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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 admins @Alexandru_BD and @Mike_BD, along with moderators @fedor, @Nunzio77, @Gjoksi, and…
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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…
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…
Poll: Should Bitdefender Make A Linux Version for Home Users?
As a longtime user of Bitdefender (since 2014), the topic of a Linux version has been floating around on and off for the past decade. However, what makes these requests different this time around is the end of life support for Windows 10. Many users, unhappy with what Microsoft is doing to with Windows 11, are starting to…
Driving Cybersecurity Awareness: Bitdefender’s Immersive Booth at the Las Vegas GP
During the Las Vegas Grand Prix, held from November 21 to 23, Bitdefender enhanced the event with a dynamic activation booth that captivated attendees and showcased the company's commitment to cybersecurity in the fast-paced world of the highest class of single-seater racing. Bitdefender's booth was built inside the track,…
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,…
Strange behavior of firefox recovery key
Today i downloaded firefox recovery key but when i accessed the download folder there was a strange icon instead of the recovery key, ve a look: clicking on that file opened the never ending widow below: @Flexx @Scott @Alexandru_BD can u help plz, i suspect a threat to my pc.😱
Cybersecurity in a Box
The recently added compliance dashboard in Gravity Zone is a huge improvement and has earned a well deserved place of honor in my ongoing. Cybersecurity in a Box (CIB) project. Thank You! Will this capability continue to be available or is it simply a trial? Using the compliance tool along with patch management is huge…
Update win 10 to win 11
I updated/upgraded my system from windows 10 to windows 11. Upgrade was succesfull. However BD TTS now tells that the windows 10 is not protected. In my opinion that windows 10 part is not existing because it is now windows 11 Or do I mistake
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Terminal Commands Blocked
I have an issue whereby BitDefender blocks the command every time I enter a command in the terminal on macOS (e.g. mkdir, touch, mv). I am given the option to authorise the command by entering my password; however, I am only given the option to allow this for 5 minutes. I have allowed application access under ransomware…
Update
Hallo, eine Frage, heut morgen sah ich ein kopieren von Dateien in Windows. Es waren mehrere Sachen, aber sehr schnell. Dass einzige, was ich auf der Festplatte gefunden habe, was zu der Uhrzeit erstellt wurde, war im Unterverzeichnis von Bitdefender Endpoint Security\ThreatScanner\Antivirus….\plugins einige Dateien mit…
IE problems not fixed in GravityZone Risk Management
I tried using the Fix Problems feature in Risk Management for IE (browser) problems, but the fixes are interrupted and the fix fails. See pic. I've used the feature to fix other problems, but can't get it to address the IE issues.
Firewall Permission Dialog Box Is Poorly Coded. Any Explanation?
When you set your firewall so it asks your permission when an app tries to acces network, things may go crazy. If you immediately select "Allow" or "Block", you are fine. But if you don't, new(same) notifications keep stacking back to back, as long as you wait. 1 box per 1 seconds I guess. So if you try to decide "should"…
All of a sudden I'm unable to print from safepay,any ideas?
Strange IP address for google search domains under VPN
Hi, I noticed that, under BITDEFENDER VPN, lately every google search domain passes by strange ip address: This is the situation under VPN with nslookup of www.google.com and www.google.it Here without VPN with nslookup of www.google.com and www.google.it This problem doesn't occur with every other site (for example…
Bitdefender may be causing my PC to slow down / freeze up
hi all I now think Bitdefender is the reason or big part of reason my PC is slowing down and even freezing up. i read Archi dice's post about BD using up resources, and that prompted me to post this, though my issues may be different from his. his seems to be Bitdefenders resource use, where mine may be compatibility…
Why does "Exclusions" do nothing and why are customers not being answered?
I've gotten fed up yet again. I came back to using BitDefender after the last time I had this exact problem, and nothing seems to have changed. Not only does setting files and folders within the "Exclusions" list not do a thing, neither does turning off protection so I can try to at least, RE-install the program that was…
Why Does Each "vi" Session In Terminal Ask For An Admin Approval?
How do i stop this behavior from reappearing every 5 minutes? Trying to edit my .zprofile and it is driving me crazy.
Interference of bitdefender with terminal ?
I am struggling since months with the fact that each time I install Bidefender, I start to have issues with the terminal. Opening MacOS terminal, each time open bitdefender with a POP-up of asking to allow or block a terminal command that I didn't ask. Not sure my Macbook is infected or not. This is happening on all 3…
Secure Me seems to suck. Convince me otherwise.
I'm a multi-year user of BitDefender. It took me years to switch to Password Manager as I wasn't ready to put my passwords on somebody else's cloud. And if you scoff, let me remind that banks, credit card companies and even the US social security admin has been hacked and info stolen. But I've now used Password Manager for…
Odd issues with Bitdefender total security
I bought Bitdefender 3 years ago, and never regretted it. But now, I am having regular problems with a) navigating it and b) connecting to the internet Navigation In Protection features in Security Central, there is a (very thin) scroll bar which does what it should. Because I am trying to find out why I am having problems…
Fix Issues with BitDefender Using High Resources in Windows 10 Pro or Windows 11
As it stands now, Bitdefender out of the box is a HUGE resource hog, doing scans in the middle of the day, interrupting your work, chewing up CPU resources. Another user ("Clapton") did a great job of listing off what the symptoms are in an older post. He reported issues under Windows 7. We had identical issues on a…
Unable to uninstall Bitdefender
Hi I am unable to uninstall bitdefender product due to a admin password which I have not received or been informed of. How can I progress please? Cannot gain access to ANY website on my computer other than Bitdefender ????
How to stop the extremely annoying notification "Threat detected"
I know Bitdefender works very well and keeps me safe.. thank I don't want to see this msgs every time it detects threat, it is really annoying please how I can stop it?
How to stop the notifications about the online threats?
I am getting fed up with the constant notifications about BitDefender blocking online threats. Great job. Now can you just do it without telling me about them all the time?? Machines get probed and scanned all the time. Just block them silently. Even when I am on a webpage and just reading, I get these notifications. Just…
Safari - Bitdefender VPN prevents downloading of pdf from my energy supplier's site
If I request download I get a "Safari Can't Open the Page" error with a long address. If I stop Bitdefender VPN, the request runs and downloads the required pdf. This does not happen on all websites. I've tried split tunneling to no effect. Anyone got any ideas?
VPN blocking ports
Hello. I'm currently running a home server and i tried the Premium VPN feature Bitdefender Provides in order to protect it from the rest of the home network. Problem is i cannot connect to any hosted server, ports seems to be blocked by the VPN. On localhost (remote connections for example) the connections is normal. Any…
Bitdefender's Link Checker is marking malware pages as safe
@Alexandru_BD @Flexx Bitdefender link checker marked 3 harmful links/websites as Safe with a green tick mark. i ve mentioned the third ones url in the pic above. 3 of the 3 was blocked by bitdefeder when i clicked on those links but as you know clicking on such urls still triggers the risk even bitdefender blocks , that's…
Conflict with Rhino 6
I recently downloaded BitDefender, which has caused serious performance issues with the program Rhino 6 (3D design software that is critical for my job). I found people with similar issues on their forum, but no one seems to know how to solve the problem. Someone recommended just whitelisting Rhino in BitDefender, which…
How to know what is behind blocked connections?
Hello everyone. I can see in notifications that bitdefender is blocking connections. I can make exceptions or leave them blocked. But to confirm this decision, it would be good to get access to informations where I could know what these connections actually are and judge whether they are legitimate to me or not. I tried…
contents3.00110.citi.com blocked by Bitdefender online threat prevention
I frequently get this notification from my Bitdefender Total Security: Suspicious connection blocked Feature: Online Threat Prevention chrome.exe attempted to establish a connection relying on an unmatching security certificate to contents3.00110.citi.com. We blocked the connection to keep your data safe since the used…
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Je n'ai que des ennuis avec le vpn sur windows derniere version. Déconnexion, reconnexions.
VPN Premium Won't Turn On
I have installed VPN Premium on a Windows 10 PC. However, when I get to the screen, "Turn On to Secure Your Connection" and hit the icon, the screen goes to "Connecting" for one second and returns to "Turn on to Secure Your Connection." In other words, I can't turn on my VPN. I have successfully installed and opened VPN…
Phone protection clean up.
Over the years I have gotten new phones, iPads, and computers. Now when I look at the list of devices protected it's kind of a mess. The names of the devices are not unique and its pretty confusing. I have new devices, but have kept the older one and use them not infrequently. What's the best way to clean up this mess?…
Why does my android phone calendar not sync with Google calendar since VPN was installed?
I have a Samsung Galaxy S24 phone and a Windows based computer with VPN Premium installed on both. My calendar entries on either the phone or the computer are not syncing with the other device since VPN was installed.