Last night I installed BitDefender 2008 AV. The control panel will not open normally. The icon appears in my system tray, but double-clicking or right-clicking it does nothing. I was able to locate seccenter.exe, and opened the control panel that way. When I do that, it won’t let me change the settings.
For example, I want to see the Scan Activity bar. The check box is not checked, and will not let me check it. In fact, none of the check boxes are checked, including “Real-time protection is enabled”. However, it must be working, because I’m getting no alerts saying I’m unprotected.
Why won’t the control panel open normally? Why can’t I change any settings? Should I be asking Support these questions?