install bitdefender root certificate--what is this

johnvk

I got a pop-up yesterday and today.

Title: Install Bitdefender Root Certificate

Text: You must close thunderbird in order to install the Bitdefender Root Certificate.

Yesterday, the program reported: update failed, error -11.

Today the update error seems gone; the program reports: Update successfully finished.

Are these expected? They are a change in visible behavior, for sure, from my perspective.

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Antivirus Free Edition 1.0.9.54

Last update time: 11/10/2017: 08:33:36

Engine version: 7.73746

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Dim9

Short story: SSL protection for your browser. It breaks connection to the bad sites with bad certificates...

But the problem - in free version you can't disable it, so if you work with your own self signed ssl webs like i do every day, it breaks connection. So, the only option is to disable the whole protection. Thanks a lot, bitdefender, you was the best option among the other free antiviruses, now i have to uninstall it. Like is that really that hard to place at least Some options in the free version? I won't buy it just to be able to Disable something, it doesn't make any sense, sorry guys, this policy is wrong...

simbeav

And what is worse after clicking on this yesterday my Windows 10 PC kept getting a BSOD. I don't know how Bitdefender managed that, but it has been rempved from my PC never to return !

stickywire

I'm having the same issue since a few days ago. Now I can't access my own router/firewall's web interface from any browser since it uses a self-signed cert, the BD cert took over and screws it up. Once I turn off the BD protection, everything works again. Disappointed to have to uninstall.