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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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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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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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🧠 [Feature Request] Add Detection Engine for Malicious USSD Forwarding in Bitdefender Mobile
Hi Bitdefender Team and Fellow Security Enthusiasts, I’d like to suggest an important improvement for Bitdefender Mobile Security (Android) regarding USSD-based forwarding scams that are becoming increasingly widespread — especially in countries like India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, the Middle East, and beyond. 📌 The Problem…
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My Android phone & MS Office laptop are hacked daily
My android phone is hacked daily. Controlling my Windows laptop & android phone with BD, TV, and other appliances. The key board is reset regularly eg teh @ is changed to " and others. So when signing in and emails are prevented as at the start you do not know the keyboard keys have been changed. Tehese random changes…
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Parental on IOS locked on
Used Kaspersky Parental before and it creates a password to turn off or remove VPN profiles on IOS. Kids can just turn VPN off and close the app, so parental is null & void. Put a PW on the VPN profile and make as always on.
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Big Problem with Upgrading to Premium Security Family plan
OK, I have Total Security Family Plan - did a chat with customer support to upgrade to Premium Security Family Plan. Was told to go ahead and buy the new one and then reallocate the devices and then turn off auto-renewal on the old plan. Guess What - THAT DOESN"T WORK. Can't activate the new subscription as long as the old…
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The “Add this number on WhatsApp” scam is back – Here’s how it works
A new wave of scams is hitting WhatsApp, and it’s surprisingly simple: someone tells you to “add this number” on WhatsApp. That’s it. No shady links, no infected files - just a phone number and a request. But what seems like harmless curiosity can easily lead to your personal data being stolen, your account hijacked, or…
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System scan after cyber event - hoping for help reviewing the log file
I just did a system scan and a cyber event and I am hoping someone can review the log file. There's a bunch of password protected files that are skipped in the scan. Any help appreciated from the community :) Log file attached.
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What is the difference between Password Manager and SecurePass ?
I used to work with Password Manager but I have the impression that it is replaced by SecurePass . What's the difference ? Can I continue to work with Password Manager ? In my dashboard I even do not find ' Password Manager ' anymore … replaced by SecurePass
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Interferences between Bitdefender and Lightroom
I have the feeling that Bitdefender is slowing down Lightroom ? Am I the monly one or are there other users who have the same problem ? Somebody knows ways to remediate this problem ?
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How to stop notification in notification bar.
Hello my friends, I'm getting this notification regularly again (see attachment). I find it very annoying! Can someone tell me how to disable this notification? I don't plan on enabling this feature, so I don't want to receive any more notifications. Thanks in advance.
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How to switch Bitdefender Total Security to Bitdefender Premium Security
Allô, I already have Total Security and need to renew it next month. I'd like to switch to Premium Security. How do I do this? Thank you for your time in responding.
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Confirmation the connection between VPN's sudden drop in speed to web disconnections and viruses
Hello Bitdefender lab Because a few days ago, I stumbled upon the Dell computer USB RECOVERY software either can't find the windows 11 system online, or find the ISO file is only 800MB, and then because of the accidental installation of the OUTBYTE driver updater and update 10 drivers found that the network is often…
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Blocked-Connection notifications should give web-page provenance
I often open several search-result links at a time into different browser tabs. I feel like these are evaluated by BitDefender asynchonrously (e.g. if their js downloads start making connections after initial delay), so when I'm told 'Suspicious Connection was Blocked', I'm not always sure which page is to blame. (And I…
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Misleading price when checking-out the product
When checking out the product I've selected, the price changes as in the first one is 540 RON without VAT, and afterwards is 745 RON without VAT. What is happening here?
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Not being able to delete the bitdefender app and agent, as well as websites and browser not loading
Assistance Required for Application Uninstallation Issue I hope this message finds you well. I am writing to seek assistance with a problem I am experiencing after downloading an application on September 15, 2025. Following the installation, I encountered significant issues with my web browsers, including Bing, Google…
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Bit defender's email protection is automatically tuning on
Hi! Bitdefender's email protection is automatically tuning on , it was not lie that b4, is it a new feature , but i can't understand why?
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Unable to login in bitdefender websites
Hi! May God be pleased with you mates, today i ve a unique and very strange problem. plz pay attention , it's not an ordinary or usual thing. i performed a clean installation of win 10 pro , then i tried to log in to my bitdefender central account , the web sites denied to accept my password, then i tried to log in using…
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Is BD stopping some websites from working properly?
I have a subscription to the UK Ordnance Survey mapping paid-for website. This is an excellent site which allows users to access any part of Great Britain (but not Northern Ireland) at 1:25000 or 1:50000 scale for about £25/year. The maps are first-rate, as many will know. On my Windows 10 pc and Windows 11 lap top I now…
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ZEUS and cvvj# virus on my Window . Bitdefender is not a remedy yet. any suggestion?
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Access denied
I get this error for costco.ca if I use a Vancouver (Canada) ip but no problem if I use a Toronto(Canada) IP This is the message I get: Access DeniedYou don't have permission to access "http://www.costco.ca/s?" on this server. Reference #18.981c2117.1741905556.8b33b38…
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How do I identify and remove application that is disconnecting VPN on my android phone?
Hi everyone, I received alert which says "Bitdefender VPN was disconnected by another application on my android phone. How do I resolve this?
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Why does VPN connect even on local, trusted WiFi?
Why does BD VPN connect even on local, trusted WiFi? I don't want or need the VPN on my own network, yet every time I make any changes to the VPN settings, bam! The VPN connects and enables the VPN, even when I'm using a trusted network. I then have to go in to the VPN and turn it off, but I shouldn't have to, it should…
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Why does Bitdefender not recognize my username and/or password even though I registered successfully
Keeps telling me in red, "Wrong password" I have tried adding Bitdefender add-on extensions to Chrome, MS Edge and my FireFox browsers. None are working.
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Do I need a payment method if I bought a key online?
Hey, so i bought a key online to renew my subscription, but when I click on "activate with key" I end up on a screen that wants my payment information and a checkbox that says it will automaticly renew my subscription for 50€. I obviously do not want this cause I already have a key :( Any other way to activate a key…
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is this normal?
proton vpn set for costa rica (fastest setting) and when i signed into Bitdefender Digital Identity Protection it showed ukraine as approximate location
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Linux
Specifically Linux Zorin but also others are being forced by Microsoft to seek alternatives especially as windows 10 dying but mostly because the battle against Bing & Edge & One Drive are time wasting - exhausting. Just want to turn on do my stuff & save where I want & not risk possibly having our data stolen by 'recall'…
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How can I get VPN to display images on a legitimate website on windows 11?
When running bitDefender VPN and accessing my geocaching.com website - no images (thumbnails) nor images from the website will be displayed. If you attempt to display an image from a geocache webpage - legitimate - then the following error is displayed … "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later."…
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"Thunderbird Being Managed By Your Organization"...Bitdefender Policy Causing This
All, I updated Thunderbird yesterday to V143. After it opened, there was a very large banner at the top of my settings that said: "Thunderbird Being Managed By Your Organization" I clicked on the banner and was presented with this: What is this and why did it just show up? How do I fix this? I am the sole user of my…
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How can I resolve issues with Bitdefender blocking legitimate websites or app ?
Hello , My name is Mukesh karkey, I'm having trouble with Bitdefender blocking legitimate websites and applications like my VPN and certain browsers, and I'm looking for some advice. I'd love to hear about your experiences with this issue. What specific applications or sites have you had problems with, and what methods did…
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Bitdefender together with Scuderia Ferrari HP
Bitdefender entered into a multi-year partnership with Ferrari S.p.A., to become Cybersecurity global partner of Scuderia Ferrari HP. Full announcement below: Forza Ferrari!
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Bitdefender Failing to Start with Windows
as title suggested bitdefender fails to start with windows even its enabled as startup apps , also bitdifender icon suddenly disappeared from windows tray , and bitdefenders file icon has turned into blank page am attaching screenshots for you to better understand what issue am facing. Edition Windows 11 Pro Version 24H2…