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HI, I am having the same issue. I want the software to do what it's doing but in the background.

When is it expected that such a basic setting will be available?

This is so annoying that I rather cancel my subscriptions and switch to another software than put up with this for long.

Thanks.

Hello @Zsenialis, the "suspicious connection blocked" is intrinsically part of the engine and it's a base feature you cannot turn off completely (the user must be notified of such event happening). However, as we have gathered more and more feedback from the community, we are now working on finding a throttled approach so that, even these events occur and are "suspicious" - therefore potentially risky- the user should be notified in a less bothersome manner.

cheers,

Mike

Not being able to disable these pop up notifications is absolutely laughable. You should be paying us to use this in its current state.

Hello @Crina and welcome to the Community. Annoying at they may be - they're cause by something. Can be many reasons and the engine is therefore providing direct warning.

Usually, it's a matter of expired certifications for some websites. Can you share the notification which you are getting?

Mike

Hello @jasonycw and welcome to the Community!

We have addressed this in previous builds, implementing a throttling mechanism that would decrease the number of notifications and just log them.

cheers,

Mike

I am in complete agreement with the complaints of too many notifications and I am glad they are being looked at. Norton lost a lot of business for the same reason. I understand the legal reasons for covering yourself, but many of us are experienced enough to know when we have a vulnerability, thank you very much.

One in particular demonstrates this craziness. When I activate the internet or some other unknown activity, a message will appear that says to the effect: it looks like XYZ is your home office network. Can you confirm so Bitdefender can run scans against it?

C'mon guys. "It looks like'??? That's as close to a guess as you can get. I have multiple networks, that I use for home/office as they are available if there is a problem with one network that I know just needs to be diagnosed. I don't have time to deal with a notification, much less one that will cause even more activity that will slow down everything, as Bitdefender does every time you awaken from sleep mode, reboot, or do anything Bitdefender thinks is "New" or "Looks like."

Remove the notification that Bitdefender "thinks" is a home office network requiring a scan.

And do something about Start up scans (bdservicehost) that just add to an already slow process for operating systems that have also been over-engineered. I realize they should be active while we are, but fix that required scan at startup. Why have it?

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Hello @CapBlah,

What type of pop-up notification do you get? Is it 'suspicious connection blocked', 'threat detected' or what exactly is being displayed? Knowing this, we can recommend ways to supress the notification. Most of the in-product notifications can be disabled, but whenever there's a security related notification, the trigger should be addressed to make the notification go away. If you are working on your device, I would also suggest enabling the Work Profile, because this will disable alerts and pop-ups that steal focus. You can find more information on how to do this in the article below:

Then, to disable notifications in Bitdefender you can apply these steps:

Open your Bitdefender program and go to:

1. Settings -> General and disable "Special offers" and "Recommendation notifications"

2. Protection -> Antivirus -> Settings -> Scan flash drives and select "Autoscan" or "Disabled", do not select "Ask every time" (for the "USB Immunizer Recommendation" notification)

3. Privacy -> Safepay -> Settings and disable "Safepay notifications"

4. Privacy -> Video & Audio Protection -> Settings and disable "Notify when allowed applications connect to the webcam", "Notify when an application tries to access the microphone" and "Notify when browsers access the microphone"

5. Utilities -> Profiles -> Settings and disable "Activate profiles automatically" (for the Profile notification)

After doing that, in the future no pop-up notifications will be displayed in the lower right corner of your screen.

NOTE: Even if various types of notifications are suppressed, this doesn't mean that the product will no longer communicate operation or detection issues. There are still many situations where the user must be aware of what is happening.

Let us know how it goes and if the notifications could be supressed after applying the above steps.

Regards