Is BitDefender a serious antivirus application, or just malware?
I have heard a lot of good things about BitDefender, and the research seems to indicate that it is a respectable antivirus application, so I installed it. After installing it, however, it seems determined to advertise other BitDefender services to me. It is constnatly trying to get me to install BitDefender VPN. Sorry, I use NordVPN, one which is consistently reviewed as a superior quality product that is faster, has more access points, and keeps fewer logs. Asking me after I've said no just makes your product look consistently worse and like a lower quality product, both the service I keep saying no to and your supposed antivirus/antimalware program. In addition, it tries to ask me to install other services. And it will keep asking me about services that it has asked about before. Rarely does a day go by when I don't get 2 or 3 popups on my phone or computer for BitDefender products.
I have gone into settings on my computer and turned off both special offers and recommendation notifications, but I still get suggestions on my computer. The Android app doesn't appear to have such options anyway, not that it seems to work on the PC.
Look. I paid for your antivirus. I don't want your other garbage, I have better products handling those things. STOP SPAMMING ME. It's not a good look, and it is really just making BitDefender look like malware itself.
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Kindly have a look at the reply from bitdefender forum admin @Alexandru_BD in the below stated post
https://community.bitdefender.com/en/discussion/92278/recurring-notifications-popping-up
The developers are aware of different notification that pop up despite the option being disabled in the product settings and are working on a fix.
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See also if anything in this thread may help as far as your Windows PCs.
All Bitdefender Home Product User Guides: https://www.bitdefender.com/consumer/support/user-guides/ Using BD Antivirus Plus along with Glasswire free.
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You can still, those options are on the pc, but not Android. And I swear, it's trying to get me to install the bit defender password manager, vpn, or what have you once or twice a day. It really tarnishes the respectability of the product.
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Hello.
If you mean these recommendations:
you just can't disable them.
Also, in your Android settings, go to Notifications -> App notifications -> Bitdefender Security and disable Offers.
Regards.
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