Bitdefender search advisor is still not working with Bing

partharoy1 · December 7

Even with the "Open links in new tab" disabled, the search advisor does not work with Bing

As mentioned in the article at

https://community.bitdefender.com/en/discussion/94653/brand-new-windows-11-pro-pc-and-search-advisor-still-doesnt-work-in-bing-any-fix-for-the-issue

this was being worked on but it's been a year now and yet the issue is not resolved

Alexandru_BD · December 12

Hello @partharoy1,

This is not an unresolved issue since last year. If you are not seeing the checkmarks for Search Advisor, disable the HTTP/3 (QUIC) Protocol. QUIC is the name for an experimental protocol created by Google. It stands for Quick UDP Internet Connection. The protocol supports a set of multiplexed connections over UDP and was designed to provide security protection equivalent to TLS/SSL, along with reduced connection and transport latency.

Some websites are not being filtered because they use the QUIC protocol. QUIC is not a standard SSL protocol, and Bitdefender’s Encrypted Web Scan feature (the one that ensures Search Advisor functionality) does not support Windows browsers with HTTP/3 (QUIC) protocol enabled.

https://www.bitdefender.com/consumer/support/answer/2677/

Let us know if this fixed the issue.

Regards,

Alex

partharoy1 · December 14

Hi Alex,

Did you check the article that I gave a reference of? That option has already been disabled and the problem still exists with Bing.

Alexandru_BD · December 16

Hello @partharoy1,

Yes, I read the above thread shared by you, but I was not referring to the 'Open links in new tab' option, instead I was suggesting to disable HTTP/3 (QUIC) protocol in the affected browser, because I think this could be actually causing the issue you are facing, as per the article I shared with you previously. Have you also tried that? 🙂

Regards,

Alex