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Trafficlight blocking (nearly) all pages on Mac - even bitdefender.com
I run Bitdefender on three Macs and use Firefox as my browser. It has the trafficlight addon installed. Over the past few days one mac has been blocking nearly all websites. It displays a page saying it could find no suspicious activity but gives no more information other than a page full of other information which seems…
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SRL missing
Hello, I just bought a mac pro. I loaded my bitdefender account to the mac. I continue to see something that tells me to allow Bitdefender SRL but I can not find it anywhere in the file system under security and privacy. I'm wanting to set a preference for bitdefender to scan my mac each morning before I use it and I…
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VPN Feature
Is there a way to not install/uninstall the new vpn feature? If not, there should be. I do not like having unnecessary programs running on my device.
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how do i best detect and remove potential keylogger on macbook pro (m1)
very suspicious of some activity on accounts and linked iphone. would feel better knowing i've tried everything i can to deal with this issue. thank you for any advice
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Unable to connect
Hi, only started to receive the message “unable to connect” to web connection over last couple of days on my iPad. Got NordVPN installed and running, would appreciate any ideas on how to resolve. Reloaded and restarted ,but no joy.
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Bitdefender writes a lot of data on my sdd
Hi everyone. I am a little worried and can’t stop thinking in uninstalling bitdefender total security 2020 after knowing it writes a lot of data on my ssd (almost 690mb every time it updates to the latest virus definitions) and since I can’t change the bitdefender pushing updates I don’t know what to do. I am wondering if…
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Safe files application access not remembering
When I do a download, sometimes safefiles denies it until I add my browser to the allowed applications. It will work for a while then it happens again. How do I make the entry stick? See screenshots attached.
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Antivirus for Mac cannot scan encrypted compressed files.
When can it be supported?
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Safari runs hot, Firefox doesn't
On MacBook pro with Big Sur using Safari BDLDaemon process runs at 100% and the laptop gets pretty hot. If I use Firefox this does not happen. I prefer Safari.....anybody found a solution for this (except turn-off the shield)?
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Parallels .HDS file quarantined as containing a threat named "Generic.CorebotC"
After many months using "Bitdefender AV for Mac" it suddenly quarantined my Parallels Desktop .HDS file which effectively killed all access to Windows. All attempt to start Windows produced a message saying Windows no longer had a functional OS . I contacted Bitdefender Support and got no response despite numerous…
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Malware protection catalogue
Hi all, Is there anywhere I can search for the current protection that BD covers? I'm specifically thinking of Silver Sparrow right now but its a more general point.
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No schedule scan option, trial version for mac
Hello I am running a trial version of bit defender antivirus for mac and there is No schedule scan option is this not available in this version please ? Thanks Barry
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is there awareness of the new Silver Sparrow malware for mac?
Does BD detect this and remove it?
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False positive with Webroot SecureAnywhere and OSX.Genieo.1.r
Hi there, Any experiencie with false positive with Webroot SecureAnywhere and OSX.Genieo.1.r threat?? It's a clear false positive or intentional move against BitDefender... I have just installed brand new MacOS Catalina with only BitDefender and Webroot SecureAnywhere and the false positive appears again.... so, there are…
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Which VPN best for use
I want to use vpn. But I confuse , which vpn I used for site using. my site: https://www.thewomeninterest.com/best-online-shopping-websites-for-women/
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On-Access is Off - Big Sur
I believe I set everything up right, we have all three apps in the Privacy and Security section, but BitDefender is still reporting On-Access is off. Is there anything I can do/try?
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How to disable notifications that "Update completed successfully"
Is there any way to disable the annoying notifications that the database was updated but still allow other important notifications?
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Serious Issues with BitDefender on Catalina including kernel panics....
Running 2018 Mac mini, 10.15.7 and tried again installing Bitdefender. Immediately had weird issue like Music stuttering and finally a kernel panic while scanning files which restarted the machine. A little history: had this same issue about 4 months ago and finally uninstalled BD. The mini then ran for 89 days without a…
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Bitdefender Virus Scanner won't start, error -1073741824
Can't start Bitdefender on my Mac, running MacOS Catalina 10.15.7. The message I'm getting is: The operation couldn’t be completed. (Couldn't start the services error -1073741824.) If the problem persists, please contact the Bitdefender support team. Deleted the app and re-downloaded it from the App Store, but with no…
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Bitdefender asks for permission when using Terminal on Mac
Sometimes, when I use the terminal on my Mac, Bitdefender asks for permissions. Is there something I can do to turn this off? It's quite intrusive. I'm using Bitdefender Antivirus for Mac, Version 8.3.0.8 My Mac's on Version 11.2.2. Thanks, Alex
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How to stop scanning attached devices
When installing I mistakenly allowed Bit Defender to scan external devices which only contain Clones of the main device (Carbon Copy Cloner) and Time Machine backups. Old data on these drives are not a threat and it is finding tons of stuff in static archives going back years. How can I exclude these devices so that I do…
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Using 'Safe Files' with folders on external drives
Hi, Really like the look of the Safe Files feature, however I keep all the photos, docs, on an external drive. When I click on 'Protected Files' and + to add more locations, all the folders on the G-Drive are greyed out. Is this not possible. The drive is viewable by the mac, so I'm assuming it's not the drive permissions?
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Bitdefender Antivirus for Mac - does it conflict with Acronis True Image Protection?
Acronis Trueimage backup program for Mac has a protection module that offers virus and malware scanning. Does anyone know if it is OK to have both enabled? Do they conflict? They seem to get along as far as I can tell, but the functions seem somewhat redundant. Thanks.
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MacOS Big Sur
I have been following discussions about MacOS Big Sur and Bitdefender last year. I have a MacBook Air 2020 with macOS Catalina V10.15.7. I have been a bit reluctant to install BigSur based on the comments of the late 2020 discussions as I am just a casual computer user. Is there any new. improvement which would allow for…
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BDLdaemon is using 100% or more from my CPU
Since the last update for Bitdefender for mac, days ago, BDLDaemon is using a high >100% of CPU constantly and there isn't other solution than deactivate protection. There is any other solution? are you working in any patch? Im using Big Sur 11.2 MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015) 2.9 Ghz dual core intel i5 Bit…
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A world of hurt
Wow! your servers / site are puffing smoke and spitting oil ! I think a week I've wanted to download product
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Macbook pro with Big Sur slow startup
Before all programs load, including bitdefender it takes quite a while....any suggestion to speed this up?
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Bitdefender Causing explorer CPU usage to spike up
Since the last update I noticed that explorer.exe is spiking up CPU usage to 100%. When checking the process - I noticed multiple BD processes invoking explorer each taking around 11% which maximize CPU usage. after about 10 seconds it comes down and after a few more seconds spikes up again and repeats. I'm attaching 2…
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Bought and installed VPN Premium now nothing works
Today, I bought VPN Premium. During the installation, I was asked to uninstall all Bitdefender products (Antivirus and the basic VPN). When I did that, the new VPN apparently installed (although I had to enter my computer password several times, a confusing and frustrating "feature"), only to have the new VPN tell me that…