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How can I fix this issue?
Hello, I use Bitdefender Total Security Antivirus for Windows 11. It works well, however. When a "bad" site gets detected defender stops it in it's tracks, however it leaves a cluttered notification area. Somehow, when I try to click on a bad website, Biitdefender blocks the connection more than 12 times if not 20 times.…
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Windows Defender Real-Time Protection and Bitdefender
Hi there! I work home-office, and in order to stay organized, I've created a new account in my device only for work-related tasks. I am currently using Bitdefender, however my company requires that I use Windows Defender for business in my device with Real-Time Protection turned on. Which features can I disable on…
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The "false" Malware
I created an a archive with the extension .BAT and bitefender has removed the archive .BAT
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Any Conflicts between Nord Vpn & Bitdefender total security
Are There any suspected conflicts between the Nord Vpn & Bitdefender total security? Specially when the " Threat Protection '' Feature of Nord vpn's extension is enabled along with bitdefender's anti tracker extension & ublock origin ? This answer does matter plz help
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IDM Integration (Internet Download Manager), how to add a virus scanner.
Hello! In Internet Download Manager (IDM), there is an option to add a virus scan. But I don't know what program (.exe) Bitdefender uses to scan files, can someone help me with this?
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I recently changed from McAfee
I keep getting messages that my system has viruses. I have uninstalled all McAfee programs. Bit Defender tells me i have no viruses. Please help Thanks
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How to switch off "Prompt for Password"?
When scanning 16TB disks it can take a while. I try to do that when I am not doing anything on the PC so it will be ready when I return. However, the running task will prompt sometimes for a password when it encounters a password protected file. But since I am not there to override, it just stops there. When looking at the…
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Bitdefender Router?
Hi, I wonder if anyone knows which router with sim card has Bitdefender pre-installed. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Christer Sweden
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Can I turn off Bitdefender - having a critical false positive issue
I hope this is not going to be a deal killer for me. I have a few programs that are very important (and have been in use for several years) Running windows 11 Pro and have been using one particular ap for about 7 years. Been thru several Windows upgrades (7, 10 and now 11) and the program in question has been well…
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Trojan.GenericKD.69163720
I ran a full system scan today and this trojan file was deleted and removed. Im not sure why Bitdefender did not catch it before the system scan was run. Can anyone shed some light on if I can check on the timing of this install of this trojan.. is this a real virus?
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Why is this bank being flagged as suspicious?
I've read about OpenBank on various financial sites (that aren't scams) and decided to check it out. But I got an alert that there was suspicious activity. The Bitdefender app didn't say what it was so I asked Scamio about it. Scamio said there was malicious activity. This is odd because this is a bank website. What's…
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Zero-Threat Attacks
I've seen "crypters", programs that are used to obfuscate malware (more targeted on stealers and RATs). Can Bitdefender actually protect my device from those attacks? I've seen one "crypter" such as Data Encoder ([*url removed by @Flexx*], please visit the website at your own risk) and they record and claim to bypass…
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Backdoor not detected -- Bitdefender
Good day, pls advise, i found this alarming information on Windows Defender when checking through Windows security. it has been there more than a year and while i have been protected by BitDefender. "" Microsoft Defender Antivirus has detected malware or other potentially unwanted software. For more information please see…
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Email Protection in BD Premium Security
I just started using BD Premium Security and when I try to add email protection for either gmail or Outlook mail in Outlook, I get error messages resulting in protection not being on. It never stops asking for permission for either account that I try. I have verified that google mail is allowed by checking the gmail…
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Gmail Logs in But Bitdefender Email wont work
Gmail Logs in But Bitdefender Email wont work. It worked on one machine but not another one. Gives the error to try again, and same results. Thanks
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What is Bitdefender doing with my email?
Note: Selecting a category is required, but running my cursor over the options, many of them (including Antispam) couldn't be selected in my Firefox browser. I settled on the category Windows / Utilities, which I know is wrong, but is the closest I could come. This should be fixed. Now for the actual subject of this post .…
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Connect Bitdefender to Outlook 365
Hi, When I try to connect Bitdefender to an Outlook 365 account, and after entering my Microsoft account credentials, I always get an error page: Bitdefender Central Can you help me? Thanks in advance Paulo Oliveira
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FOSS software being marked as malware/pua, false positive submission system doesn't work
I noticed Bitdefender Free detects "Angry IP Scanner" as some hack tool/PUA with a frightening looking name so I wanted to submit false positive. The page: https://www.bitdefender.com/consumer/support/answer/29358/ doesn't function at all. I even added the pointless screenshot. My bug report to Angry IP Scanner repo issues…
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How to disable scanning Recycle Bin of portable drive
I asked this before and thought that the instructions I received fixed it. But, it didn't. The next time I plugged in the portable WD My Passport drive, Bitdefender began scanning the recycle bin of the portable drive. Following is a screen capture of the settings to turn off the scanning of the recycle bin of the portable…
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Bitdefender search advisor is still not working with Bing
Even with the "Open links in new tab" disabled, the search advisor does not work with Bing As mentioned in the article at https://community.bitdefender.com/en/discussion/94653/brand-new-windows-11-pro-pc-and-search-advisor-still-doesnt-work-in-bing-any-fix-for-the-issue this was being worked on but it's been a year now and…
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Bitdefender scan ends prematurely
Hi, I have a lot of files to scan. I let the scan run for over 2 days. Unfortunately, it is hanging up on something and closing the scan with an error. The second time I ran it, the scan just closed. I am now scanning each directory separately to narrow down what file/directory is causing the trouble. It might be a corrupt…
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Startup scan - Always
Since few weeks ago I observe that BD performs startup scan, always, no matter what I do. Early boot is turned off, scan network shares is off too. Yet it decides to trash my mechanical drive array of 40TB, EVERY single boot. Takes half an hour or so, with extensive seeking. How do I turn it off? Why isn't there an easy…
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How to disable scanning Recycle Bin
Every time I connect my WD My Passport to my computer, Bitdefender begins scanning the Recycle Bin on the drive. Because there are a lot of deleted files in the Recycle Bin, the scanning continues for many hours. Can scanning of the bin be disabled? How? Thank you.
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We couldn't complete the activation flow. Please start again.
My account for email protection ended I tried to reactivate and got the error above I have since removved it in BitDefender and tried to re enter the email address but it just keeps opening up the browser and gives this error after I go through the motions. I also removed Defender from my Google account still no luck why…
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Something went wrong We couldn't complete the activation flow. Please start again
cant validate installation of email or password protection
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Port Scan Exception: Can it be set to an IP on my home network only?
Problem: The security firewall router on my home network does security scans of devices to check for open ports. This triggers a Port Scan blocked in BitDefender, and that cuts off the Internet, because the address blocked is my DHCP server. Solution w Bitdefender: I could add the IP of my router as an exception in…
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Bitdefender Stalled
I ran my Bitdefender on a full system scan. It got stuck on the Microsoft store app and stayed there for an hour or more. I shut it down, incomplete. This morning I downloaded the Bitdefender online scanner and it will not open! Any ideas?
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Bitdefender Antispam Settings, IMAP, and Quirks
I have 10 email addresses in Thunderbird: 9 use IMAP and 1 is from my website using some mongrel package from my web host. My current download of BD's Help doc says BD doesn't do IMAP; however before I saw this, either I, or BD default, enabled Antispam and Thunderbird had a new BD Antispam add-on, plus, curiously, newly…
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Strange Detection from Google search
Hello, I just had a strange threat detection after running a simple Google search. The detection was for GT:JS.RogerDldr.1.EB4FB741 and it was located in the Firefox profile's cache2\entries folder. It looks like the detection happens immediately after doing a simple Google search for "ak69" (Japanese hip hop group) so not…
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Email protection error
We couldn't complete the activation flow. Please start again.