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Bitdefender Awards and Certifications: Industry Recognition
Antimalware Test Results from Leading Agencies: AV-Test, AV-Comparatives, MRG Effitas, Virus Bulletin, and More. This post is dedicated to showcasing the latest antimalware testing results conducted by various organizations. Only admins @Alexandru_BD & @Mike_BD and mods @fedor, @Scott, @Nunzio77, @Math_Matei, @Ekimoz and…
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Bitdefender together with Scuderia Ferrari
Bitdefender entered into a multi-year partnership with Ferrari S.p.A., to become Cybersecurity global partner of Scuderia Ferrari. Full announcement below: Forza Ferrari!
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The current Bitdefender Parental Control will be superseded by a more sophisticated technology
As the title says, Parental Control as we know it will be replaced by an upgraded version. Find out what's new here:
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The Bitdefender Expert Community guidelines and tips to get you started!
Our mission: Welcome to the Bitdefender Expert Community! These forums allow Bitdefender users and enthusiasts to connect with each other in order to share tips and insights, resolve issues, and discuss all things related to tech and cybersecurity. Our promise is to nurture and maintain an environment where real people can…
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Product updates and release notes
Bitdefender ensures the best cyber-security available on the market and offers a wealth of features designed to keep your devices safe. Upgrading to the newest version is possible without following the manual uninstall and reinstall procedure. More exactly, the new product including new features and major product…
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The Defenders of the month are the Community superheroes
It's time to show our appreciation for our top contributors and give back to the Community! We are pleased to announce that we are launching our Super User program called “Defenders of the Month” and “Defenders of the Year”, exclusively for the members of our Community! The Super User program represents an exclusive group…
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Bitdefender Enhances Digital Identity Protection for Consumers Worldwide
Consumers now have even greater control of their digital footprint while minimizing cybersecurity risks associated with personal data misuse: For information related to Bitdefender Digital Identity Protection:
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Guidelines for Product features & Ideation
We are always excited to hear your suggestions and ideas about Bitdefender products and services. To ensure our product developers can use your suggestions, we have a couple of guidelines, to help you get the best out of the Product features & Ideation section: It is essential that all ideas include a user story, that is,…
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How to find what is triggering blocked connection
Hi all, I’ve received roughly 6 blocked connection alerts on my iPhone 15 in the last 24hrs all being detected as malware to the same connection (chein.prospros.co.uk). I originally thought it was an app I had downloaded the other day, however I’ve since deleted it and it doesn’t seem to have stopped. Is there a way to…
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Mobile security Malware button is suddenly not functioning.
I have Google pixel six. This morning I turned my phone on and I went to do a manual scan and found the button was non-functional. I went to Google play. I did an application update for several apps but bitdefender was not listed. Then Bit defender said my phone was at risk as some changes have been made to my phone and…
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the phone turns off Bitdefender protection
Hello, I have a problem with the protection on my Android device, xiaomi 9. Namely, the phone turns off Bitdefender protection. I have to go to manual setup to turn protection back on. How can I stop the phone turning off bitdefender? Thank you for answer Simo
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Windows Updates (managed by Bitdefender) Unable to INSTALL 2 Critical Updates
Bitdefender is not able to manage 2 Critical Updates for Windows 10. 0x80070643 ERROR CODE… 2024-01 Security Update Windows 10 Version 22H2, 64 based system KB5034441 - STATUS = Installing 0%. The updates/install does NOT COMPLETE! So the circle just spins and spins, but the updates don't load. Since they are showing as…
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Several blocked connection notifications of www.mgenyc.com
So I was just on google and all of a sudden I got like 20+ notifications of this. "chrome.exe attempted to establish a connection relying on an unmatching security certificate to www.mgenyc . com. We blocked the connection to keep your data safe since the used certificate was issued for a different web address than the…
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BitDefender threat pop-up are annoying.. How to remove ?
Hi ! There is a legal website (a local TV stream) which tries to connect to certain links which BitDefender sees as harmful. My problem is that each time BD throws a pop-up to tell me about it - It throws me from the window I'm in - typing in word/whatsapp/etc. - Even when writing this now - it threw me out. Is there a way…
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BitDefender threat pop-up are annoying.. How to remove ?
Hi ! There is a website (a local TV stream) which tries to connect to certain links which BitDefender sees as harmful. My problem is that each time BD throws a pop-up to tell me about it - It throws me from the window I'm in - typing in word/whatsapp/etc. - Even when writing this now - it threw me out several times… Is…
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Bitdefender scanner no longer works on android after update to version 3.3.234.2411
Hi everyone, I have a android TV box with android 12 running bitdefender mobile version 3.3.234.2411, since it updated to this new version today I can no longer scan, when pressing the scan button nothing happens. I can see in my bitdefender central when I go to my android device an click on the "malwarescan" that a scan…
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BD Mobile Security: Scam Alert And Anti-Theft Both Turned Off. Any Help?
Hello everyone, I just wanted to inform you that both Scam Alert and Anti-Theft in the BD Mobile Security App were found disabled on not just my phone but also my mother's for no reason when turning the phone off and back on (since yesterday so version 3.3.234.2411 might be the culprit I guess because that update happened…
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Bitdefender keeps asking me to grant Full Disk Access by dropping the icon in the privacy window...
but the icon is already there?
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Zoom starting very slow with Bitdefender Total Security
We are running Zoom on Windows on multiple high-end PCs (Thinkpads, Alienware) with Bitdefender Total Security provided through our Netgear Armor subscription. Every time the Zoom client is started, it will take 1 to 2 minutes to launch with a message "Not connected" and whenever a meeting is first started it will take…
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Total Security ? only a joke
This program doesn't work properly. I asked for help to no avail, I followed the instructions and also sent the diagnostic file. I made an appointment for remote support, but no one showed up. I checked and updated the operating system, called and chatted, but all was useless. I often get the "communication error" message.…
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Can't cancel auto renewal.
Hello, Today I received an email telling me my license is getting renewed. I cancellend auto renew 3 years ago so I'm confused that it's back on. I followed all the support steps but i'm facing two problems: When I use central, it gets stuck on this screen till infinity. If I use 2checkout it tell's me this: Hopefully…
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Can not pay/select without using Bitdefender VPN + Safepay
Hello, since a few weeks we are not able to select airplane tickets or to pay online. We can only do this when we turn on Bitdefender VPN+Safepay. Moved from Greece to Thailand, so the server is not the problem. It is on 3 laptops and 2 Android phones. We had no problems in 2023, started this year. Tried everything with…
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Email Labels do not work in Gmail / outlook. Only work on my Microsoft 365 email
Hi Folks. I have Bitdefender Ultra, and I am using the email protection to scan four separate email accounts. An account hosted by Godaddy, using Microsoft 365, and I get the red and green labels without a problem. On my three gmail accounts, when used in outlook, I do not get any labels whatsoever. Anything I need to turn…
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False Positives on an installed program
I recently purchased a new application from a vendor and the installation failed due to a false positive reported by BitDefender Antivirus. I can't recall the precise message, but the program affected was "AppData\Roaming\HiFi\AS_FS\AddonFolder\AS_FSConnectorInstall.exe". There were numerous reports of this by other users.…
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Where do we contact support?
The latest issue I'm having with Bitdefender is that the Anti-Spam feature turns itself back on after being switched off. What happened to the link to support on the app itself? I've had to come to this forum for an issue that has probably been flagged somewhere and no amount of "useful" documents are going to help.
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Can the print on a website be infected?
I copied and pasted a few paragraphs from a website. When I tried to save my document, which is a Microsoft Word document, my Bitdefender antivirus tells me that the document is infected with Trojan.Groooboor.Gen.22. and then my document gets deleted. I'm really confused. How is this possible? I thought that an actual…
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Are there any reports on what trackers were blocked/secure data sent and received?
On the front page of the VPN window it reports what its done to protect the connection. But there seems to be no more info other than x number of ads and trackers were blocked and so much data was sent securely. And I'd like to know, for example, what the 5.98gb of data that has been downloaded over the week as I haven't…
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Is BitWarden PW Manager part of a different company?
Is Bitdefender PW Manager part of my Bitdefender Mobile security subscription?
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Lỗi quên pass
Làm cách nào để tôi lấy lại password
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Context menu scan
I use Directory Opus file explorer which is far superior to File Explorer. But I cannot right click a file to scan it with Bitdefender. Every other context menu entry available to File Explorer is there. I have read other posts that suggest Bitdefender will not support context menu scan from any other explorer. First…
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Intermittent Service on Fold 5
I noticed today that I couldn't do a scan on my Galaxy fold 5, spam protection and theft protection were off and wouldn't turn on. I restarted my phone, waited several minutes, same results. I uninstalled/reinstalled Bitdefender Mobile, phone worked fine. About an hour later in town eating a meal, same issue, no scan, spam…
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Sora's fake page
Does anyone know the damage caused by the .exe file contained in the setup-x86_64.zip zip downloaded from Sora's fake page?
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Bitdefender scamio
I've heard about the new free service "Bitdefender Scamio", which may help discovering threats on mail, sms, etc…and seems to be very efficient , but anything about this product on Bitdefender Central. Does anybody tried it ? is it usable in security ? Does anybody knows why it's not mentionned if it's so useful ? is it…
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Is BitDefender active in Windows safe mode?
I have a laptop that has terrible battery life (advertised as 10+ hours, I usually get 4-5 hours) and I've been working with the manufacturer to resolve the issue. I've done lots of different tests, sent various logs, etc. with no real progress. I was recently asked to start Windows in safe mode to test battery life with…
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Problem after Bitdefender update.
Hello, Currently having some issues with the AV, I can't run a scan and the feature selection has a weird "_" prefix. Also, all notifications are not showing any details just a plain popup. I already reinstalled the Bitdefender AV Plus and contacted the support. If you have a way to fix this please let me know. Thank you.
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New install of BD on Win11 blocks access to network (local and internet)
I've now tried freshly installing BD (tried it twice) on my Lenovo P70 laptop on which I've freshly installed Win11. Internet connection is wired, ethernet cable to the router. For some reason, BD is seemingly blocking all access to my network adapter, producing assorted error messages from assorted apps as if my…
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Is there any way to turn off "suspicious connection blocked" notifications
I'm glad BD is working to keep me safe, but is it really necessary to spam us with all the popups? Yes, you're a good boy. Now go about your business and leave me alone. For the life of me, I can't find the setting to turn those notices off. :(
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Default tab for Notifications in GUI, and additional display suggestion
In the Bitdefender GUI, the left-hand side has a set of icons including Notifications. I notice that when I click on that Notifications icon, by default(?) it is opening on the Critical tab. The other tabs are All, Warning and Information. I tentatively suggest that the default tab should be All, rather than Critical.…