Bidefender Av 2013 Won't Allow Google Desktop Search To Index Gmail

From the minute I installed Bitdefender 2013, Google Desktop Search is no longer able to access my gmail account for indexing. I didn't think I was buying a firewall. :-) Shutting Bitdefender off temporarily solves the problem, though this is not an acceptable long term solution, of course. Do you happen to know which setting I need to turn off or what permission needs to be granted to solve this problem? Many thanks.