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An overview of the Bitdefender Security Widget
Hello 😊 Since the user manuals have not been updated yet to include information about the security widget that was reintroduced in Feb. of 2021, I thought I would post some of its features here. Some of it may be pretty basic, but I thought I'd include it for those who are new to Bitdefender and the security widget. An…
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Issue with Profile Auto-Switch due to Webex Application
When using Bitdefender's automatic profile selection feature, I'm experiencing an issue where the Work profile remains permanently active at the end of the day. After investigating the issue, I was able to determine that this behavior is caused by the Webex application. The attached video demonstrates the problem and its…
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Game Profile Bugged. Any Help?
I just installed Bitdefender Total Security, and it seems like that I am not able to change the Game Profile. Whenever I turn on Postpone Windows Automatic Updates and click save. It just doesn't save, and still remains unchecked.
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Bitdefender may be causing my PC to slow down / freeze up
hi all I now think Bitdefender is the reason or big part of reason my PC is slowing down and even freezing up. i read Archi dice's post about BD using up resources, and that prompted me to post this, though my issues may be different from his. his seems to be Bitdefenders resource use, where mine may be compatibility…
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File cleaner
Would be great if you could add a Cleaner for computer files.
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Cookies
Does anyone know if there is an easy way of preventing optimizer from removing my cookie settings on every website I use please? I like the way it cleans up my laptop when I run it once a month but have no diea how to control what it does or doesn't do and having to reset cookies on every regulary used website is more than…
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Does Safepay session get killed by Bitdefender update?
Hello, all. Just now I'd launched Safepay, loaded a finance-related website in one tab, successfully logged in to my account, navigated through a couple of links …and then the Safepay session suddenly died — Safepay was shut down. Everything else on the laptop continued to function normally, AFAIK. Shortly after being…
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One-Click "Optimizer"
I just want to second the point that I think was made last year: when deleting items from the registry, a detailed log should be made of the keys and values that are being removed, the location of that log should be made evident or discoverable, and that log itself should not be subject to a subsequent optimization. I'm a…
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File Shreder
when I right click the file scan or shredder option it no longer activates the progran. How do i fix that? I can still go into the program to shred files but not the right click option.
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Problems with device locator
Device locator (laptop) seems to be unreliable. One time it shows the device as being at one location, and the very next time it shows the device as being somewhere else. Has anyone had any experience with this feature, and can you offer some advice/guidance on what can be done to pin down the actual location of the…
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Bitdefender Traffic Light
Hi @Alexandru_BD , I saw that it was updated on November 6th. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/trafficlight/cfnpidifppmenkapgihekkeednfoenal?utm_source=ext_app_menu What's new?
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Preventing repeated PR_END_OF_FILE_ERROR messages
I have started getting repeated PR_END_OF_FILE_ERROR (and earlier some ERR_CONNECTION_CLOSED) messages when I first go to websites. After some exploring the only solution I have found is to manually disable "encrypted web scan" under Online Threat Prevention settings (although this seems to rather negate the point of this…
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Issues with downloads after installing Bitdefender Plus
Hello! I signed for 1 year of Bitdefender plus, but after installing it im having a problem across various apps with downloading stuff. Downloads keep interrupting and resuming and it makes downloading things very slow, in gaming clients like Steam, Xbox, EA app etc. And on Chrome downloads are interrupting with network…
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BitDefender Total Security Blocks outlook 2021
Honestly if you pay for software you shouldn't have to search high and low for resolutions to issues you have from a "Community" and the company fall back while you suffer to get the resolution. I'm not posting my finding here because the company should have the answer not me. but online threat protection is the culprit…
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PROBLEMAS PARA INSTALAR OTROS PROGRAMS
DESABILITO EL ANTIVIRUS PERO EN EL MOMENTO DE INSTALAR OTRO PROGRAMA NO PERMITE COMO PUEDO DESABILITAR TEMPORALMENTE
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Anti-Theft - stolen recovered laptop
I used Anti-Theft to erase the contents of a laptop. Worked well. However I have now managed to recover it, but obviously there is nothing on it, so trying to re-install Windows using the recovery key from Microsoft, it will not load. It's a year old Laptop, and I'm running into what looks like a Master Boot Record, GPT…
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Can I Get A Step-By-Step For Shredding Files In My Recycle Bin?
Hi. Can I Get A Step-By-Step For Shredding Files In My Recycle Bin? I'm Not A Techy To Say The Least. Thanks.
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OneClick Optimizer Not Working. Any Help?
I have Butdefender Total Security, Builde 26.0.32.123 I use Windows 10 on my Dell Alienware Computer For some reason, One CLick Optimizer is not working. When I select it, a box comes up saying BD is searching for disk issues and to Please wait while BD analyzes your system. The little circle just goes on and on without…
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Parental Control: Daily Time Limits Automatically Turning Off. Any Suggestions?
Hi all - I've just tried setting up 'Daily time limits' in Parental Controls - once I've set this up and saved it, the toggle will show as being turned on and active. However, if I reload the Parental Controls page, the toggle automatically turns off, and shows as grey and inactive. (The difficult thing with this is that,…
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Can't Turn Off 'Work' Profile. Any Suggestions?
My automatic scans stopped working and in investigating this I noticed the the work profile was turned on. I then turned off 'activate profiles manually' and turned off the work profile. After x-out from Bitdefender and going back to the 'profiles' screen, the work profile is turned on again. I am using Windows 10 on a HP…
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SafePay keeps popping up when browsing website in Opera today
Today when browsing around products on Home Hardware's website (e.g. https://www.homehardware.com.au/stanley-hand-riveter ) I found that the BD SafePay was opened three times, without me doing anything other than right-clicking to open various products in new tabs. Not sure whether this is a fault of the website, or BD, or…
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Add Shortcut to File Shredder to Desktop
Hello, I am trying to figure out how to place a shortcut directly on my Desktop for File Shredder rather than going through the context menu of right clicking or having to open the Bitdefender program and navigating to open the program that way. While I had it running, I see that the associated EXE file is "bdfvwiz"…
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Prevent Bitdefender free from disinfecting a file
Hi, I'm a python developer and I have come into a problem with bitdefender. Whenever I run my code, bitdefender will block it, disinfect it, and then I need to go and remove it from quarentine. I added an exception but all that does is stop the program from going to quarentine when it starts disinfection. How do I stop the…
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The firewall creates consecutive entries for the same program.
Does it happen with you that firewall entries do not overwrite the previous version of the program, but new entries are created?
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File shredder missing in recycle bin
Hello, my file shredder as gone missing in my recycle bin on windows 11 can anyone help
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Bitdefender Secure shredder has disappeared after installing Win11
Upgraded Windows 10 to Windows 11 and the shredder option has disappeared from the recycle bin, and cannot find out how to put the option back again.
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Constant CPU activity
This morning I noticed that Bitdefender has begun constantly using between 5% and 9% of my CPU. I have never had this before and just checking to see if anyone else is seeing this.
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Is there a way to turn off Bitdefender Total Security completely?
I've tried to turn off Bitdefender Total Security through the dashboard and it still false flags and kills files I work on. I turned off every single option I could possibly turn off/on. Before Bitdefender I used ESET for more than a decade and ESET had an option to turn it off. Unfortunately, I keep winding up having to…
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Adding Office 365 apps to "Working Profile"
I was having such issues with BD hogging all the disk I/O when I fired up my laptop, that it made the laptop pretty much unusable for 20 or 30 minutes. I discovered the profiles in the utilities and was able to add several apps to the work profile like Quicken and FireFox. However, when I tried to add Office 365 Word or…
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Change logs folder
Greetings! Is there any way to change the folder the scan logs are stored in? I could not find any relevant setting and I would really like to store them somewhere else than on the C drive. Thanks
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Missing security widget
With the latest update, the very convenient security widget that could be activated on the desktop is "dead". I invite all those who miss it to send a protest email to Bitdefender support. Thank you.