I just installed the Free Version of Bitdefender 2016 and noticed that the vsserv.exe service is permanently sending and receiving data from one or multiple ec2-*.*.compute.amazonaws.com addresses. During installation I chose to not send usage report.
When my system is idle only one such connection is present however the moment I resume a download with uncapped speed (Steam, browser, ...) multiple connections appear increasing the total traffic caused by this service. Since I'm on a rather slow internet connection the tools I'm using to monitor my download speed over time are reporting high fluctuations. This was not an issue with the previous version of the free Bitdefender.
What information is Bitdefender sharing here? Is this by design or is there a way to make it stop?