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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")…
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Using RAM by Bitdefender AV
Someone can explain to me, even in a simple way, why in Bitdefender AV it passes from a use of RAM (bdservicehost) which is around 350/300 MB, to about 200 MB up to even 75/80 MB. I noticed this when the PC is at "rest", so I don't speak during manual scans, I speak while using the PC while surfing the internet with…
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Safe search
Ho notato che attivando la ricerca sicura in Bitdefender Free, funziona solo con Bing ... Con Google non funziona. Funziona solo se è installata l'estensione TrafficLight. Perché? È un bug? Grazie.
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Special offers and Notification Turned off but still getting them - Bitdefender Free
Hi All. I am getting notifications of paid features and upgrades even though I have Special offers turned off, Recommendation Notifications turned off and also in the Bitdefender Central Interface I have privacy set to not recieve such offers. Is this right or should I not be getting these? Many thanks Paul :
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Windows 7 firewall
Bitdefender Antivirus free is installed on two Windows 7 HP laptops and is working very well. There is no other installed security software. I have disabled Windows Firewall. Is this OK or should it be enabled? Thank you.
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BitDefender Traffic Light - New version released
Hello, I saw that on July 28 the new version of the Bitdefender Traffic Light extension (3.2.0) was released. Can you have some info about the improvements? Thank you.
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Bitdefender Free available on all Bitdefender websites.
Why don't you make the download link to Bitdefender Free available on all Bitdefender websites? For example, on the Italian site there is not yet. So it would spread more easily. 😉
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Disabled Add exception button
Hi, I'm using BF Free (just updated) and I have noticed that I can't add exceptions from scan. In previous version, it was possible to add exceptions. Please advice Thanks
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Installed BD free version on Win 7
Hi all, Last week I installed the free version 26.0.18 on Windows 7, despite the announcement of Dec. '21. So the first thing to ask, will the definition updates stop on June 30? I have a couple of other questions. I watch task manager religiously. I noticed 10 BD processes running (screenshot attached). What is this last…
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Bitdefender Free - Several seconds to eliminate the malware.
Hello, I still don't understand why Bitdefender Free (but I also think paid products) takes longer than some other AVs to remove / quarantine malware, even malware present in signatures. Does it do any extra tasks while removing it unlike other AVs that it doesn't do? So is it a more radical cleaning or is it just a longer…
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Moved: Bitefender Free for Android - implementations
This discussion has been moved.
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False Positive?
Downloaded a game, trying to launch it and it doesn't because BitDefender is blocking a connection to the site, checked that URL on VT and only 3/91 AVs mark it malicious one of them being BitDefender.
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Install new BD avfree to replace 2020 version
Hello, I got an information pop-up asking me to update to the new av-free version of Bitdefender (was currently running a 12/2020 version). I clicked the "Download and install" button and the process went smoothly until the final window presented a "Create a new account" button. There was no option to log in with my…
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UEFI Malware
Regarding this topic referred to in this article: https://www.cybersecurity360.it/new-threats/malware-uefi-cose-dove-si-annida-come-funziona-e-quali-contromisure-per-difendersi/ Are these types of malware also detected in Bitdefender Free in real time protection or full scan? In this article Kaspesky is mentioned and I…
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Moved: Bitdefender activation code
This discussion has been moved.
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How to scan a specific file or directory via the command line?
I've installed BitDefender AV Free version. Does it provide a command line utility which allows me to scan a specific file?
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Bitdefender Free - RAM
With the new version of Bitdefender Free I noticed that in my laptop the RAM is on average about 100/150 Mb, sometimes it stays at a maximum of 250/300 Mb and then goes down. However it does not seem to impact the performance of my laptop which is older than 15 years ... 😉🙂
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Banking Notification in Bitdefender Antivirus Free - Is there any way to switch it off?
I have been trying to prevent this specific pop-up ad from reappearing in Bitdefender Antivirus Free. I am using a fresh reinstallation on Windows 10. It occurs whenever you access a banking website and it seems to be analogous to the notification prompting to user to use SafePay in the full versions of Bitdefender. From…
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Bitdefender Free - Banking website popup
In a future version can you please limit this popup to maybe once a day? Using Firefox - It shows up when I visit my banking website, when I visit sites selling items, when i read emails. Please please please once a day?? I know its free but I have disabled "Encrypted web scan" in the options for a temp fix now. -Thank you.
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Scan Microsoft OneDrive and Google Drive
I have both Microsoft OneDrive and Google Drive. How do I perform a scan on each one? Thanks!
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John A Damgaard III
Bitdefender is not supported on my WOW computer So, do I need a refund for the WOW computer? I do have a DEL computer which seems to have Bitdefender on it for free So, do I need a refund for my Del computer? I am not a tech person My Brother-in-Law and my next door neighbor, both agree that I do not need Bitdefender Is…
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Problem with vizcloud website and Bitdefender
I keep getting these: ******************** Suspicious web page detected Online Threat Prevention The webpage https://vizcloud.live/ has been detected as suspicious. Although the page is not blocked, it is not recommended to continue browsing this page. Accessed by: brave.exe ******************** The address changes…
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Say hello to the new Antivirus Free for Windows!
Even though Bitdefender Antivirus Free Edition has been withdrawn at the end of December 2021, the concept of providing a free solution and encourage people to protect themselves against the cyber threats out there never ceased to exist. The previous version of Bitdefender Antivirus Free was running on old system…
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Question: Bitdefender Free banking promo shows up when firefox opens a new session.
Every time I start firefox and it opens the new page/Firefox homepage window the banking promo pop-up comes up. It's a bit annoying cause it happens every single time I open firefox. On chrome the promo operates normally, only opening on sites like Paypal and Bank of America. So I'm wondering if it's a bug and if…