BitDefender Theft Shows Wrong Address

So what am I supposed to do about this?

There are several options

Show IP, but that does not say if it is showing ME the other guy's IP or revealing MY IP.

Locate, but it does not say what that will do.

Alert, Lock or Wipe, but again it does not say what these will do and what the consequences will be.

After my experiences with Password Manager, I am reluctant to click on anything.

10 hours ago, Sorin G. said:

If you use Google Maps to locate your device, do you get the same address ?

Sorry, this is the first time I've used it, I think I understand now.

Yes, when I click on LOCATE, it pin-points an address 15 miles away and it's always the same address and the device is always on-line when I am. It even has the same name as my machine.

Cheers!

The scary thing is if someone else had a machine with the same name, could he delete my hard drive!?

But while discussing with support by e-mail some of the other issues with recent builds not working properly, this came up and it's to do with the routing your signal uses, especially if it's a wifi (like mine).

So, although there are two large masts near me in my large city, it may get routed through some place south of the river, 15 miles away. Or it may be to do with the "junction box" for cabled broadband.

It does make you wonder, though, that if the device were to be stolen, how would they locate the miscreant if can be "pinpointed" only within a 15 mile radius?

"Gimmick", is my answer. I'd prefer them to spend more time squashing bugs and improving useful features and having first class antivirus, firewall and anti-spam etc. It's pointless changng the layout, format, configuration and adding daft features just to make a new version look "All New" if it's not working properly. My BD has not worked propely since about March 7th, 2017.

>:8o.