[Fixed] Very Frustrating Problem With Bitdefender, Bandwidth Usage, Bandwidth Consantly And Massivel

Please try this:

http://forum.bitdefender.com/index.php?sho...st&p=174667

Hi, thank you for the reply. Iv tried it but it did nothing for me. BD still keeps buffering videos. Gona try the registry fix next, because disable http traffic scanning option does not disable anything.

Still boggles the mind how a 4-5 year old software issue can't be fixed. I mean I know that Romania has fast broadband and doesn't give a s**t about download limits, but where I live I have to make do with a 1.5MB/s line shared with 3 people and wasting bandwidth is not ok.

Also I wonder how many people use BD and are not aware of this problem.

Hello ObsCure,

The only you can do is to download this tool (tcpview from sysinternals) and every time you see this issue, close connection(s) with "finwait_2" status, or disable/enable your network connection.

You can also see this : http://forum.bitdefender.com/index.php?sho...st&p=173715

columbo...the man who cannot miss anything!

Regards

Hello ObsCure,

The only you can do is to download this tool (tcpview from sysinternals) and every time you see this issue, close connection(s) with "finwait_2" status, or disable/enable your network connection.

You can also see this : http://forum.bitdefender.com/index.php?sho...st&p=173715

columbo...the man who cannot miss anything!

Regards

Did the same thing with NetLimiter, its just annoying to do a manual connection kill every time, besides i have people who are not IT spe######ts in my house hold and explaining this stuff to them will be a pain.

BD 2012 didn't have this issue for a big part of the year, and then it started and never went away.

Anyway thank you for the reply.

May be Bitdefender is not handling the IDM drivers e.g idmwfp.sys properly. Did anyone try to add the IDM drivers to Exclusions etc.

I have just test but it not work now

Any solution now ???

The discussion will continue here -> http://forum.bitdefender.com/index.php?showtopic=42438

Hello all, rest assured I will not delete any of the previous posts. I appreciate customers who let us know when things aren't right, as negative feedback is even more important than positive feedback.

What I want you to know is that the ghost traffic issue reported here and in other topics of the forum has been acknowledged by our development team for some time and is currently being worked on for a fix.

Next, I will kindly ask you to post here your ticket ID-s here so I can easily manage them. We will definitely help you in fixing the issue.

Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Where is the fix to this?

My bandwidth cost me a fortune and I just lost a big chunk to some auto play movie. Bad enough you price gouge my subscriptions and now my internet as well. FIX THIS!

OMG I had no idea how long this has been going on without a fix, and to think I just renewed my subscription shame support is not as efficient as billing. Who do I address my excess bandwidth invoices too?

Same here, problem is known for months and no fix in sight. I even tested Bitdefender 2014 beta, bug is present there, also. I'm not renewing my subscription on this AV.

I better be doing a charge back on my recent subscription and use another suite. Still trying to work out what the [escalated] tag means, perhaps its frustration increase rapidly.

Like the use of "usually" as im seeing jack squat from bitdefender.

Hello,

I have one Bitdefender 2013 Sphere licence, and i have installed the product on many computers.

I have launch many tries on many browser and many computers (Windows 8, Windows 7, ...), and I noticed that the problem (the "FIN_WAIT_2 problem") occurs only when Bitdefender is setup and running with the HTTP protocol.

Proof of concept:

1) I setup a fresh Windows 8 install (so no Bitdefender software).

2) I choose one file on the web randoomly to download: file X (so it is - NOT - dependant of the HTTP Server software: Apache, Nginx, ... same results).

2) I launch the download of X with Internet Explorer (transfer rate: 1MB/sec), and I exit the download before it finished.

3) I check "netstat -an". The connection with the HTTP Server have correctly disapeared.

4) I relaunch the same download, and the transfer rate is the same: 1MB/sec. Perfect.

5) NOW, I install Bitdefender.

6) I launch the download of X with Internet Explorer (transfer rate: 1MB/sec), and I exit the download before it finished.

7) I check "netstat -an". The connection with the HTTP Server have --- NOT --- correctly disapeared. I have always the connection active with one FIN_WAIT_2 tag. I can see on my router that there is a lot of network activities. When I kill the connection on the HTTP server myself, the router indicate that there is now no more network activites. So the problem is the file continue to be downloaded!

8) I relaunch the same download, and the transfer rate is about: 500KB/sec... because Bitdefender seems to prevent the aborted download to terminate completely/properly !

It is very annoing because if you launch and stop downloads, your bandwith decrease extremmely, because actually all downloads still to continue !

Please solve this issue. (I have not the problem with Bitdefender 2012).

Hello werby3,

Thanks for your answer.

I was surprised to have a drastic loss of bandwidth... I have my answer now, thank you.

I don't understand how a company as prestigious as Bitdefender can continue to sell products with this kind of critical issues! I'm just shocked.

I'll try the beta version 2014. Maybe they finally fixed the problem...

I use my computers professionally. If the problem persists I definitly migrate everything under Kapersky.

Best regards

Hello,

Finally, I have write one fix by myself for the FIN_WAIT_2 issue...

Binary:

http://dl.free.fr/kyMHYS5nM

Source code:

/**
* Unofficial TCP_STATE_FIN_WAIT2 Bitdefender Fix
*
* Author: JoshY
*/

#include <ws2tcpip.h>
#include <iphlpapi.h>

#pragma comment(lib, "ws2_32.lib")
#pragma comment(lib, "iphlpapi.lib")

#define REFRESH 2
#define HTTP_PORT 80
#define HTTPS_PORT 443

int main()
{    
    DWORD tcptsize=sizeof(MIB_TCPTABLE);
    FreeConsole();
    while(TRUE){
        PMIB_TCPTABLE tcpt=(MIB_TCPTABLE *)malloc(tcptsize);
        if (tcpt){
            if(GetTcpTable(tcpt,&tcptsize,TRUE)==NO_ERROR){
                int i;
                for (i=0;i<(int)tcpt->dwNumEntries;i++){
                    u_short port=ntohs((u_short)tcpt->table[i].dwRemotePort);
                    if(port==HTTP_PORT||HTTPS_PORT==port){
                        if(tcpt->table[i].dwState==MIB_TCP_STATE_FIN_WAIT2){
                            tcpt->table[i].dwState = MIB_TCP_STATE_DELETE_TCB;
                            SetTcpEntry(&tcpt->table[i]);
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
            free(tcpt);
        }
        Sleep(REFRESH*1000);
    }
    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

Simply launch the executable, and the HTTP/S connections with the FIN_WAIT_2 state will be automatically dropped ! It works!

Hi,

Very kind of you.

I tried your app but it cannot be ran (even as administator) cause a .dll is missing from my system (attached image)

As I saw in a quick search, this dll is included in some Microsoft apps which I do not need.

Anyway thanks a lot for your concern.

Regards

Great fix ! It's work !!!

How can I add it at start-up ?

Bitdefender Techs., we obviously have some very talented members like JoshY and realkaka2204, who seemingly were able to accomplish a patch solution. Is this maybe something Bitdefender should look into, test, and create your own "sanctioned" version, and offer it as a (update fix) patch?

No problem with the download on my end, have done it twice, on Widows 8, and 7, with FF 18. Maybe try...lol, dare I say, IE

Hi friend try this link:-----------------------

I'm on and off with work, so I will have to try it this weekend. Let me know if the link worked for you

edit: that sendsapce is bringing me to another download manager, ilivid? Let me try again

Thank you very much my friend, I finally got it with your link.

But it still doesn't work. I always tested on this site http://kallien.caster.fm/ with Firefox 18.

realkaka2204 : It's no need to send it.

JoshY : I had thought of that but thank you anyway

Thank you all

Best Regards

...only one question.

Those executable files are remaining opened after first run. Is it normal?

THX

Thank you JoshY

You are a treasure! We're waiting for your next diamond.

My Best