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Cannot access websites on firefox. Secure Connection Failed: PR_END_OF_FILE_ERROR
Hey there! I installed Bitdefender yesterday and since then have not been able to access large swathes of the internet, allegedly because the connection to these websites is insecure. However, this affects many sites that I am certain ARE quite secure. Ironically this even applies to the website of bitdefender itself [see…
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Rescue environment scan protocol stuck (please help fast!)
After my pc got hacked twice out of no seeable reason, I stumbled across this program and applied for the 7 day free trial. I was impressed with the functionality of this product, so I ran a Rescue Environment Scan over night. It did apperantly find a trojan in my system, which the other anti virus scanners did not find,…
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Banking webpage displays text but not graphics/links?
I started having problems with my bank webpage starting about two weeks ago. It will display text but not the graphics and links to login. This is happening in Chrome and well as Safepay. I did have this bookmarked in Safepay as "always open in Safepay". All of my other bookmarks and financial websites continue to work…
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All USB stop working after the latest update
As of 2025-02-20 the latest Bitdefender Total Security update cause all USB ports stop working (Windows 10 22H2). I spent almost a whole day for trying reinstall USB drivers and cleaning up Windows. None of these steps working. However, when I uninstalled Bitdefender, all was fine again!!! To clarify problem: USB can't see…
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Why isn't contextual scan appearing?
Usually when I right-click something and select "Scan with Bitdefender," the contextual scan window appears and runs the scan. However, that isn't happening now on my desktop (Win 11). It works fine on my laptop. Not sure it's related, but the Bitdefender icon doesn't appear in my tray anymore even though the box is…
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How to protect against spyware?
I recommend that my family and friends whose computers I work on get Bitdefender because it comes out at or near the top of the comparisons. Sometimes, though, their computers get infected with spyware. I then have to install the free Malwarebytes to clean out the spyware, and I get the question of what makes Bitdefender…
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Bitdefender detected a malware and started to "clean" registry entries
Hi. It just flagged a file I had for a long time ago as a potential malware (UBCD4v360.exe) and sent it to Quarantine… up to that point it wasn't that bad, but it then started to kill lots of valid registry entries as: That I had to manually restore one by one (about 40) What's that?
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Why is Powershell tagged as malware
It just suddenly blocked Powershell and I am not running it.
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Moza flight software download blocked
Hi, I am attempting to download the software for my Moza AB9 force feedback throttle from the Moza site. I have tried to approve through the firewall and still unsuccessful. Can you provide information to allow access to this download as it is from the trusted Moza site? Regards Ryan M
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Malicious Software Powershell.exe
I received notice of a malicious infection of powershell.exe. Bitdefender blocked and/or quarantined the code. Anybody know what this virus is? Thanks for your time.
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False positive detection https://p.1ts07.top
Hello. We have detected false positive detection by bitdefender for our domain https://p.1ts07.top. This domain is using by our company in advertising purposes and does not distribute malicious advertising. All the ads is scanning on regular basis for malicious activity. This domain is clean in Virustotal. Could you give…
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Should I be worried about this? Should I do something else?
This is something I got a few minutes ago Should I do something else? Was it a real threat?
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Perplexity Login Problem
My Perplexity windonws and mobile app was working until I installed Bitdefender today. Did some research and tried adding exceptions and disabling dark web scan but all failed. The only way I can login to Perplexity is removing the Bitdefender app in Windows desktop and Android app. Has any one experienced similar problem…
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Strange behaviour of Bitdefender Free
I tried testing Bitdefender Free with Eicar malware test (single and double zip files) and Fortiguard malware test (https://www.fortiguard.com/sample-files). The free version does not detect these on download unless I manually open the Downloads folder on Windows 10. Only then it starts detecting these files and…
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Scan Drive
I have an additional hard drive on my desktop and I would like to setup a custom scan for it. Each time I try to do a custom scan it default to the C drive not my other drive. How do I scan the F drive? HELP
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Free Bitdefender doesn't detect what other free antiviruses do?
Hey, I've used free kaspersky, bitdefender and eset premium, eset and kaspersky detect, but bitdefender doesn't, I mean the file from counterstrike cs 1.6 [ https://cssetti.pl/download ] (steamclient.dll - Win32/GameHack.ANF potentially dangerous application detected - preserved) (Counter-Strike 1.6 v43\voice_mp3.dll -…
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Why am I often getting antivirus settings modified/deselected by themselves ? ?
I've recently uninstalled and reinstalled Bit defender Total Security on my OS using the native tools to do that,I've set the av to perform scans of boot sectors and archives ( enabling the maximum limit of size for that last one to search all the possible ones ) but when I close the software and after a while check the av…
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BITDEFENDER JUST DID COMPLETE SCAN AND DELETED WINDOWS 11 FILE secureboot64.exe
Yep, this just happened yesterday after I started a full scan of my Windows 11 PC. It took several hours to scan my PC and I woke up today to the report stating only 1 file had a problem. I looked at the log and saw, "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\SystemSecure\Modules\System\secureboot64.exe" was recognized as…
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Bitdefender found Gen:Variant.Lazy.97932 in a DLL
I went to run the software that I use for an astrophotography camera last week and Bitdefender said that one of the software's DLLs was infected with Gen:Variant.Lazy.97932. It then quarantined the DLL which is required to run the software, so that I cannot use the camera. This software was installed in September 2021 and…
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Bitdefender blocked website that I didn't visit
Hey, I was just watching a show on my laptop when I got hit with a notification from bitdefender that an infected web page was detected and blocked (1. Default2024. uk/api2/p). I ran multiple scans and checked through my browser settings and couldn't find anything that could have triggered it. Any ideas?
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How do I set up an exception website on the whitelist
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How to stop the notifications when playing a game?
I enabled the games profile and added the game I play as shown below. I am still getting the whatever got blocked notifications. Either inside the game or Windows switches away from the game because BitDefender poped up a notification which makes the game lose its focus. I find this very annoying. I don't want to be…
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need a Restart off the PC
When I start my pc it does not connect to the internet. After a restart it does.what could be the cause
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After installation I cannot access AI engines
I just installed BitDefender a couple of days ago. I used all the default settings when installing. I attempted to log on to a few different AI engine sites I normally use and they are now blocked from access. How to I remove the block?
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Google Chrome infection
I had a new computer built in my old case, updating to Windows 11, but I forgot to reinstall BitDefender. A couple months afterward, something has infected Google Chrome and keeps giving me virus messages in popups stacked on the right side of my screen—-which obscures some of my access to Chrome. They pretend to be from…
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I did not get a malware warning like this person...
I'm on a forum that has a virus problem. Some people said they saw it with Bitwarden, but when I go there I am not warned. Why not? "Members ..... My PC Bitdefender gave me this warning today (and yesterday) (Below was cut & pasted from the warning) If you hover over the "redirected link, you will see the target". Feature:…
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Port Scan Protection, Network Performance, Private Network
Hi, I have upgraded my network to 2.5Ge a while back due to my ISP suggesting upgrading my modem, but I was only able to get 2.5G speeds from a computer before installing Bitdefender until I read the article about disabling Port Scan Protection which fixed the issue. So, why the performance hit with PSP enabled? and do I…
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Automatic Scan startups on new devices
How do I stop an automatically started scan of a new device. I have an external dock ("Toaster") in which I use SATA drives to back up my data. When I insert a 2 TB drive Bitdefender auto starts a scan which can take hours on a fairly full drive. Last night I let it scan a 3/4 full drive it recognized as a new device (took…
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Help with Gmail account
Hello, I am subscribed to Bitdefender Total Security. I have a Mac and use Outlook for Mac. I had to close down Outlook a few days ago, and Bitdefender asked for permission to run about 3 processes when I was exiting Outlook, which it had never asked me before. I might have said no to one of them. Since then, I have been…
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What do I disable in Bitdefender so I can clear my Journal Entries
I'm getting the dreaded 0x80780119 error when using Win 11 image maker. I am trying to use this command: vssadmin delete shadows /for=C: /all But Defender is doing it's job very well. I need to disable for just a short time to execute this command…and restart right after. Thanks in advance!