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The Defenders of the month are the Community superheroes
It's time to show our appreciation for our top contributors and give back to the Community! We are pleased to announce that we are launching our Super User program called “Defenders of the Month” and “Defenders of the Year”, exclusively for the members of our Community! The Super User program represents an exclusive group…
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What would you change on Bitdefender.com?
I am one of the (many) marketers responsible for what and how we showcase our solutions on our website - mainly bitdefender.com. We need your help to grasp how we can better serve you( people who install and use our security solutions) in terms of clarity, consistency, and ease of use for our website. I am here to learn…
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The Bitdefender Expert Community guidelines and tips to get you started!
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…
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Netgear Armor Install & Activate Password Manager
With wallet going away, how can I get password manager with my Armor subscription? I see it listed on the https://www.bitdefender.com/netgear/ page as one of the included features. The Netgear community support hasn't been forthcoming,…
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Great product but terrible customer service
So many alerts sending me the wrong information with regard to billing and renewal of subscriptions. Eventually manage to speak to someone and unable or unwilling to tell the how much my renewal would cost
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WTF ?
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Why Some Google Apps are being Automatically Installed?
Recently, I found my Windows 10 Start menu shows "Docs, Gmail, Google Drive, Sheets, Slides, YouTube" as recently added apps. I do use Google Chrome everyday, but I didn't installed those apps on my pc. So, I uninstalled them, cleared Chrome file data, then from Windows Settings, I reset chrome, finally I uninstalled it…
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Using Ultimate (VPN?) or Web Protection
I have a BD Ultimate subscription and have learned that when using VPN, I cannot use Web Protection … they are incompatible. What are the typical activities that are appropriate for either tool? It seems I have to manually change my settings for best protection based on my activity at the time. Let’s say a scammer offers a…
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Bit Defender Notifications
Hi, Although I have turned off all relevant notification options, I am STILL getting notifications, e.g., about the VPN (which I don't use or want) and that BF is monitoring my mic. I want ALL notifications to be suppressed, other than malware/virus notifications. Can anyone suggest any remedies?
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task bar icon?
I've attached what my taskbar icon looks like for BitDefender when it is 'pinned to taskbar'. When it's not pined and just running a scan, etc., it's the BitDefender logo. How can i fix this? I've restarted, unpinned, pinned. thx, ix d
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Why is my Bit Defender Virtual keyboard typing incorrect characters ?
Can anyone help - A short time after opening the virtual keyboard it starts typing incorrect characters and also I cant close the keyboard down. It has always done this I tried re-installing it and my PC software is up to date Thanks
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What is the best feature of Bitdefender?
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bitdefender total security fails to autostart despite 500+ days left on license
i havre my windows 11 laptop configured to autostart bitdefender...but it fails to autostart...it shows up in my hidden icon tray greyed out and i have to manually start Bitdefender on every occassion why how do you fix this much appreciated
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Really, Bitdefender?!
When decided Bitdefender to become adware? Especially, when I definitive set up already that I do not wish to receive ANY offers. It is not a free product and this is so unprofessional.
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About secure softwares for Win 10
I wanted to know if some of the famous softwares that make you device fast are really secure or just spyware. What's your opinion on CCleaner ? If that's not secure then kindly let me know what software should I use for faster performance.
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Cannot Shred Files
I tried everything, from claiming ownership of the Folders, try all sorts of fixes that I found online. Does Bitdefender Fileshredder not have admin rights? I am the only user and a Admin so how come I cant delete any files? It always sais I do not have permission, how the ****** do I get the rights/give bitdefender the…
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VB:Trojan.Valyria.92 in a VBA WORD I just wrote!, What should I do?
As the title Say, I just created a VBA Word code, it has plenty of If statements, and just a code I use to verify the text in a textbox is only numbers with one dot, and also code to copy all text from a textbox to the clipboard. So how do I check what part of my code is being treated as a Trojan? I copied all the code…
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iLok License Manager: Bitdefender being officially incompatible with iLok.
Hello all, I just found out on iLok official webpage (faq section) that they are listing Bitdefender as incompatible with iLok License Manager (from PACE). Here is the link: help.ilok .com/faq_ilm .html The issue is that iLok License Manager does not start at all when you click on it (basically nothing happens. You see the…
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I have been trying to open a gmail account all day…what is going on here?
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Music Thread
I've read some posts by members on the "What are your hobbies", and "Tell us about yourself" threads who have mentioned that they liked and appreciated listening to music, as I'm sure most of us do 😊 So I thought to create a thread where we could share some of our favorites. I'm not sure what format would be supported,…
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AmuseMEMEnt Arcade
I believe that humor and laughter should always be part of our daily lives. As E.E. Cummings used to say: "The most wasted of all days is one without laughter". No matter where you are, you deserve a good laugh. My proposal for you from this day onwards is to have our own happy place within this Community and share the…
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high CPU load (100%), Windows 10 home, Bitdefender Total Security 27.0.16.86 and 87
Dear all, I have got a real problem with Bitdefender Total Security, current version (27.0.16.86 and 87) and today's viruses bases. Since yesterday there are 3 machines with 100% CPU loading. Main CPU user is bdservicehost who uses us to 90% of CPU and 2 Gb of RAM. 3 computers with the same sympthoms. (and 7 ones still…
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Raspberry Pi4 with OS 64 Bit ARM processor
Hello Can I install it on Raspberry Pi4 with OS 64 Bit ARM processor? I tried 1 year ago and no luck, I dont want to try since I dont see any positive post. It is 2022, is it supported now? I have the enterprise version, no for regular consumers.
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AUTO RENEW : Google chrome automatically added my bank card details to Bitdeender
Today I got an e-mail about auto renew, but I never wanted to renew to products also I never wanted to added my bank card details to Bitdefender system ! As I saw google chrome save my bank card details and automatically filled out the Bitdefender stystem, but me as a human being I never accpeted this and never wanted to…
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Affiliate spam? Is Bitdefender sharing our info?
In the 10+ years that I've been a paying Bitdefender customer (multiple products / licenses such as Total Security and Digital Identity Protection), I've never purchased from any resellers / affiliates - I've always purchased directly from Bitdefender.com - yet this is the second time within a year I've received an…
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"Unsafe Wi-Fi network" pop up window
I'm unable to close the "Unsafe Wi-Fi network" window that keeps popping up. I click on "x" and on "Not now", but the window just immediately reopens again. I do have a home wi-fi network, but the computer I have Bitdefender installed on is not connected to it. I still get the same pop up window even when connected to the…
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64 bit version?
Does Bitdefender have a 64 bit version? I run a 64 bit OS, but when I download Bitdefender, it doesn't give me a choice between 32 or 64 bit, and automatically downloads the 32 bit version. Just wondering if that's normal, thanks!
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Special Offers and Product Reports
I recently purchased Bitdefender Total Security and I am still trying to get used to using it. I have noticed that the toggles for disabling Settings>General "Special Offers" & Settings>Advanced "Product Reports" don't work. I have unchecked both options and each time I reopen Bitdefender they are both checked again and…
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Port 67 Issue - Resurrected
Hello, Back in 2020/21 it was reported that Bit Defender (BD) conflicts with port 67 used for BOOTp and there appears no resolution to date as today the issue was encountered trying to access Allen Bradley hardware. Is there a concerted effort to resolve this issue or at least enable disabling of BD to enable BOOTp?…
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Where is my Security Widget?
I remember a few years ago the security widget disappeared after an update as Bitdefender had removed it then brought it back. A few weeks ago, I noticed that my security widget is gone again. I followed the directions on getting it back, but when I right click on the system tray, I do not see the "show widget on desktop"…
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Disabling Bitdefender For Updating Of Other Software
All of my software updates, perfectly, but one. The developer of this problem software claims that Bitdefender is preventing their updates. I have disabled every switchable option, in Bitdefender, that I can find, but the mentioned software still does not update. My suspicion is that this developer simply cannot figure out…
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I want to refer some friends to use Bitdefender, what is your referral program?
I want to refer some friends to use Bitdefender, what is your referral program?
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Settings
Is there no way to turn something on once and keep the setting?
