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Support for Bitdefender Antivirus Free Edition will continue until June 30, 2022
Bitdefender Antivirus Free Edition has been withdrawn at the end of December 2021. It will keep its antivirus features, but will stop receiving updates including security fixes after the official End of Support date, June 30, 2022. For more information, please consult the article below:
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Issue Report with Bitdefender Free Antivirus v26.0.27.90
I didn't know where to properly report an issue. Please excuse me if this is the incorrect channel. I had been using BitDefender for about 2 years without an issue. A few days ago I started noticing issues with my PC (Windows 8.1, non-standard setup: Users, ProgramData on D:, Programs on F:). The symptoms were: apparent…
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Latest Bitdefender (27-Nov-23) Blocks AutoHotkey Compilation
It seems a false positive is blocking ahk2exe from compiling Autohotkey scripts
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Is Anyone Encountered A Problem In Activating Bitdefender "Free Subscription"?
I just re-image my computer using a Windows Image Backup from not so long ago, a backup from February 3, 2023. Now I'm receiving a pop-up "Your subscription has expired" and I cannot re-activate. Bitdefender Agent 26.0.1.233 Bitdefender Antivirus Free 26.0.32.109 Is Bitdefender Antivirus Free supposed to expire? I don't…
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Full System Scan
During the above process, I noticed some files have ">=removed nulls" attached to the path and name of the file being scanned. What does it mean and will it affect the file? Thanks.
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Bitdefender Free (new version) - suggested improvements
I have recently been using Bitdefender Free (new version) and I have noticed that some malicious applications, not recognized by the antivirus definitions, were blocked by the behavioral analysis but after the block they were not quarantined but left on the desktop. After the definitions were updated, they were recognized…
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Computer freezing when launching Diablo 4
Windows 11 64bit Tl;DR, BitDefender(BD) free, Battle.Net(BN), Diablo 4(D4) 1 - BD and BN worked fine for months before installing D4. 2 - D4 froze or soft locked the PC when launching the application. 3 - D4 launches and does not freeze / soft locks the PC with BD uninstalled. 4 - After installing BD, BN and D4 now have…
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Diablo 4 - PC crash/shutdown
I've installed Diablo 4 today. Bitdefender free antivirus is causing my entire system to crash/shutdown. The antivirus already had similar issue in Diablo 4 beta, however it was only crashing the system at that time. So - I was playing Diablo 4 and when I've reached the church cutscene (where Lilith appears in the church),…
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Have I installed Free or Paid for Anti Virus
Keep getting message Bitdefender not up to date. Have created an account, but keep seeing words like subscription. That sounds like I will be asked for payment. Am I OK?
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email in thunderbird opens mail and I see gibberish
How can I disale email scanning
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Bitdefender Rescue Environment for Bitdefender Free
CIAO La funzione Rescue Environment è presente anche nella versione gratuita di Bitdefender? Ho notato che in alcuni casi, anche con Bitdefender Free Home, la pulizia avviene prima dell'avvio di Windows... Questa funzione fa parte di Rescue Environment? Quindi l'unica cosa che manca è la chiave di esecuzione manuale per…
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Email protection settings
I'm using Thunderbird 102.10.0 32bit as my email client. I have multiple email accounts setup in Thunderbird. All are IMAP with the exception of one account set up as POP. The POP gmail account is having problems while Bitdefender is running and scanning emails. Any time I check for new messages or click on a message,…
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high disk usage - video files
Windows BD free 26.1000.32.77 this is a new issue that started happening within the last week (?) when I browse a folder with videos, it looks like bdservicehost.exe is scanning every video from start-to-end. thumbnail creation (Windows Explorer) is very slow. disk usage goes to 100%. The disk queue length runs 9-10.…
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Bitdefender Virus Shield takes 600MB RAM.
Hello, Bitdefender Virus Shield takes 600MB RAM. How to solve this?
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How can I change the auto disinfection to a manual process?
I just installed Bitdefender Free and during the first scan it deleted a lot of good files (e.g. java ****** files I created while learning from a Udemy tutorial). I searched in the Settings for an option to change to a user prompt disinfection after I review the scan results, but I can't find one. I keep seeing people…
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Good reasons to use Bitdefender Free
Hi everyone, I was an old user of the old free version of Bitdefender. For a few days I have installed the new version of Bitdefender Free on my old laptop and I must say that at the moment it works fine without slowing down my laptop (4GB of RAM and Intel Core Duo 2-Windows 10). For those who use Bitdefender Free (new…
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Protection against port scan or PC intrusion attacks.
Hi everyone, watching this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EC2jdBHtVWQ&t=20s I wonder if the Bitdefender Free version would work too? Would you be safe from any intruders on your PC? Thank you! 😉
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Fake free protection expired warning.
Today this warning appeared to me informing me that my subscription to Bitdefender Free has expired .... 😂😂 But why do you use these marketing techniques to fool your users and switch to the paid version ??? !!! 🤨 My Bitdefender Free is still fully active ...😏 I didn't think you would start these popups too ...😔😕 If a user…
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Is BD Antivirus Free actually free or not?
I used BD Free for a few years before the announcement about a year ago that it was no longer being offered. I switched around a few other free offerings but was never particularly satisfied with any of them. About a month ago, while looking for another package to use, I saw that a number of websites were still…
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What BD Product/Service Do You Recommend For Me?
Hi there, still trying the free...anybody here suggest what package is good for: two PCs(Windows), plus four android phones, home use only (could also protect some smart devices, ip or dns attackers, online accounts, etc)...and could an AV protect privacy of chats apps? Thanks!
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Why BD Antivirus Free Will Not Let Advanced System Care Pro Run On My PC?
Why BD Antivirus Free Will Not Let Advanced System Care Pro Run On My PC?
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Can't Update Bitdefender Antivirus Free Through Auto Update. Any Suggestions?
I can't update bitdefender through auto update, i've reinstall windows, changed DNS, even do the troubleshoot on the bitdefender website, i've tried ping the server that i've found on enterprise troubleshoot website(https://update-cloud.2d585.cdn.bitdefender.net/,which i got could not find host) and…
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Bitdefender Free - Blocks malware but doesn't always quarantine it.
I did a test with this ransoware: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/cd1bb0b84729b272e28a48cdfc22ef1f2577e4a1779a9fe871e54cf71707ded8/detection On Virus Total it is stated that Bitdefender Free recognizes it. On my PC if I do a scan it is not detected as malware. If I launch it it is blocked and therefore recognized as a…
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BD Antivirus Free Can't Delete Threats. Any Suggestions?
After scanning for viruses, there are many dangers. i selected "Delete" but this didn't work. I ran virus scan again and it still shows the threats. but when I select "Appropriate action" the threats are removed.
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Strange Build Of Bitdefender Antivirus Free 26.1000.32.52. Any Ideas?
Hello! Strange version of Bitdefender Free - Build 26.1000.32.52. Signatures are updated without problems. Any ideas because after reinstalling from the account it comes back to the same version! Thanks! Windows 10 Home/64 bit
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What Is The Meaning Of The Red "x" On The Online Threat Prevention Icon In BD Antivirus Free?
Dear Sir/Madam, How's things?, My question for you is i have installed your free antivirus and after clicking on the protection and after that i noticed the online threat protection has an x on the icon and couldn't change it to a green tick?, and don't know if the red x is suppose to be there or is the x remove if I moved…
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Can Someone Answer My Two Questions Regarding Advanced Antivirus Settings In BD Antivirus Free?
Are (any) of these three settings enabled in the free version? Do they apply to the Real Time Protection, or just only on-demand scans? Thanks.
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Is There An Uninstall Tool For Bitdefender Antivirus Free?
Since all of my updates are getting -1002 errors, I want to try a fresh reinstall. However, I don't know where to get the Bitdefender Free uninstall tool as I can only see the paid versions.
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Error On The Bitdefender Free For Windows Website
Hello, I report an error on the website for free Windows products at the following link: https://www.bitdefender.it/toolbox/ "Antivirus Free for Android" is indicated in the Free PC App and instead it is for Windows: 😉
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How do I reset the password protection for Bitdefender Settings?
I forgot my password. I already tried the official way of resetting the password for Bitdefender Settings but it seems like nothing happens and it doesn't work. NOTE: Screenshot edited, covered My Account. Gjoksi
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Update from v. 26.0.18 to v. 26.0.23
Product was automatically updated on August 4. Since then I get "TrustedInstaller.exe" showing up every time I start up the computer, taking a good chunk of CPU resources, without any update needed/performed. It stays on for about 5 minutes. Also since the update, I noticed "BD Test Engines Init" ("testinitsigs.exe")…
