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Bitdefender 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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Latest SecurePass update brings smarter Autofill, security reports & more
The SecurePass journey has been a bit of a rollercoaster with its share of ups, downs, and challenges along the way. The latest updates bring meaningful improvements across the board and are designed to give users more control, a better experience and peace of mind. Below, you’ll find the highlights from the latest…
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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 admin @Alexandru_BD, along with moderators @fedor, @Nunzio77, @Gjoksi, and @Flexx, have the…
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Bitdefender and Scuderia Ferrari HP Partnership extension celebrated in style
On Thursday, November 6th, Bitdefender celebrated a remarkable milestone: 24 years of innovation, protection, and technological excellence. Just one day later, the party continued as the company unveiled the Ferrari SF-23 car right in front of its Bucharest headquarters, marking the official extension of its multi-year…
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Updates on Frequently Requested Bitdefender Products & Features
Dear Bitdefender Community Members, Over the past months, we’ve noticed a growing number of requests and discussions regarding the introduction or return of various Bitdefender products and features. As these topics continue to appear across multiple threads, this post serves as an official reference and consolidated…
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Introducing GravityZone Security Data Lake – SIEM done right
Cyber threats are evolving faster than ever. Yet many organizations are still relying on legacy SIEM tools that cost more, store less, and struggle to correlate across disparate systems. That’s why we’re excited to launch Bitdefender GravityZone Security Data Lake – our next-gen solution that blends the best of SIEM and…
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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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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 do I work around a bug with Security?
Bit Defender will not let me log in. Fresh install of Windows, nothing has been put on it. Fully updated. I log into Bitdefender central, download Bitdefender, and install it. It does the assessment and directs me to create an account. Clicking this opens a page to create an account and Sign In on the bottom left. I click…
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remove bitdefender save label in email scanning
Hello what about removing the save label or make it very short (Safe") instead of the long version? I use emails for further actions, so the current labelling prevents me from using this service actively. …. but it is a good idea.
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Remove, or make optional, the Bitdefender "safe" label in Email Protection
For me, having the "Dangerous" label is all that is required. By definition, all other incoming emails are safe. I don't like getting every single email tagged with a useless label. It should at least be optional if users want the "safe" label. Yes, I know that some users might not understand that Email Protection only…
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Instructions for merging subscriptions when renewing early
It seems that questions like "How to merge my old and my new subscription when renewing early" and "Will i lose ... months/days cover of my existing subscription when renewing early" are very often here in the community. So, based on my previous and today's experience, here are the instructions for merging the old and the…
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Catapult Hydra Protocol
Hello, i just started using the VPN today on the prospects of it having the C. Hydra Protocol(upon google searching). Was it removed recently? or there might be a bug ocurring here
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Bitdefender VPN Modifying Hosts File - Aggressive Configuration Causing Security Concerns
Hello Bitdefender team, As a the son of a paying customer of your Bitdefender Family Plan, I want to report a concerning behavior I've discovered with Bitdefender VPN. I've noticed that Bitdefender VPN modifies the Windows hosts file with entries pointing to: 44.237.64.185 geoip.pango-paas.co 108.157.173.88…
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Manual/offline update Bitdefender’s threat definitions for MacOS ?
We have a couple of compromised laptops that we need to keep offline until a full system scan is complete. How can we update the threat definitions for these before running the scan? For Windows we can download the week.exe files but I can't find anything similar for mac. Thanks.
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Double-billing
Not Bitdefender's fault. I purchased a subscription on Google Play. Inadvertently, I purchased another subscription from an email or another source offering a deal. I want to request a refund. I have contacted Google Play and am awaiting a response. I will continue using Bitdefender with the other subscription. The support…
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implementation of steganography in all products
I would like to suggest implementing steganography detection technology in Bitdefender's various products, as it is a new type of threat. Thank you.
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USB Flash Drives Names disappeared
Hi, I recently purchased, installed and started using BitDefender. It asked me if I wanted to immunize my USB sticks and I agreed. But since then all the names I put to differentiate my USB flash drives are missing and when I try to put them back it doesn't stick. Is there anything I can do? I usually have many USB flash…
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HOW TO DELETE DUPLICATE FILES FROM SYSTEMS OR SELECTED FOLDERS
HOW TO DELETE DUPLICATE FILES FROM SYSTEMS OR SELECTED FOLDERS
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Lots of 5007 logs in my Event Viewer
Hello, I wanted to ask if this is normal behaviour? I have installed following antivirus on my pc: bitdefender, malwarebytes but I get these logs almost every minute as you can see. Should I be concerned ? When I do the scans I get no virus or malware infection, system is clean I would appreciate it if you could help me. I…
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repeated web page threats, how do i deal with this?
I'm not very sure whats going on, I've had around 400 notifications every 2-5 mins for a repeating threat warning. Specifically for 2 web pages. If this continues im not sure if ill see other, more important, alerts. what can i do to troubleshoot this? I've managed my browser extentions but i still cotinue to get these…
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Cloud mining, scam!
Cloud mining, scam! This site https://iebyte.com/. Don't do business with them, you will have your cryptocurrency data stolen. Even worse, you could lose your entire investment over time. Some friends who tried it can no longer make withdrawals. Be careful.
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Activation code for new install on android phone
I have installed BD on 4 of 5 devices. The download ling works fine and installs BS on Pixel phone but it shows as a trial? with only 3 days left? Ive deleted and reinstalled but it still shows as a trial. Yep I cant find my activation code ?? Any ideas? I thought that installing via a link from BD Central avoided the need…
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How To Submit False Positive (Form Not Working)?
Hi all, I tried submitting a false positive via the form at - https://www.bitdefender.com/consumer/support/answer/29358/ When I click Submit, nothing happens. Can anyone help?
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VPN not showing it is blocking Ads and trackers
Can someone please tell me why my VPN has stopped blocking adds and trackers. It seems to have stopped this past week. As the line is all blue and numbers are all 0. I tried to turn it off and then back on this did not change anything. Also did a restart. I have Premium VPN. Thankyou
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VPN and SEQUOIA
Hello, No more access to my outlook since my upgrade to SEQUOIA. Apple support adviced me to delete my VPN. I did it and it works but…I have no more a VPN. Many thanks for your help. DUBERRY
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bonjour , j utilise le vpn et depuis 4 jours il ne bloque plus les publicités et les traceurs , tout est bien configuré méme edge.je suis sure windows 11 pro installer depuis peux. Merci
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Update automatically setting keeps resetting to off
Bitdefender Internet Security build 27.0.55.287 on a Windows 11 Home version 10.0.26200 build 26200 PC. I go to Settings…Update and turn Update Automatically on as well as turn on Silent update. After some period of time (random amonts, but more than a day), I check again and both the settings are back off. I turn them…
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Not all are compatible. To work with Multi-Platform.
Not all are compatible. To work with multi-platform, I tested some paid ones, and Bitdefender was one of the best for this purpose. I wanted to share this because some professional antivirus programs only caused bottlenecks on multi-platform setups.
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Av.test.org lost performance!
During September and October 2025, among the 16 security products for home users using their default settings, Bitdefender lost performance!
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Is Password Manager included in Total Security?
I have just renewed my subscription and thought that Password Manager was included but it shows as a free trial option for 3 months. Is this correct and it isn’t included as advertised? Anyone had this issue.
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Questions about Subscription upgrade
Hello! Since my current subscription (Bitdefender Antivirus Plus) includes 1 device, if I upgrade up to 3 devices, will I be able to use it on Android devices or only on PC? Also, if I cancel the automatic renewal, will I continue to receive automatic updates for the products installed on my devices, or will I have to…
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The current Bitdefender version, build number link.
I'm sure most of us know how to find our version, build number via the BD system tray icon, right-click, About. As well as clicking the life preserver at the top of the main UI Dashboard, and Product information at the bottom. But here is the link to confirm that the build you're on, is the most current build available.…
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Updating Bitdefender Central With Code
My Bitdefender subscription expired and I went through re-subscribing yesterday. When I attempt to upgrade using the code, this is what it returns:
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Online threat detection - repeated warnings
Good morning, I am getting sporadic messages saying "Suspicious connection blocked. Chrome.exe tried to establish a connection to xxxxxxx using an expired certificate." The specific sites vary, but are not ones I am trying to access. e.g., measureadv.com, rybbit.openrussian.org… This behavior happens on all three laptops…
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How do I add more seats to Bitdefender subscription when Device limit is reached
I have the key already to use, wanting to add computer.
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Slowly takes RAM from my Windows 11 via bdservicehost until the computer freezes
Avoid Bitdefender, as it's acting up. It slowly consumes RAM from my Windows 11 through bdservicehost until the computer freezes and crashes. I have a 16GB machine, and it will take about an hour. According to Bitdefender: "Thank you for your patience, and please accept my apologies for any frustration we might have…
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Bitdefender Digital Identity Protection: stop receiving reports by mail
Hi Please, can someone explain where I can unsubscribe to receiving reports by e-mail concerning privacy/ security? Thanks a lot! Greetings Gunther