Bitdefender Antivirus Free (2023) / Exclusion not working

Geert Pirens

Hi,

Can somebody please help because Bitdefender is driving me nuts !?

I have noticed that the exclusion does not work in Bitdefender Antivirus Free v27.0.23.112

I already configurate Bitdefender to exclude a folder and whole disk from scanning and incoming downloads from certain software but Bitdefender still see it as a threat however I'm 100% sure it's a false positive.

Anyway, this is how I configure an exclusion:

Protection -> Antivirus -> Settings -> Manage Exceptions

There is also an Advanced Threat Defense where you can managed exception, I have tested it but this also won't work.

Is this a bug or did I do something wrong ?

I hope you guys have some awnsers for me as I really like Bitdefender and would like to continue with this antivirus.

Scott

Hi @Geert Pirens

Even though the below is for the paid version, Total Security, see if these steps help enforce the Exceptions. Shutting down all the modules that apply in step #1 (which may not be very many, as the free version does not include, are not enabled, all of the modules shown below)

https://community.bitdefender.com/en/discussion/comment/329982#Comment_329982

Kind regards,

Scott

Geert Pirens

Thanks that was the solution it works now ! 👍️

Geert Pirens

So all these must be enabled:

1. On-access scan
2. On-demand scan
3. Embedded scripts

But what about those options below?

Online Threat Prevention (mine is OFF)

Advance Threat Defense (mine is OFF)

Scott

Yes, both of those should be enabled, if you can with the free version.

These articles will help to explain it.

https://www.bitdefender.com/consumer/support/answer/2024/

And from this article:

Bitdefender protects you against cyberattacks through a set of features that scan different areas of your device. One of the features, Web Protection (Online Threat Prevention), is designed to scan all web traffic and block any malicious content – infected URLs, untrusted web pages, fraudulent and phishing links.

Whenever you try to visit a website classified as unsafe, the website is blocked and a warning is displayed in your browser. The warning contains information such as the page URL and the detected threat.