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r.srvtrck.com
WHEN I GO TO WEBSITES, INCLUDING THIS ONE I FREQUENTLY GET THIS MESSAGE: Access to r.srvtrck.com was denied You don't have the user rights to view this page. HTTP ERROR 403 I THOUGHT BITDEFENDER WOULD GET RID OF THIS BUT THIS THING PERSISTS. I DID A SEARCH AND THIS IS WHAT I FOUND: R.srvtrck.com is a sometimes-malicious…
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My Windows 10 keeps asking to install Windows 11 - Should I do it OR not...?
I'm always leery of new windows installs. Is it safe for me to install or should I keep Windows 10?
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How do I stop Bitdefender scanning DVD & Blu-ray discs?
Every time that I load a DVD or Blu-ray disc, Bitdefender insists on scanning all the files on the drive, making it impossible to use the actual disc. I can disable Bitdefender Shield for an hour at a time which temporarily solves the problem, but is there a way to permanently tell Bitdefender to ignore this drive? Adding…
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Bitdefender Mac - Activity/Scan Logs
Hi, I need to know where Bitdefender keeps its scan or activity logs. Whilst I was browsing I had a package open up for verification without any action on my part and the CPU went way up for the BDL daemon, meanwhile the AV said it was scanning new files/in background when it's set to scan new files. I need to know what it…
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How To Show Windows Defender As Active?
My job requires me to connect to a Pulse Secure VPN and part of that requirement is having Windows Defender showing as active. Is there any way I can still use Bitdefender while showing the system that Windows Defender is active? Is there any way to get around the conflict that having both active would cause? I really like…
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How To Report Criminal Websites?
These sites steal users' personal data for the purpose of extortion and blackmail. Email messages with malicious links are sent from these sites. In this way, the sites receive a login and password from the victim's email account. After that, they get access to social networks, extract personal information and photos of…
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Bitdefender Home Network Helper Process Uses 60GB+ Of RAM. Any Help?
I booted up my computer and after a 1-2 minutes it started becoming very sluggish(which was very surprising) so i opened task manager to see the network helper processes using 60GB + (50here plus another 15+ commited on the disk). how? Why? like seriously why? what could it possibly be the reason for that?
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Anti-Theft - stolen recovered laptop
I used Anti-Theft to erase the contents of a laptop. Worked well. However I have now managed to recover it, but obviously there is nothing on it, so trying to re-install Windows using the recovery key from Microsoft, it will not load. It's a year old Laptop, and I'm running into what looks like a Master Boot Record, GPT…
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Exceptions not working
Hi, I am testing Bitdefender right now and tried to add an exception so the real-time scan doesn't scan everything a certain process downloads. In my case, it was Guildwars 2 client. It has to download a lot of stuff and Bitdefender is using 30% of CPU all the time. so I tried to add an exception so it doesn't scan anymore…
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Settings backup/export/import
In order to avoid problems (including the possibility of bricking my machines) when running updates, especially BIOS, I have to uninstal BitDefender and then reinstall it. It would help if there were a way of exporting all the user-set settings so that they can be imported to the reinstalled BitDefender. If there's a way…
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Bitdefender VPN: How Is It Google Knows My Location?
I am unfamiliar with much tech... running Mac OSX Ventura 13.2, Safari 16.3 and BitDefender VPN 4.2.1 (4.2.1.4). I have VPN turned on to USA location - how is it when I go to Google it still knows where I am and returns search results for my neighborhood??? I thought VPN was supposed to disguise where I am. I feel like I'm…
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Want To Scan A File Before Downloading It. Is That Possible And How?
Twenty-five page PDF on LinkedIn that I'd like to download. Want to scan it with Bitdefender Total Security Build 27.0.3.19 on my Windows 10 pc BEFORE downloading. Is that possible? How? If not possible, what is best way to ensure I don't infect my pc with anything on this file download? Appreciate any help.
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Bitdefender blocking Edge
Windows 10 64 bit I noticed a connection attempt from a site dev600.com to my Chrome browser with an unmatched security certificate. I briefly enabled it thinking it was just an oversight by the site owner but then quickly blocked it again when it made no difference. This may or may not be relevant to what's below. An hour…
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Good reasons to use Bitdefender Free
Hi everyone, I was an old user of the old free version of Bitdefender. For a few days I have installed the new version of Bitdefender Free on my old laptop and I must say that at the moment it works fine without slowing down my laptop (4GB of RAM and Intel Core Duo 2-Windows 10). For those who use Bitdefender Free (new…
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AVLab Poland Testing Result January 2023
Now before we start, I would like to make it clear that I have long experience with BD products (since 2008) and I’ve been doing malware hunting, testing and analysis as well (nowadays much less so as I need to focus on my own business). I consider Bitdefender almost fully stellar and impenetrable in terms of malware…
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Most Annoying VPN
The VPN is set to automatically start in services, and added as a startup program in MSCONFIG. This is so annoying, as I had to go remove it from both, as many of us do not want Bitdefender VPN, and use other services instead (ex. Nord). This is seriously making me thinking about switching to another security program, as…
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Security Alert from Outlook
Hi team, the message below keeps popping on when I start Outlook 360. I wandering if anyone could give me a clue? cheers
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Editing my own hosts file...good grief!!
I'm trying to simply edit some entries in my Windows hosts file, but Bitdefender keeps telling me I cannot because the file is open in Vulnerability.scan.exe. I've seem some quick suggestions by the mods here to simply disable vulnerability scan for the hosts file, but that does NOT work. So far I've tried turning off…
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Should You "Clean" Your Registry?
The answer to the question "Should You Clean Your Registry?" seems to be a mixed bag depending on who you ask. Even Bitdefender Total Security has a Registry Cleaner in it. I'd like to know the communities opinion on this.
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Full System Scan not working to its full potential
I run a full System Scan but it only runs about 33% of files (compared to Windows Defender). Why is that. How can it be fixed?
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Hosts File
I added QNAP entry 192.168.1.111 to the Hosts File to easily Map Network Drives from the NAS. Unfortunately, Bitdefender keeps changing Mi this entry by adding #. How to prevent this change while keeping the hosts file protected. ?
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Websites to Exclude from HTTPS scanning
Hello, So, as we already know Bitdefender has HTTPS scanning enabled by default. One thing I like about Bitdefender's HTTPS scanning approach is that it seems many of the trusted websites that I visit regularly are whitelisted, meaning HTTPS scanning is not performed on these websites. I don't know whether the whitelist is…
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How Do I Exempt Password Manager From Making Changes In Places I Don't Want It To?
How Do I Exempt Password Manager From Making Changes In Places I Don't Want It To?
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Two-factor authentication not possible
Good day I have created a new account so that I can describe my problem here in the expert community and also download a test version so that my newly formatted notebook is protected. I lost my mobile phone and now I no longer have access to the installed 2-factor authentication. Unfortunately, this happened when I…
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Possible Conflict Between Web Protection In BD Mobile Security For iOS And BD VPN For iOS. Any Help?
There's an issue that's a bit confusing. With both Total Security and VPN installed, and running the VPN, when you try to run a Bitdefender Scan, it comes back stating that Browsing Protection is not installed. What's up with that? You cannot have both browsing protection and VPN running at the same time? If so, why?
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VPN and iOS wifi
I’m not able to connect to my wifi and I never had any connection issues before I installed BD and VPN. What’s happening here?
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Speedtest By Ookla Reports "Latency Test Error". Any Help?
Hello. I have had Bitdefender Total Security installed for a few years at least and have had not issues. Recently, I installed NordVPN and then OpenVPN and have created numerous exceptions in Bitdefender trying to get them to run properly (I must say NordVPN support has been exemplary in trying to get my issues resolved).…
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Suggestion for BitDefender products GUI
Hello! I would like to make a suggestion to improve the BitDefender products. I have been using Bitdefender Total Security on my Windows laptop and BitDefender Mobile Security on my Android smartphone for many years. What I realized in the last few years is that very little to no changes have been made on Bitdefender Total…
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BD Total Security Suddenly Hangs Windows 7. Any Help?
Having used BitDefender Total Security and VPN for a couple of years now on my Windows 7 system without any problems, on march 1st, my computer suddenly became VERY slow on boot and login. It took me a couple of days to find out that BitDefender Total Security was the cause of that issue (not VPN). After uninstalling and…
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Computer Infected while Running Bitdefender, What to do next?
Wonder if anyone can help with some advice..I was having problems with a Asus router that stopped assigning IPs, so I flashed a fresh Openwrt, hoping to fix the problem it was having. Next thing that happened when I plugged my PC into the router, the PC froze within a minute. I held the power button to turn it off, and…
