Bitdefender console on Mac OS Big Sur won't start

SteveV

I've been having a problem with CPU and memory usage on my Mac and in addition to Spotlight, Bitdefender seems to be a major culprit of that. I added some exclusions, but then after a restart the BD console won't start. I get no menu bar icon and can't start it from the applications list either. I have the BD Agent there and if I start it it seems to go down a black hole.

Following instructions from another article I completely removed BD and rebooted (via a Disk Utility First Aid run in Safe Mode). After another reboot I reinstalled from scratch from the BD Central. The BD console was happily running and I allowed the BD Daemon to run in the security and privacy settings as required and then rebooted as suggested. Now I'm back to square one. No BD icon and can't start the console.

paddster7

I have a similar problem.

Bitdefender has always used a lot of CPU cycles. However, after having the program for several weeks, the icon on the menu bar in the upper-right of the Desktop screen has disappeared and I cannot access the main console window. I also reinstalled the application, which brought the menu icon back and full access to the console window. But, the following day I booted up my iMac and the icon was gone and I could not access the main console when double-clicking on the Bitdefender Agent.app application.

Very disappointed!