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Thunderbird slow opening emails in large folders after recent BitDefender update
After a recent BitDefender update that required restarting the PC, Thunderbird has got slow opening e-mails in any large local folder, such as with a few thousand e-mails or over 1GB in size. For example, my Inbox (a basic local folder, not IMAP or synced) is 3.7GB and any unread e-mail I open shows "Loading Message..."…
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Spam of "Suspicious connection blocked" popups.
Since yesterday there is a constant spam of "suspicious connection blocked" popups every 2-10 minutes disrupting my typing and similar work. Every time I have browser (firefox) open. I've tried everything short of uninstalling Bitdefender including turning off all notifications, turning off all protection features, turning…
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Optimization of update processes
Hi, in Bitdefender Home is it possible to optimize the "Bitdefender Update Downloader" process and later the "Bitdefender Test Engine" process? Because they use a lot of hard disk resources for many minutes, around 5 minutes every time you start your PC and every time Bitdefender is updated (see image). Obviously this is…
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Bitdefender Firewall Blocks Xbox Networking on PC
Hello, Recently bit defender is starting to block xbox gaming connectivity. In order to fix this I had to preform one of the steps that was provided in the comments in an older post linked below. I also know this is an issue because my server connectivity said it was blocked and after disabling firewall or adding svchost…
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dreelflagman.net Online threat
Hi, I keep getting a critical warning. I can't find any info on it. Any ideas on how to neutralize it? Thank you. Edit: link was removed for other members security sake. Scott
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Exceptions not working
Hi, I am testing Bitdefender right now and tried to add an exception so the real-time scan doesn't scan everything a certain process downloads. In my case, it was Guildwars 2 client. It has to download a lot of stuff and Bitdefender is using 30% of CPU all the time. so I tried to add an exception so it doesn't scan anymore…
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Bitdefender Blocks Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 Page Due To Being Infected With Malware. Any Help?
Hello. I am a casual PC user and I have only started using Bitdefender for few months. Over the last week, I wanted to try to change my DNS to Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 DNS. When I clicked on their 1.1.1.1 page to download their WARP app, Bitdefender blocked the page, and it said it was infected. The malware was Trojan GenericKD…
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Bitdefender Scans At Startup. Any Help?
Is there a rationale behind Bitdefender's not doing an automatic scan (either quick or deep) on startup? This is kinda weird. But, ok....Im ok with it being done on restart. I just wanted to find out the rationale as to why? Maybe they wil change it in the future so it automatically can scan upon powerup & Restart?
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Where Do I Find The Virus Scan Settings?
Where do I find the settings to set the time and frequency of scans. I set it once when I first installed BD, but I'm unable to find it now. The scans are happening at different times to the ones I sent
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Bitdefender Detected Bvckup2 As Potentially Malicious And Was Blocked. Any Help?
Getting the following message in Bitdefender Application bvckup2.exe has been detected as potentially malicious and was blocked. I'm fairly certain bvckup2 is NOT malicious. How do I let Bitdefender know this?
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Can't Get Into Websites That Can Be Trusted. Any Help?
I am fairly new to Bitdefender and am having trouble getting into websites that can be trusted and I need to get in to. Is there a thing as "too much security"?
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Use passive detection mode
What is the function of this option?
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Hosts File
I added QNAP entry 192.168.1.111 to the Hosts File to easily Map Network Drives from the NAS. Unfortunately, Bitdefender keeps changing Mi this entry by adding #. How to prevent this change while keeping the hosts file protected. ?
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Scan apps only
How this Feature works for Scanning. ? Should I enable it in the Antivirus settings?
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Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare II (2022) FPS Drops With Advanced Threat Defense. Any Help?
In Call of Duty Modern Warfare II we see low FPS since the latest update. If you add the game to the exceptions of Advanced Threat Defense, the problems go away and the game is as smooth as it was a week ago. see multiple reddit entries on the issue as well.
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BD Total Security Firewall Is Creating New Rule For Every App Updates On Windows. Any Explanation?
Whenever windows updates apps, a new rule with the latest version is automatically created, is there any way to automatically override the old (version) rule?
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Why in the world doesn't Bitdefender Total Security Antispam Protection Support the IMAP4 protocol?
POP3 is outdated. Please, Please, Please support IMAP4 in your antispam protection.
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Latest BD Total Security 26.0.33.139 Causes Windows 10 To Boot To Black/Blank Screen. Any Help?
This PC has had Bitdefender TS running for 2 years with no issues. On Wednesday an automatic update for Bitdefender was rolled out, and it prompted me to reboot (which I did not). At the end of the day I shutdown as normal. The next day, after putting in my Windows PIN and pressing enter, it took an extraordinarily long…
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Can someone help with Bitdefender and Sage Timeslips
Seems like Bitdefender all of a sudden is blocking access to TImeslip's servers.
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Advanced Threat Defense disabled and won't enable
Hi, Newbie here asking for help if anyone can. The Advanced Threat Defense on my Bitdefender is disabled and it won't let me activate it. Pressing "Enable" doesn't do anything and if I try to enable it inside Protection, the slider moves but nothing happens, and it's switched off again upon reloading the console. Updated…
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0-Day Malware Discovered On Discord Network. Any Help?
I was tricked by a malicious actor on discord into downloading a game that was actually a form of malware. After installing the fake game, this person then sent me messages containing my account usernames and passwords, along with web addresses that contained the word "host", and threatened to sell my credentials if I did…
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Bitdefender Keeps My CPU At 80 - 90%. Any Help?
hi there, as you can see in the ss, BD keep my CPU at 100% constantly, sometimes. My pc becomes really slow, i can't end task it, what do i do?
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Are These Directories Created By Bitdefender?
Seeing the following directories/folders: C:\ProgramData\atc C:\ProgramData\gemma Both are zero bytes and contain a directory/folder titled feedback. Are these created by Bitdefender and related to the gemma and atc items within the program install directory?
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Xlsx File Flaged As Malware: False positive Infection?
Hi everyone! I've got the message below after the latest update of bitdefender. The file C:\[...]\Espanso - comandos (1).xlsx=>(dummy) is infected with XLM.Formulas.Abracadabra.4.Gen and was moved to quarantine. It is recommended that you run a System Scan to make sure your system is clean I tried to restore the oldest…
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Bitdefender Want To Scan My Mobile Every Time I Plug It In To Charge. Any Fix?
Every time I plug my mobile into my PC for charging a pop-up appears- Bitdefender recommends I scan the device. My mobile phone already has Bd installed on it. How do I stop this happening please. tia.
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Bug: Settings password keeps getting reset
I have noticed that Bitdefender Total Security's settings password keeps getting reset for no reason, this happens randomly, I had to set it again like three times over this week, and I only noticed this by chance while checking my settings and finding out the toggle is off. This is especially problematic because I can't…
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Looking for a fix
I get the below message Ad Nauseum. Looking for a fix to rectify... msedge.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 Authorities. Any Help is a Help!
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Popups Regularly Appear On The Desktop With Offers For Bitdefender Poducts. Any Way To Disable Them?
Hi, I pay an annual subscription and want to express my displeasure about the popups that regularly appear on the desktop with offers for BD products. Please disable that.
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Bitdefender Pop-Ups On Desktop. Any Help?
I can believe I am still receiving add aboout bitdefender on a popup on desktop. For me, this behavior from bitdefender the opposite of what I expect from this kind of software. I know I will receive the usuall "you can deactivate..." But I dont really care, it should not exist. They are using their access to the system to…
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Any way to whitelist email addresses from detecting dangerous links?
My wordpress wordfence security plugin sends me a weekly report with lists of ip addresses that have been misbehaving and bitdefender just sees a dangerous ip address in the list and notifies me of a scam alert. I dont need bitdefender to check Wordfence emails and would like to whitelist it but i dont see a way to do so.…