Please stop the POP-UP AD for New Password Manager on Total Security

There is nothing to "further optimize" here - for people who have notifications for offers turned off this should come up zero times not three.

Hello @Malek_Deneith and thank you for joining us.

The Password Manager notification is not related to the offers, it is meant to inform the user of the available services that can be added in the Central account. This means that, disabling the special offers notifications will not affect this particular message. Whenever special offers are turned off, you will no longer receive in-product offers and if the recommendations notifications are disabled as well, any recommendation will no longer be displayed as a pop-up message, but only in the main dashboard of the interface and these cannot be disabled completely. This way, such important notifications are still available, but they are not stealing focus.

@Peter_NL what the antivirus industry shows us is that there are no providers with 0 notifications out there. Sure, there can be various mechanisms involved, but usually when it comes to security notifications or recommendations, these are very well received by the majority of users and they enhance the interaction with the product, helping the end users make the best out of their chosen security solution.

This being said, most of the notifications have a dismissal mechanism and can be disabled.

Regards

As per my name, please stop. had 6 times so far and with renewal just weeks away, making me want to run off elsehwere.

I never asked for these popups, i even have them turned off like many others here. When will you all learn that this is NOT ok at all.

Probably at least 3 times, though honestly it feels like more. Every time I restart the PC (once every 2 days) it displays.

To echo what others have said, it is bullshit that we even have to report this in a paid antivirus product. I had every extraneous, useless feature like password manager turned off and every notification setting I could find set to eff off, and we're still getting this? When someone mentions talking to the developers about "further optimization", they should optimize their brains into understanding that no means no on the nags for their frivolous sideware. We have other options. Thanks.

"The Password Manager notification is not related to the offers"

When I click the Password Manager, it takes me to a page with a button that literally says: "Buy now at a special prize", so.

Like others, I'm getting these pop-up messages and don't like them. I understand the desire to inform the customer base of new features or services, but to continue with periodic popups can very aggravating. If you must create a popup, do it only once or at a minimum, include a checkbox that says "never show again". That way, I can be informed, but hounded with messages. Get the user some control.

Just had this popup again. Just an utterly infuriating interruption that I can't switch off. I've used Bitdefender for years, but I'm very probably going to be switching because of this specific issue.

Adding my voice to the thread. I have been using BitDefender for many years across many machines and work in a software industry.

Showing the user a pop-up regarding potentially damaging/dangerous activity is one thing (and even then, the user should be able to opt out at their own risk; we're adults).

Forcing the user to click-through the same pop-up, over and over, purely in an attempt to peddle an add-on product when the user has already opted out of in-app marketing, is entirely unacceptable, and trying to rationalize this for "such important notifications" (lmao) and arguing that "there are no providers with 0 notifications out there" as @Alexandru_BD is attempting to do is a reliable way to drive away long-term customers, not to mention killing any favorable word-of-mouth.

I have gotten at least 4 or 5 pop-ups so far. I am disabling automatic updates (and will do so on every restart) and will now be tracking when and how often I update my local install of BitDefender. I would like an ETA (either number of updates or an approximate date) regarding removal of this and any similar pop-up advertisements. If an estimate can't be provided, I will switch to another product.

I don't like what's happening with Bitdefender. I get all these annoying pop-ups about the new password manager as well. I have all notifications turned off. I am not interested. They say 'give it a try', but I bet it's very difficult to return to the old manager. I also went to export my wallet, but it says it is not encrypted????????????? I'm sure it used to be encrypted. They seem to be trying to make the old password manager more difficult and less secure.

I am looking for an alternative and moving from Bitdefender. I really hate being manipulated and that's what they are trying to do.

I registered just to reply: F* the password manager. And f* Bitdefender for trying this bull shit. What is this, a Netflix subscription? I've been a loyal customer for years but this is really aggrevating to the point where I'm switching. Congrats on ****** your own company, ******.

@Mike_BD

I haven't had a pop-up since the 23rd. Thank you (and whoever else at BD was involved), not only for the relatively quick fix, but also for the admission that this was bugged behavior and not operating as intended--appreciated.