Better Bitdefender notifications prioritization

infinityspiral

The application has the most annoying notifications UX. Literally every time I get something useless I am weighing the benefits of uninstalling it and canceling completely. Don't be the squeaky wheel. I can't impress upon you enough that the only notification I ever want to get is if something malicious is found and only if it needs an actionable choice from me. Even if a threat is found, if the application can deal with it I only want to see a number badge added to the taskbar icon or on the home area if the application is fully launched.

This application is so noisy it's like having the janitor interrupt a vp meeting with the ceo telling them about how many paper towels have been used that day and if it okay that they fill up the dispensers. What? Just handle it and stop pulling other people off task.

I don't want promo notifications.

I don't want "I updated myself" notifications.

I don't want "I have been doing my job" notifications.

I don't want "I fixed a threat" with no user action required notifications.

PLEASE add the ability to turn off every notification type individually. Don't turn off various groups of notifications you've already shown you can't handle which notifications should and shouldn't be shown so I don't have faith you'd group notifications correctly.

Alexandru_BD

Hello and thanks for sharing your thoughts here.

I moved your post from the ideation category though, since the suggestion has been previously discussed on these pages, and the software does offer various settings for managing notifications. I'll list a few relevant articles here:

https://www.bitdefender.com/consumer/support/answer/2103/

https://www.bitdefender.com/consumer/support/answer/25974/

To elaborate a bit, the in-product usage recommendations are generated by the security software itself to guide you toward better security practices, fix detected issues, or enable specific protective features. They are mainly intended to improve your system’s security posture, so these don't fall into the advertising / "promo" category, because they refer to features already included in the security suite you're using.

When a threat is detected, a pop-up notification will be displayed in the lower right corner of your screen and these alerts cannot be disabled. The fact that various types of notifications were suppressed doesn't mean that the product will no longer communicate operation or detection issues. Whenever something relevant to the security of your system or data occurs, such notifications play a key role in raising awareness of the events happening on the device and send assurances that the product is operating as expected. Options may be provided to take further action, if needed. Being a security product by design, it does not have a toggle to disable security-related notifications completely, as this would defy the whole purpose of having an interactive antivirus that provides feedback and alerts the user of any potential threats or attacks coming their way. These also help provide context, because if the software is blocking something, for example a website, it should explain why.

If you are interested in a specific notification, let me know and if it can be turned off, I'll provide the steps here.

Regards