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Question about Bitdefender Total Security firewall
Hello, the product I use is Bitdefender total security, and the system is win10. I have some questions to ask: First, does Bitdefender total security call the Windows Firewalls that come with the system, or is it like avast! and Kaspersky, has its own firewall technology? Second, when setting up the Bitdefender total…
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Firewall prompt window with poor info
Hello to all As a Total Security user, I want to manage the firewall rules by myself, in the same way I did in the last 20 years with Comodo Firewall Now, as you can see from the screenshots, it is very difficult to understand correctly which 'exe' file want to communicate, normally (in other software) you put the cursor…
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Firewall Blocks Xbox Multiplayer
It started today. Anyone else having this issue? The issue goes away when I disable Bitdefender Firewall.
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Is it possible to import Windows Firewall rules?
I am keeping Bitdefender Internet Security’s Firewall off for now, as I haven’t figured out a way to import my custom Windows Firewall rules. I’ve exported the Windows Defender Firewall policy, can I place that file somewhere so as to get them into BIS? Thank you!
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Incessant firewall allow/block prompts
I have a hard time believing no one else has had this issue, but I guess it's possible. Tried searching the web first, nothing of use. My Bitdefender firewall will intermittently (between boots) prompt to allow or block something through the firewall. Even if I've already allowed that application a thousand times. What's…
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Firewall notification steals focus and wont disappear when you click Allow/Block
The firewall notifications sometimes just stay no matter how many times you click Allow/Block. This is really annoying and inconvenient at times as it blocks you from seeing anything behind it. Anyone else with this issue? Any fix? I clicked allow like 50 times! Actually 30 or so......but still!!!
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Verbose Firewall Logs
Hello, I was recently alerted that one of my machines was port scanned while connected to a network. However, the alert in the dashboard is lacking any useful details other that the IP that scanned the machine. I would like to know the other datapoints that would have caused this alert to trigger such as what ports were…
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[Firewall] View Application Link Does Not Go To Application
Using alert mode, attempted network access notifications provide a link to view the application attempting the access (in Windows Explorer). However, this link only opens the containing folder and does not go to the application. In large folders like System32, scrolling to find the application is tedious. Also, paired with…
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Lost Firewall password
Tried to add a rule to firewall. It required a password that I no longer remember. How can I change it?
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I cannot activate the Firewall with Plus...
Hi All, I have read and tried all the topics related but still not able to activate the firewall after I installed the plus version. Need assistance to solve this matter. BRgds, CG
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firewall
is there a firewall in BD and if so ow do I disable it?
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bitdefender firewall blocking traffic between Windows host and virtual machines
I have BitDefender Total Security installed on a Win11 PC. On the PC i run GNS3 with a virtual lab network. BitDefender is blocking communication between the VMs and the host. BD Firewall on: ping, SNMP, ssh, etc blocked BD Firewall off: nothing blocked Similar issues with HyperV VMs, Windows Subsystem for Linux and…
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What does the firewall setting "use passive detection mode" do?
The new firewall setting "use passive detection mode" that has something to do with the DHCP-traffic makes me clueless of what it really is and what it does. If someone could please explain I would be really happy :)
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Port Conflict
I am using Rockwell Software BOOTP/DHCP tool which require port 67 to open however it looks like port 67 is used by "bdservicehost.exe" so that doesn't allow me to open my software. I had to remove my antivirus to make it work one time however I can't afford to do that all the time. How do I change bdservicehost.exe port…
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Windows 10 - Virtual Hotspot blocked?
I'm using the trial version of BD and ExpressVPN on a Windows 10 PC and I'm using a Netgear A7000 mobile wifi adapter. The hotspot had worked fine until installing BD. Uninstalled BD and Hotspot works fine. Did this a few times. I don't understand much of this but I'm guessing from what I've read that the BD firewall is…
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Cannot turn on Bitdefender Firewall and Ransomware Remediation
Hi, I just subscribe to bitdefender total security. Currently have 2 device (windows 7 and windows 10). In my windows 10 machine i cannot turn on Firewall and Ransomware Remediation (the switch is grayed out). While in my windows 7 machine i am able to switch it on just by clicking it. How do i turn these features on on my…
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Bitdefender Firewall Blocking Xbox live connection
I bought Forza Horizon 4 on my PC, which uses Teredo Pseudo Interface Tunneling. And BD Firewall is blocking all the connections to Xbox Networking. Whenever I run xbox Networking diagnostics, it shows server connectivity blocked. I contacted Microsoft support and they replied that BD firewall is blocking the connection.…
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External access attempt blocked
Hello people, Yesterday, around this time, my Bitdefender Total Security 2020 firewall gave me countless notifications of external access attempt blocked. The feature is online threat prevention, with a description of "An attempt to access your files from an external source was made by 192…..1. We blocked the connection to…
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Bitdefender firewall wont allow WSL traffic
Hi there, I've just installed Bitdefender total security 2020 and I can't seem to get any traffic through WSL2 (windows subsystem for linux). Does anyone know how to allow this or what settings? I've tried a few things but the only thing that works is reverting back to using the Windows Firewall. Many thanks, Xephys
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Flight simulator 2020 block by firewall
Hello I install Flight Simulator 2020 by Microsoft Store. But the firewall of BitDefender block the game. Only if a desactivate the firewall that the game connect. How can i make an except rule with the firewall with an app on windows 10? thanks
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Bitdefender Firewall Resetting NIC
I found an issue with Bitdefender's firewall and NIC resets. Over the past year now, I've had random disconnects when streaming video (Microsoft Teams, chat services, etc). The disconnect happened seemingly at random and the Windows logs were not very helpful. As seen below, this Warning message was always thrown right…
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Firewall blocking all file sharing
Am I the only one unable to get their computer showing up in the Network because of Bitdefender's over-zealous firewall? I've already gone through the instructions both online AND via their phone support including turning off stealth, putting in a custom rule, etc. Nothing works. I can ONLY see my computer in the Network…
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Bitdefender Firewall blocking Minecraft Dungeons
Greetings, For the first time in years I have run into an issue with Bitdefender. It seems that the firewall is blocking something in Minecraft Dungeons. I have tried adding the exes for the game: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Lovika_1.4.6.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Dungeons.exe C:\Program…
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Export/Import Settings Feature
Hello Bitdefender, To start with I think that this feature has been requested for a fair long time by lots of your customers. I`m long time user (3 years) and BETA tester and after all these years I`m tired of always set especially Firewall and Exclusions settings after new version release or after reinstalling your…
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Blocks IDrive
I have used BD Total Security for some years, together with IDrive following a BD update early Feb, about 7th my backup failed, tried various things with IDrive but constantly failed, and failures required a hard boot to rectify subsequent win problems. After a few days testing found that with BD v25.0.14.58 turned off the…
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Feature Request - BD Box
I have been Box user since last 4 years and I haven't seen any significant improvements so I would like to provide list of improvements Bitdefender should provide for Box users. Firewall VPN (a. either provided by BD or third party support) Feature like PiHole (https://pi-hole.net) - to remove those pesky ads/ improves…
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I've got some alerts on my Firewall triggered recently. Please Advise
I've had a Breach Recently, been dealing with it for a week. I've never had enough sleep or a moment where I relax, I'm trying hard to mitigate the incident and try harder to improve my mentality and patience while handling it. Getting Straight to the point I have attached some screenshots of what are the alerts, these…
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Port scan
Hi, I got an alert for a port scan and im a little bit concerned. Quoted: " the firewall has blocked a port scan from remote host 204.79.197.200 on ports 64848, 64849, 64844, 64851, 64855" Example of attacked port: 443 -> 64848 (tcp) (https) However when looking up the ip address it says that it belongs to Microsoft and…
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BitDefender slows down my download speed that it is measured in kilobytes
Title said it all. My download speed is literally measured in kilobytes while BitDefender is active, as soon as I turn off the protection shield it comes right up. I tried reinstalling BitDefender and even reinstalled Windows but nothing changed (also reinstalled/updated my wificard drivers, this problem happens with the…
