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Firewall Rules, Howto
i'm evaluating bitdefender internet security 2016, and i need to enter a few rules to allow certain ports. why must it always insist on an application? my pfsense firewalls and linux iptables allow for port, protocol, local & remote ip but doesn't insist on any particular app per se. i see a "DNS over UDP" rule among…
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Custom Settings Turn Autopilot Off; Bd Complains
Is there a happy medium in this issue? Varying the settings turns Autopilot off, but BD goes on complaining about the fact. Can we please either have a customised Autopilot that BD will accept, or have the option to kill the nagging? In my case, I have an optical drive in my desktop PC, which I only ever use to play retail…
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Firewall Turns On And Off
I have Win 7 and just purchased IS 2016. Often (not all the time) the Bitdefender firewall will not turn on. The windows firewall is off. I click on the firewall module box and it blinks blue then dulls out. When this happens I turn on the windows firewall so I have some coverage. Sometimes after I have turned on the…
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Active Threat Control Blocking Without Warning
Active Threat Control some time block my app and no warn to me !!! i using "fg757p.exe" and everything is ok and after 2 or 3 days block this program (and same app) and no warn and no record in Events :| when i turn off ATC , fg757p.exe is correctly working !!! This is New bug from Active Virus control [there are this bug…
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Multiple "port Scans Detected" - Should I Be Worried?
Hello I keep getting messages saying "port scans detected. A present I am getting about one new popup every 60 seconds. Quite distracting. A. Should I be worried? B. Shouldnt there be some sort of firewall in my Netgear router to defend me from most of this stuff? C. If there is no need for alarm, how should I switch off…
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[fixed in 20.0.21.1191] Firewall
when i restart my system , firewall rules every time reset !!!
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Bitdefender 2016 Build 20.0.20.1143 Still Having Issue With Win 10 Insider Build 10565
Bitdefender 2016 build 20.0.20.1143 doesn't fix the Active Threat Control and Intrusion Detection problem on last Windows 10 Insider Build 10565. Still having error code 37 in the Bitdefender AVC HV device driver. Active Threat Control and Intrusion Detection can't be activated (grayed out).
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Search Advisor Doesn't Work
Today I noticed that Search Advisor doesn't show the reputation of sites in search results. I use Bitdfender Internet Security 2016 (20.0.21.1191), all items of web protection are turned on.
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Port Scan Detected And Blocked.
Okay, so I am using Bitdefender Total Security 2016 and I was sitting on my computer working, and a notification from Bitdefender pops up and says Port scan detected and blocked. I open it up for more information and I saw the same message and an IP address.. The message was there twice, the first one was a minute before…
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Bdts 2016 Firewall Not Working.
Since installing BDTS 2016, after having had family pack last year, I have found that my firewall is disabled and i cannot get it to work. Clicking it or fixing it through the dashboard works for less than one second before it turns itself off again. I have reinstalled the package several times and tried the repair option…
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Firewall Not Blocking Application
I have bitdefender 2016 internet security in my PC. I wish to block a specific program to not access the internet, I added a rule for this program and then set it to Deny in it's permission options. But the program bypass the rule and connects to the internet. I tested with Microsoft Firewall and it blocks the program,…
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Bitdefender Not Answering
Sunday 11/1 bitdefender intervened when I started my Family Tree Maker genealogical database manager, and prevented it from running. Permanently. I filed a problem report and got a reply wanting more data and a log. I ran their logging program and sent them the data they wanted. Now it is Wednesday and they still have not…
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Web Protection And Scan Ssl - Should I Do It?
Whats the community's opinion on the sagacity of installing BD as a certificate authority (making it a "man in the middle" in my SSL traffic)? Is it worth it? Does it make BD as a potential source of attack vector? like if they get compromised? Here is an excerpt from the web site:…
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Antivirus Keep Deleting File
Hello i have total security 2016 installed and i have a problem with an .exe file that it keep getting deleted.I add the file to the exclusions ..excluded files and folders ,also ..excluded processes.I even add the whole folder to the exclusions but every time i restart the pc it keeps deleting it.... Any fix? thx
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Turn On Virus Protection And Windows Firewall
Hi, Since BD Total 2016 got updated to version 1143, I am getting a Windows system alert asking me to turn on antispyware and firewall. - Either to choose BD or Windows Defender. However, BD Total 2016 reports that everything is fine. I thought it might be some installation error, so I repaired BD - which restored…
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Trial Version
I did a scan of an infected PC. So far I have 196 unresolved items. What do I do with those? Best regards. " />
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Bd Firewall And Windows Homegroup.
I cannot write here what I really think of BD's Firewall. This PC is running W10 64 with BD 2015 TS, I then upgraded to BD 2016 TS then went away for a week or so. A few days after my return my HomeGroup failed to connect to one another. To cut a long story short I spent days and days trying to find out why, everything in…
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Password Protected Files
As far as I know I had no malware on my computer. But I tried the trial version of Bitdender Plus 2016. I ran a quick scan and it was fine. They I did the system scan which said it found hundreds of password protected files. I have since run other online antivirus programs on my computer, but nothing was found. Why did I…
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Firewall Problem (among Other Things Lately!)
Lately I have been having different problems with BitDefender - really getting old! I was having a problem with BD Total Security 2016 not showing up at all in my "hidden icons" display (Windows7 - Right Lower Corner) but the Widget was working just fine. I did the repair thing, etc. - rebooted, etc. I submitted a report…
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Firewall Blocking Applications
Bitdefender Firewall is not detecting game processes preventing them from working and also forgets settings. The Firewall also allows applications without request although Paranoid Mode is set. There are a number of other settings that do not retain their settings. A number of programs are also having their connections…
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Usb Scan
Hello! I recently purchased Bitdefender Total Security 2016, and am very satisfied with the product. However, I would like to know if it possible for me to scan my usb drive with it. Thanks Albert
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Firewall Rule To Block Internet Access When Vpn Is Not Connected Or Down
Hello, How do I configure BDTS 2016 firewall to block all internet access when the VPN is not connected on booting up or when the VPN is down? Thanks in advance!
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Lost My Thunderbird Local Folders After System Scan
Hi, this is my first post so apologies if I do anything wrong. I recently installed Internet Security 2016 on three PCs in our office. After running a system scan for the first time yesterday on one PC, the user complained that her Local Folders had disappeared from Thunderbird. I have looked at the scan log and I can see…
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Cannot Customize Configuration
Hi everyone, I am having trouble trying to customize my security modules. I can only change the options of Vulnerability, Internet protection and Anti Spam modules. The Anti Vírus, IDS, Firewall, Ransomware protection cannot be changed. When I try to change the options, the icons are all gray, so it is not possible for me…
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Random Ie Home Page Reset To (about:blank)
* W8.1 64-bit (Clean install using Windows Media Creation Tool) * Bitdefender Internet Security 2016 20.0.19.1099 * Internet Explorer 11.0.9600.18053 - Update version 11.0.24 Install Bitdefender Internet Security 2016 After approximately 2 days... Internet Explorer 11 home page will be randomly deleted (about:blank).* If…
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Pc Goes To Sleep In The Middle Of A Scan
I am running a desktop Windows 10 on the default "balanced" plan: display off in 10 min, sleep in 30 min. The computer goes to sleep in the middle of a system scan. This is preventing a full system scan from completing. Should this happen? Shouldn't the CPU and disk activity prevent the PC from going to sleep? Any way to…
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Firewall Adapter Settings Help
Hi can anyone help me with what the settings mean and what is best to choose There has been many times i have googled, recommended firewall settings for bitdefender. i generally always end up to articles on this site, but there always seemd to be 2 different settings people recommend and thats: Network type: Home/Office…
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Question About "generic"
Hi guys. If I put generic settings to "on" it would mean that when IP address will be changed, Bitdefender won't change the type of network? Or it will be changed? Does this mean that this option is only responsible for a change of the type of network when my IP changes?
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Paranoid Mode
Isn't autopilot supposed to turn off when paranoid mode is turned on? Autopilot turned back on after I restarted my computer while paranoid mode remains on. See attachments.
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Malicious ****** Protection
Bitdefender's malicious ****** protections are good, but not quite perfected yet. More refined ****** protection at the interpreter level (parser) will make Bitdefender even more secure... for interpreters that ship with Windows - and not all the other ones that typical user would virtually never install (AutoIT, Python,…