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it has been 5 hours and still it is scanning why?
why it is taking so long to scan i only wanted to scan my c drive but it has been 5 hours and still it is scanning
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Android Mobile with Total Security License?
BD Mobile Security (shows "trial") on my Subscription/MyServices/Licenses page while BD Total Security (5) and BD Premium VPN (10) both show "new". Huh? There is no BD Total Security (Android) app on Google Play, only BD Mobile Security, despite BD Total Security stating it runs on Android. Upon initially launching BD…
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Bitdefender Security installation is launched, but does not install
I have alreday installed it OK in 3 devices. Last one is a W10 PC (legal), i7 sufficient disk space. I have tried several times the installation (in Administrator role), but the furthest it goes is to ask me authorize the launch of the downloaded file. And it is my best and key domestic device. No proxy. Please provide me…
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About background process
Hi there, just to make it clear, Im not having any issue, I'm just curious, anyone knows why bitdefender has so many processes behind? I have used kaspersky which also has tons of resources and only had 2 or 3 processes running (with BD I have 11), I have to say that kaspersky impacts a bit lower on my PC while scanning,…
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After A Clean Win 11 And BD Install, BD App Icon Is Blank On The Taskbar. Any Help?
Hello all, Anyone has an idea on why the Bitdefender icon is using the default "blank" one on the taskbar? I noticed that the icon reverts to the BD icon upon pinning then unpinning the application on the taskbar. However it only lasts until the app is closed, then it returns to a blank taskbar icon on relaunch. A minor…
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Safepay Error Message. What To Do?
When I visit a financial site, I get the following message: The navigation to *** failed. Error ERR_NETWORK_CHANGED(21): The network changed. I do not have any other third party anti-virus apps installed. I am on Windows 11 desktop, 64 bit and using BitDefender Total Security. I tried online chat, but they were unable to…
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How To Turn Bitdefender Total Security On/Off?
If your system slows down or lag, is there a way to pause the anti-virus protection module in BD Total Security? Thanks.
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What is "Some of these settings are hidden or managed by your organization" ?
I've got the following message "Some of these settings are hidden or managed by your organization" only on the "sign-in options" for my windows 10 settings. I just want to be sure that's nothing to worry about and is Bitdefender's doing? Also, could anyone explains it what it does/prevent ? Thank you
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What would cause BD to interrupt networking hourly?
Issue: internet goes offline every hour at 17 minutes past the hour for approx 1 min. Then would be fine for another hour. We finally tracked down the culprit. I had installed BD total Security on my wife's computer about the time this issue started, once we took her computer offline the issue went away. What would cause…
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My Devices Are Putting Out Signals That I Do Not Control. Any Help?
I recently installed bitlocker antivirus plus and VPN on 5 of my home devices, I have had 3 years of suspicious activity including finding an app that identified that my ex was somehow still able to admin control my modem after I had reinstalled windows and reset all other phones ect, so only possibility was hidden…
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Back Up Of Files For Ransomware Remediation. Any Explanation?
I am new to Bitdefender. When I turn on the Ransomware Remediation, does this mean that Bitdefender will back up all of my data files (My Documents, Photos, etc)? If yes, where will these files be stored? If yes, does that mean it is not necessary to keep my Carbonite subscription?
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Cyber Essentials Certification Questions
Hi there, I am looking at obtaining the Cyber essentials certification. And I just want to know if there is documentation on what Bitdefender could do to help me achieve this, currently I am using Bit Defender Gravity Zone and have Bit Defender Endpoint Security. Is this a FWaaS or an SASE, where we could control what…
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Brightness of PC Changing Regularly
I am writing this post to provide my feedback for the Bitdefender Antivirus. I have an active subscription of Bitdefender Total Security and have been using it for around a month. The brightness of my laptop (Lenovo Ideapad 300) had been changing often and it was very inconvenient for my eyes. Initially, I thought that one…
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Preventing Inadvertent or Accidental installation - How do I stop the most annoying app installs
I'm new to Bitdefender. I recently installed the adobe viewer and accientally did not opt out of Mcafee installing itself. Does Bit Defender allow me to subscribe to a protection that stops installations of the worlds most annoying apps like McAfee? Thanks.
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1 minute full system scans and quick scans.
When I run a full system scan whether scheduled or unscheduled it only scans 600000 files and takes only 1 minute. Also when I run a quick scan it takes the same amount of time just 1 minute and also scans the same amount of files about 600000. The logs for the quick scans also show they don't do anything to any type of…
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Total security not working for Android.
I got bitdefender total security for my android phone v11 OnePlus Nord CE 2, and it is still in trial mode. Even though I activated the total security by entering the activation code on the app. This means that the days on the antivirus are counting down but I am not getting any protection (only from trial period, once…
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Search Advisor and Trafficlight Not Working BD TS 2021
Search Advisor icons stopped working in Chrome and FireFox soon after BitDefender Total Security updated from 2020 to 2021. This is on a modern new (just purchased last month) high-end system, Core i7-9750H CPU, 32GB RAM, 512GB Western Digital NVMe SSD - all system drivers and updates (hardware, bios, operating system)…
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BD Total Security ignores exceptions and does unscheduled scans
Greetings, i am going crazy here. These freaking scans start exactly an hour after boot here and last around 10-20 Minutes. I'm only aware of them, bc my big data graves are WD Black HDDs ( 6 + 2 TB) and kinda loud when bdservicehost.exe starts with the scans. The SSDs are affected speedwise too. The scans go over the same…
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BD tells to update Skype in vulnerability scan
Hi, by searching I saw people had this problem in years 2009 & 2020 too. BD tells to update the skype from 7.18.0.109 to latest version. My Skype is latest 8.80.0.194.
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Cloned win10 pcs appear as one device on Central console
Greetings to the community! I'm facing a - kind of unexpected - situation with Total Security: I have a Win10pro system which I cloned twice and installed in similar hardware, thus getting 3 identical pcs (without having to install them from scratch). The original has BD Total Security installed on it. After the cloning, I…
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BitDefender Total Security
Hi, We have several Windows Computers with an admin account and a basic account. Anytime the basic account is signed into the UAC dialog pops up asking for the admin password. Even if just logging off the basic account and back in prompts this again. The path is C:\Users\Username\app data\local\temp\RarSFX3\bddeploy.exe…
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False detection of game
I have a game on my pc for years, today in its options I switched the game to full screen & instantly Bitdefender popped up to disinfect the game. After restoring, because it was in its full screen mode every time I tried to run it Bitdefender tried to disinfect it. I even manually added an exception to its folder but to…
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password manager
why are the password manager special offer plans in dollars not GBP
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Disable anti theft in Total Security 2020
Since BitDefender did not sell 1 device licence for PC, now I am using a shared account with someone I don't know. I am afraid that someone malicious intentionally wipe my PC or tracking my location from BitDefender Central. How can i disable or uninstall Anti-Theft feature from Total Security 2020?
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XMRig - Monero mining software and quarantine despite exceptions
Hello I'm having a hard time mining a cryptocurrency while using BitDefender. It seems developer wants to be smarter than user so much, that program has become non-intuitive. I added all exceptions for my miner - XMRig. For all executable files and a whole folder all protection features are turned off (antivirus: on-demand…
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bdservicehost high cpu usage
Hello, First off i'd like to say i've been using Bitdefender no problem for almost 3 years now. I recently Upgraded my CPU from an Older Intel® Xeon® Processor E3-1230v3 To an Intel® Core™ i5-9400F Which has higher per core cpu ratings and higher CPU scores. so I'm not sure why this is an issue. I've even done a fresh…
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Issue with licensed Total Protection : One PC says Anti-Virus, Second says Trial
Purchased Total Protection two days ago, received my emails and activation code. Downloaded this onto my development PC, installed and registered this using the activation code Decided to put this on my laptop as well; asking me for activation code, so I reused this from the email, told me I had already used this code. Now…