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Can You Recover Money Sent to a Scammer?
Realizing that you’ve transferred money to a scammer can be frightening, but what you do next may make a real difference. The sooner you contact your bank, report the payment as fraud and request an urgent recall or freeze, the better the chances that the funds may still be stopped before they are moved elsewhere. This new…
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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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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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Your Email Address Was Leaked. What Could Actually Happen?
When people hear that their email address appeared in a data breach, the first reaction is often: “It’s only my email. How dangerous can that be?” Email address leaks are often overlooked or not considered important enough by their owners. I mean, what else can happen besides receiving spam? Well, things can take a…
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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 and @Flexx have the authority to…
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Bitdefender Discounts: 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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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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Safepay not compatable with Tesco Shopping
I use Bitdefender Safepay for connecting to Tesco Shopping. But when I try to connect I get a message saying the browser has failed some security checks. Safepay works with all the other online shopping sites I use. Can anyone suggest a solution. Thank you.
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Bitdefender Virtual Disk - need an option to disable
Hi, The Bitdefender Virtual Disk is causing me a ton of issues with system checks for online certifications, I’ve also emailed support about this. The system checks carried out by the online test provider are flagging my laptop as being a virtual machine due to the vhd that bitdefender has created, and I cannot enter the…
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ATC4.Detection viruses
i am facing suddenly of an "atc4.detection" viruses that send dozen of programs , folders , .dll , etc.. in quarantine which is considered as a false positive i restored the quarantine , but unfortunately some files are not restored mainly because the folder of the files are deleted. its seems that atc4.detection…
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How to get a professional bitcoin recovery expert hire SAGITARRIUS CYPHER CYBER INTELLIGENCE
The team at SAGITARRIUS CYPHER CYBER INTELLIGENCE exceeded all expectations! Their expertise in recovering lost Bitcoin and other digital assets is truly impressive. They provided a smooth, personalized process that gave me full confidence in their ability to handle my case. The consultants were professional, responsive,…
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Could Bitdefender Be Preventing My Network Printer from Receiving Print Jobs?
Hi everyone, I'm trying to troubleshoot an issue with my Windows PC and was wondering if Bitdefender could be involved. My network printer is detected correctly, but print jobs occasionally remain in the queue or fail without a clear error message. The printer itself appears to be online, and other devices on the same…
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How to take a screen shot?
Dumb question can someone please tell me how get a screen shot on a Bitdefender notification notice I have tried right click, no screen shot option shows and tried central shift S . i can not seem to figure this out. On right click I only see the word copy. thanks
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PassKey Support in Password Manager & SecurePass
Hello Bitdefender Community, I'm a long-time user of Bitdefender's security products and I'm currently evaluating the possibility of consolidating my subscriptions by fully adopting the Bitdefender Password Manager (SecurePass). I've been very happy with its features so far, but I've noticed what seems to be a lack of…
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How to stop Bitdefender from blocking BetterBird
This is on both Windows 10 and Windows 11. It is beyond annoying. I wish antivirus software would actually TEST with email clients and do that test on a slow network. Like 1 in 20+ times your firewall lets BetterBird through. On Linux machines, sans bitdefender, I have no problems getting email. This is massively…
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Adobe Updater RdrServicesUpdater2_x86.exe is this safe?
Can anyone tell if this is safe - RdrServicesUpdater2_x86.exe Asking as I received a request to update Acrobat Reader yesterday and I see this morning that Bitdefender fire wall granted access to the above mentioned site. I checked with copilot and it said that it could contain malware, Also checked on the web and see…
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Bitdefender VPN Icon question
I have noticed lately that when my VPN connects, my service provider Wifi stays showing on top, and VPN either 1 or 2 shows below. I used to get the little computer screen icon showing on the top, and the Wifi provider below it. VPN seems to work fine, I have Premium VPN. Can someone tell why this changed? Is there a…
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Who wants to use Bitdefender Premium VPN services on Apple TV?
I recently switched from an Android based mediacenter (Nvidia Shield TV) to the recent Apple TV 4K 2022 model. Because I'd like to view films and series which are not available in my region I'd like to use the Bitdefender Premium VPN services on my Apple TV as I used it on my Shield TV before. Unfortunately the BD-VPN app…
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Multiple Subscriptions in Bitdefender Central. Different renewal dates
Hi, I have noticed that there are 2 separate subscriptions in my Bitdefender Central. The renewal dates are different but the packs are the same? I wanted to talk with Bitdefender but there are no direct contact numbers. Could someone please help?
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Feature Request: Add an optional "Beta / Early Access Updates" toggle for power users
Hi Bitdefender Team and Community, I am writing to propose a feature request for future builds of Bitdefender desktop products (Windows / Total Security): an optional toggle in the Update Settings to receive Beta / Early Access updates.
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Why was I converted to a "Family Plan"?
I would just like to inquire as to why I was "converted" to a Family Plan with "5 Users and 25 Devices!"? I do not need 5 users and 25 devices, At maximum I have 9 devices and only 1 user so my old plan 1 user and 10 devices plan was absolutely perfect for my needs.
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Please consider adding support for running Bitdefender in Safe Mode.
My computer was infected with ransomware that rebooted Windows into Safe Mode before starting the encryption process. Because Bitdefender was not running in Safe Mode, it was unable to detect or block the attack. I believe support for Safe Mode protection would significantly improve resilience against this type of…
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Patch-Management: sort-option for installed and missed updates
We would be pleased to get a option to sort in the patch management for fields like installed/pending and missed/installation error. To scroll down hundreds of finished updates to find out news or errors waste a lot of time. Thanks for reading. 😉 (GravityZone Business Security)
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Dreadful MacOS version of Bitdefender.
Hello. Installed what I thought was the latest version of Bitdefender for MacOS and got the following item (see attached picture). Bears no relation to the Bitdefender items on their website and version numbers don't match the latest version numbers. Also you can't install the VPN from this hopeless app.
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Unable to access websites and apps because of the VPN
Does a Bitdefender Premium Security exist without a VPN ? When I activate the VPN in normal web session or Safepay session, i am unable to access 80 - 90% of websites or a lot of my appilcations don't work because the VPN blocks the access to their website editor (licence control , cloud interface, bank and financial ,etc…)
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Renewing Bitdefender
Hello, I would like to know how to extend my subscription. I have been trying everything but I only found the option to activate with a code. Thanks a lot António
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Problem with Pay Program
Hello people I use IOS device I pay Mobile Protection I see the payment as ok but the app say still free programs and I cannot use the protection for mobile program I pick program per year I make disconnect account and log in again I use restore the payment but still nothing
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Is Trojan.GenericKD.79646462 another false positive?
I reinstalled Dropbox after it stopped working on Windows 11 LTSC and as part of the reinstall I moved the local Dropbox folder to G:\DropBox. Now I am getting the following message from BitDefender: "The file G:\Dropbox\.dropbox.cache\new_files\815a07d28ec8309b9fc9e332ada55869 is infected with Trojan.GenericKD.79646462…
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Autofill suddenly stop working on windows Chrome
Securepass autofill suddenly stop working today on my windows chrome browser, it was still working fine yesterday. I switched back to old bitdefender password manager, and the autofill works fine. Appreciate any help, thanks
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Persistent "Access Denied" folder lock error after false-positive file detection
Hello, I am running Bitdefender on Windows 11 and am currently locked out of a specific directory due to what appears to be a high-level driver file lock following a false-positive detection. During a recent software file transfer, Bitdefender flagged a specific application component as a generic threat, and the file was…
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Code Integrity error after enabled Secure Boot
Hello. I'm using Bitdfender on Windows 11 Home and I am writing this post because I have a symptom that I would like to ask a question about. I just enabled Secure Boot and since then I've been getting the following logs in Event Viewer. Event ID 3033 Code Integrity determined that a process…
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Printer test pages not working – could Bitdefender be blocking them?
Hi everyone, I recently noticed that my printer sometimes doesn’t respond when I try to print test pages or simple documents on my Windows PC. Everything works fine if I temporarily disable antivirus protection, so I’m wondering if Bitdefender might be interfering with the print jobs. For context, the printers I’m using…
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Where is my Bitdefender Activation Code?
I just renewed my subscription, but I don't have my activation code to add Bitdefender to a cellphone.
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How to fix my Bitdefender / SecurePass subscription?
I paid $99.99 on July 21st for an annual family plan on Bitdefender SecurePass. Today I received notice that I was charge $5.99 for 1 month subscription. I was on a monthly payment plan but decide to do the annual family plan. I am being charged twice for the same product. Not sure what I have right now, please help.…
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[Feature Request] Auto-Disconnect VPN upon leaving auto-connected websites
Currently, Bitdefender VPN allows users to set up Auto-connect - automatically connecting to the VPN when visiting specific websites or categories. However, once the user navigates away from the site or closes the tab, the VPN remains connected until it is manually turned off. Suggested Feature: Add an Auto-disconnect…
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Aggiungere nuovo campo per Antispam posta
Saebbe molto utile aggiungere un nuovo campo nel plugin antispam (uso outlook), in grado di poter identificare come spam anche le mail che arrivano con in oggetto sempre lo stesso ad esempio " I RECORDED YOU" ma come mittente utilizzano la mia casella di posta. In questo caso non posso identificarlr come sapam perche…
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I used Windows Defender one time only to test the quality of its protection, and I wasn't satisfied
This image shows a four-hour delay in updates, which is dangerous because threats refresh every few seconds. Is this accurate? I'm concerned about security; does this represent a weakness in the most important thing, which is updates? What do you advise me to do? Stay away from it. I would appreciate a response if you…