Ok so the fix has been released.  I receive errors.  Such as 'livesrv.exe - Entry Point Not Found.  The procedure entry point ?get_value@@YAHPEAU_TDFILE@@PEB_W1PEAX_K1H@Z could not be located in the dynamic link library bdutils.dll.'  and 'Bitdefender Update Service has stopped working.' and 'Error C:\Program Files\Common Files\BitDefender\BitDefender Update Service\bdsubwiz.exe An error occurred while trying to create a file destination directory:  Access is denied.'  I have administrative rights.
So I then decided to attemp to start BitDefender.  But before I could do this - because BitDefender quarantined its own files - I had to reinstall BitDefender.  Once I launched it I can see I have NOTHING in the Quarantine folder - so I'm going to assume it deleted all those files it quarantined this morning and the update panel shows that the 'BitDefender Update Service is UNAVAILABLE.'
What now?!?