.dll false positive?
Please check if this a false positive as I have checked the signature and all, and have found it a legitimate file. The file path is: c:\program files\sandboxie-plus\sbiedll.dll
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BD continually disables WiFi
This is getting very annoying. BD continually disables my WiFi, and does not save the key so I have to type it in every 15-30min. I've set it as both my office network and not my office network with no difference in outcome. I have multiple desktops and laptops running BD with no issues, just this new laptop is having…
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Can't receive regular Community newsletter
Hi - using Win 11 and Outlook classic: When I click on the heading I get a very quick look at the contents and immediately they disappear (in the preview window). If I click on "view in browser", it take me to an "Internet Explorer" window which just has jibberish. Any ideas??
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gravityzone VA active policy direct overwrites.
Hi! Problem with policy assignment for one PC. It always goes back to default. Problem: 1. one of pc show "Applicable policies": Default and Custom. 2. Active policy on this pc shows: Default policy, assignment Direct, type: devices. Status 1. ad sync pc names and structure. 2. assigned custom policy to structure. 3. no…
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Question about Secure Pass upgrade
I got an e-mail today that I must upgrade to Secure Pass by June 12th. When reading about Secure Pass I saw this disturbing line: Web Access: Manage passwords from any browser using a convenient web client. Am I to understand that Secure Pass is going to store all of my passwords in the cloud? This is…. an insane security…
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SecurePass in SafePay now says "incorrect pasword"
From one day to the next, SafePay cannot open SecurePass (unblock) because now the password to unblock de vault is not recognized; in Chrome is running smoothly. This happened a couple of months after I upgrade from Windows 10 to WIndows 11. I already tried changing the vault password; also disable and enable the "use…
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32MB Virtual Disk named Bitdefender
Hi all, I have just noticed a small 32MB Virtual Disk named Bitdefender virtual disk. Not much info found here or while searching online. I am running the latest version of Total security on Windows 11 Pro. I have uninstalled and reinstalled but this VD still returns. Whats it used for?
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Republican Websites Have Certificates that Don't Match
I receive many e-mails from republican politicians and the party and ask me to view their website. When I click, I'm stopped by BitDefender and get message that their certificates don't match. Is this really true? I can't believe that all these websites are screwed up.
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BD Total Security is logging out from my account after the last update on Windows 11
Hello, After the last update today, the BD total security icon on my taskbar was greyed and when I hover over it it said I must connect to activate. When I go on the app under my account, there is none showing, in Central it says my computer is protected, though, subscription still ok and when I am logging again, from the…
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How do I unblock a series of phone numbers eg 1234?????
I have had several hospital calls from different numbers blocked. The only solution I have found is to switch off Call Blocking. Help would be appreciated.
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Bitdefender Subscription Expired
I supposed to have 159 days of my Bitdefender Subscription, but the program says it's expired. What is going on?
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Bitdefender Ultimate Security Scam Protection doesn't show verified links
The AI powered scam protection window of BD ultimate on windows shows per last month : "256 mails verified" "0 links verified" "0 possible phishing" While on my android it shows: "256 mails verified" "27,4K links verified" "2 possible phishing" In the past first it showed on windows also K links and later 0 links; support…
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Active Directory Sensor Integration issue
I have set up a Windows server as an Active Directory Integrator in Bitdefender GravityZone. The EDR Sensor is active on that server, it is joined to the domain, and I have made the necessary Group Policy changes as specified in the documentation…
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Bitdefender needs significant changes for games
Bitdefender requires manual exclusion of each individual game file which is practically unfeasible and incredibly time consuming. Even with such effort certain files often remain overlooked. Conversely ESET NOD32 provides the option to exempt an entire directory ensuring significantly smoother gameplay. Based on my…
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"The exception you have entered is not valid" with special characters in folder paths.
I am facing a very annoying issue with Bitdefender Total Security while trying to add a folder to the exceptions list. Whenever I manually enter a path that contains an ampersand like C:\Users\Admin\Documents\Games&Apps it gives me an error saying "The exception you have entered is not valid." This is extremely confusing…
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Game Mod
Does game mod excludes the games by not scanning each and evert read/write file of the game when its game mod is on ?
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antimalware service executable
the program 'antimalware service executable' is using a lot of CPU. It is part of Windows Defender. Can I turn it off or remove it because I have Bitdefender Internet Security?
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Apple iPad: How Do I Send A Text To Scamio Pro For It To Be Checked?
Apple iPad: How Do I Send A Text To Scamio Pro For It To Be Checked?
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Can I use VPN from Bitdefender to safely navigate in public places in Europe?
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How to view my original purchase information--amount, plan description, etc.
I've been getting notifications that I need to renew the subscription. I think it's been only a few months since I subscribed, but I've misplaced the invoice. How can I get that information? Thanks for your help, Cellist
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I need to sign in?
Hi All, For the second day running, upon booting-up/switching on my laptop I was met with an onscreen notification box/window informing me that, "You need to sign into your Bitdefender account". Opening my Ultimate Security dashboard, however, I found all correct and functioning and the usual "You are safe" reassurance.…
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I've weird "malware" from Google drive
Bitdefender always alerts me and protects me from this malware and I've: 1. Disabled the Drive extension in Chrome or all my browser. 2. Deleted Drive app from my PC. 3. Disabled sharing that's still open on my Drive. I'm confused, what's wrong with my Google Drive?! or my PC?
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Nasa.gov is a malicious website?!!
I buy and use antivirus software NOT to have to spend every hour of the day applying exclusions for legitimate websites on my kids devices.
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Bitdefender VPN add-on for firefox
Hi everyone, I have bitdefender VPN premium, nordvpn and expressvpn. Both nordvpn and expressvpn have a add-on for firefox that allows to auto connect to there VPN servers as soon you start firefox. Could bitdefender also add this for their VPN that would be great?
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What sites do I have to allow in split-tunneling to make Amazon work?
AI suggested the following sites, they are all in my split-tunneling and I still can't play Amazon videos from any browser. amazon-adsystem.com amazon.com amazonaws.com cloudfront.net media-amazon.com ssl-images-amazon.com This has been an issue on and off for a while for MANY users. I have searched the community and found…