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Has The High CPU Usage On Boot Up Been Resolved?
Has the high CPU usage on boot up been resolved? It takes 10 minutes to boot my laptop at the moment. Thanks.
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Malicious Command Line Detected, But Bitdefender Says I'm Safe. Any Explanation?
I'm pretty sure I have something causing issues but can't for the life of me figure out what. I've scanned with BitDefender several times yet I always come up clean. It started a week or so ago with my CPU using three cores at 100% (using HWMonitor to check this) and as soon as I opened Task Manager they stopped. Did some…
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New Bitdefender Install And Now My Banking Demands 2-Step Verification Every Time. Any Help?
Hello. Desktop, Windows 10, Chrome New Bitdefender Install And Now My Banking Demands 2-Step Verification Every Time. Not Using VPN. Anyone Know How To Fix This? Thanks!
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trojan malware
I have several trojan viruses on my computer that BitDefender didn't catch but System Mechanic did. Usually when this happens it will also either clean or quarantine them. These three are different because I can't get rid of them. They begin as follows: W32/Sb6adb982!.... Path -…
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How to stop BD from quarantining and or 'locking' files that are in already excluded folders?
I'm currently working with C2 frameworks as part of cybersecurity training, I have to generate payloads using various tools, of course Bitdefender detects them (that's normal and I'm not mad about it, it's just doing what it's coded to do). The problem is that I manually added the folder to exclusions and BD still detects…
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Brand New Windows 11 Pro PC And Search Advisor Still Doesn't Work In Bing. Any Fix For The Issue?
I know there've been several discussions about this issue going back to 2020 (or even earlier) , but in this case it is a pristine environment: Brand new Dell XPS 15 9520, Windows 11 Professional, nothing installed by me yet except Bitdefender Total Security. No other browsers installed yet. Just Microsoft Edge. And yes, I…
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Infected Webpage Detected. Any Suggestions?
Ok so I'll wait before posting the address that it's ok with you before I do but this is my question. I play games on BlueStacks an android emulator for Windows. I installed a game and for some super strange reason, when I run the game it triggers BitDefender, it reports the game is trying to open a website and that site…
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OpenTrack: Possible False Positive?
I downloaded a head tracking tool called opentrack its open source but bitdefender flagged it as a trojan. I've looked online and everyone says its a false positive can anyone look into it? \opentrack\modules\ps3eye-subprocess.exe that's where the trojan is.
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False Positive From Running Powershell Commands Batch File At Command Prompt. Any Suggestions?
FALSE POSITIVE I got a false positive today from running Powershell commands through a batch file at the command prompt in Windows 8.1 x64 with BIS 26.0.32.116. In short, the Skript I run looks for differences between files at two user-specified paths (vaguely like the command "fc", but batched and using analogous…
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Bdservicehost consistently averaging 20% CPU
Hi, I've noticed that whenever I startup my PC and check task manager, I see bdservicehost (the virus shield) using 18-22% CPU very consistently. When I launch a game or something and the CPU is high, the service drops to 10-13% CPU usage and goes back up to 20%. I've just noticed as I am writing this that it stopped and…
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Continuous "Suspicious Connection Blocked" Pop-Up Notification. How To Solve This Problem?
I am getting continuous pop-up. I don't want to add this site to exception, I just want to remove that website's tracker, cookies anything that is making this pop-up appear again and again when my chrome or firefox is open. "Suspicious Connection Blocked Feature: Online Threat Prevention chrome.exe attempted to establish a…
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Custom Scan Option Not Available. Any Help?
in the protection tab there is no antivirus pane Windows 10 22H2
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I Keep Getting A "Suspicious Connection Blocked" Notification And I Don't Know Why. Any Help?
Multiple times a day, and constantly when using chrome, I get the notification: Feature:Online Threat Prevention chrome.exe attempted to establish a connection relying on an untrusted certificate to wpad. We blocked the connection to keep your data safe since untrusted certificates are issued by unrecognized Certificate…
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Online Threat Prevention
I'm receiving this message doezens of times in bursts, it points to the Microsoft update service as the culprit. So what's happening here, anyone know about this? Thanks. message: Online Threat Prevention We blocked this dangerous page for your protection:…
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Password Manager from Bitdefender
Hello. I am trying out /testing password manager from Bitdefender. I installed the extension on Firefox browser. Now, when I open Firefox I get a warning (from Bitdefender itself) saying: firefox.exe attempted to establish a connection relying on an expired certificate to prodh-tmg.mhtr.be. We blocked the connection to…
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Bitdefender not showing in system tray & Bitdefender does not start on startup
I've just noticed that the Bitdefender icon is not showing up on my system tray. Actually, this occurs randomly. Sometimes the Bitdefender icon appears in the system tray and sometimes not. Also, when it doesn’t appear than "On-access" file scan also does not work even I select the infected file. I am using Bitdefender…
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Alert Mode Does Not Work. Any Suggestions?
I reinstalled Bitdefender Internet Security, change Alert mode ON. Then I run some applications, and i have zero alerts. All applications at "Application access" tab blocked or allowed it depends on "Default application behavior", but i have never alert with question allow/block.
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Cannot create an Antivirus exception
I have been unable to create an antivirus exception, having looked at instructions on how to do so. After going through the process of creating an antivirus exception (I have tried both folder and exe), hitting Save, then find that there are no exceptions in the list. Method: Hit Protection, Antivirus open, Settings,…
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Brute Force Attept Blocked, But Where Originating?
I get numerous notifications each day that state: "Multiple failed login attempts were made by 80.66.88.208 using the protocol. We blocked the connection to stop the attacker from gaining access to your credentials and compromise your privacy." All good, but what is "the protocol"? I am trying to figure out where this is…
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Bitdefender add-in caused outlook to crash
I think this problem may be related to Bitdefender (BD) trying to scan SSL certificates? But I can't find the switch to turn this activity off. This problem was reported in earlier versions - however the current version of BD no longer has this option.
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Outlook 2019 Does Not Recognize Bitdefender As A Valid Antispam Product. Any Help?
Hi. Has anyone managed to get Outlook 2019 to recognize Bitdefender as a valid antispam product and stop the annoying Programmatic access message in Outlook? Thanks Ian
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Bitdefender Keeps Blocking "powershell.exe". What Do I Do And What's This?
EDIT : Not sure if im posting in the right place btw. So i installed bitdefender on my desktop pc and did a quick scan but during the scan and currently while im writing this i keep getting pop ups BitDefender blocked a threat accessed by application powershell.exe, while looking at the logs it says: FEATURE : Online…
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Unable To Add Exception For Items In AppData. Any Suggestions?
See above image. I can only add exception for Online Threat Prevention, not Advanced Threat Defense nor Antivirus. This is interfering with an application I need.
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Firewall Rules Resetting Any Fix?
I have again had my rules reset and have to click on every single thing that wants access. Any reason why or hints to make this not so painful?
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Metroid Primehack: Well Known Hack On YouTube. Detected Potential False Positive?
Can anyone confirm if metroid primehack updated is legit off github, look up any metroid prime hack tutorial on youtube and you’ll sure find it, they’ve got tons of views and nobody in the comments are saying anything like it’s suspicious. Please I just want to play.
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How to remove BD SSL certificate and/or BD root certificate?
I migrated a website to a new host and was having trouble setting up Let's Encrypt. I proceeded to view the site without the LE cert working, not realizing that BD was going to install it's own cert for this site. HOW DO I REMOVE THIS CERTIFICATE AND PREVENT THIS "FEATURE" FROM DOING THIS IN THE FUTURE? I am beyond…
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Since Installing BD Internet Security Recently, Thunderbird Stopped Connecting. Any Suggestions?
Since installing Bitdefender recently (last week) Thunderbird loads but won't Get Messages or Send. A pop-up message says : Server XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX has disconnected. The server may have gone down or there may be a network problem. Webmail shows the server IS up - and therefore that the server is NOT down. Is there a…
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The firewall alert feature is not working properly. It is useless and I had to disable the feature.
The firewall alert feature is not working properly. I can't accept or reject alerts because it goes into an infinite loop. I cannot close it either, unfortunately. It is useless and I had to disable the feature. The version I am using is 26.0.12.56 Operating system: windows 11 Operating system build number: 22000.527
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Do You Rely On BD Total Security In Terms Of Security And Privacy?
Do You Rely On BD Total Security In Terms Of Security And Privacy?
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Bitdefender Disabled ReimagePlus Application. What Should I Do?
Anyone out there experiencing a situation that the latest Bitdefender update has quarantined your Reimage application? Then when you go to allow the application Bitdefender disables the Reimage application so that it is unusable and non-installable. Hugh
