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Announcement: 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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Announcement: Missing Scan Feature in Bitdefender Mobile Security for iOS, [issue has been resolved]
Hello everyone, We are aware that the Scan feature in Bitdefender Mobile Security for iOS (iPhone) has recently gone missing for users. This issue has been reported by users and acknowledged by Bitdefender Support. ✅ Current Status: The Bitdefender development team is aware of the issue and is actively working on a fix. It…
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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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New Scam Alert: Fake TradingView Premium ads resurface
Scammers are back at it, recycling their old tricks with a fresh coat of paint. This time, they’re abusing Google and YouTube ads to push fake TradingView Premium offers. The bad actors lure victims in with ads that look legitimate, promising steep discounts on TradingView Premium subscriptions. Once clicked, the ads…
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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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🗓️ Proposal: Weekly Open Discussion — One Key Cybersecurity Topic Every Week
Hello Bitdefender Community, Over time, I’ve noticed that many discussions here focus on troubleshooting specific technical issues or sharing product feedback — which is excellent and shows how engaged our members are. However, I believe our community has even greater potential: a space not only for troubleshooting, but…
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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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Virtualbox 7.2.2
I am having problem with virtualbox 7.2.2 not having network connectvity when installed on windows 11 pc . I run virtualbox 7.1.2 and it runs just fine. In version 7.2.2 they changed networking interfacing and NAT functionality. Has anyone else had this problem or have any solutions. Virtual box 7.2.2 networking runs fine…
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Digital Identity Protection
Hello all, On the dashboard of Bitdefender Central (Digital Identity Protection) i read that there are 5 data breaches. But on my mobile device nothing is mentioned… How come? Now, what's going on?
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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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Bitdefender Total Security VPN
I'm having a problem getting to a eu website for Kaspersky. I always assumed with a VPN my computer was hidden and I could go on a site ban by the US government because whoever or whatever couldn't detect where on the planet mu PC was because the VPN was on hiding my IP address and region. Does anybody know why I can't get…
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Minds.Park removal
Greetings, My Windows 10 PC has a malware known as a Chrome Extension Minds.Park. I've sent Bitdefender logs over two weeks ago. They lost the first logs, after I uploaded the logs again I got a generic answer to uninstall and reinstall my browser. I did that a month ago and it didn't work. They never shared what the logs…
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New Windows 11 coming in 10 Days. How to Reactivate Bit Defender on it.
Hi, I have no clue about computer talk. I never took it. I have a New Computer with Windows 11 on it coming by Oct 22-24th 2025. My BitDefender is Good till Dec 1st 2025. I don't know what 2 do to Restart the remainder Days of My Bitdefender on the New Comp. I Don't even know if I can even use this computer after Oct 14th…
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Master Recovery Key
I need a new recovery key even though I am copying from a picture, the key is not accepted. The caveat being, I don't know where to go to change it. There is a place suggested on the internet but don't know how to get there.
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Bitdefender Total Security-Turn off "Device Scan"
I have several flash drives, SSD and HDD external drives attached to my system. These are "permanent" drives i.e. the ports are not used for plugging in unknown or other drives of any sort. Since the most recent update, BD has taken to scanning all these devices as being "New" at startup. I have been to Antivirus>Settings>…
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AmuseMEMEnt Arcade
I believe that humor and laughter should always be part of our daily lives. As E.E. Cummings used to say: "The most wasted of all days is one without laughter". No matter where you are, you deserve a good laugh. My proposal for you from this day onwards is to have our own happy place within this Community and share the…
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Hi, can you tell me how to fix the error message in the attached file? My subscription is valid unti
https://us.v-cdn.net/6031943/uploads/HJY5SJ2HHGSZ/errore-vpn.pdf
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Retrieving Admin rights.
I made the mistake of using the Admin email to share installation link to another PC. Seems I now have two Admins with same registration emails on two separate PC's (one private, the other public). How do I take back admin rights to just the one private PC please?
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Bitdefender is blocking access to my Realtek Audio speakers some time after I reboot.
After a reboot, all applications on my HP laptop (windows 11) stop being able to access my speakers. I have been advised that this is because Bit defender is blocking the apps from using the speakers. Apps include Youtube, MediaPlayer and Zoom. The error message is either "audio renderer error" or "we can't find an audio…
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How do I change the schedule for "Quick Scan"
Hello, I have managed to set a schedule for the default "Quick Scan" in the past, but now I can't figure out how to change the schedule to a different time of day. Would you suggest how I might be able to do that? Here are the screenshots I have. The second one is after I hit the "Edit" option in the first screen's "…"…
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Why does Bitdefender identify emails sent from my own devices as dangerous?
I have bitdefender on all my devices. I often email myself information, so I know where it is/ Bitdefender always identifies these emails as dangerous! If they are, does that mean Bitdefender is NOT making my devices safe? Confused.
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Can't Format SD Card after Immunization
Man, this is frustrating….. I stupidly let Bitdefender immunize an SD card and now, I can't delete anything from, change drive letter or even format it. It is now useless as I can find no way to remove the 'write protected' status from it. Tried a suggestion on here to change the drive letter and use Guiformat, but I can't…
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is this ransomware, how to remove it? Bitdefender doesnt pick it up.
How can I remove this popup. [screenshot removed by admin] I am concerned that it is some kind of malicious program.
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Bitdefender location authorization
Hello, First of all, sorry for the bad english, I'm not a native english speaker. I recently upgraded my windows installation from W10 to W11. Just before that I uninstalled Bitdefender, and, after the ugrade, redownloaded it from Central. The installation went smoothly. However during installation a Windows pop-up told me…
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How can I mitigate and contain the Sorvepotel malware?
I'm a new Bitdefender user, the solution used by my organization. How can I contain the execution of SORVEPOTEL (WhatsApp malware) in my 1,000 endpoint environment? +info: https://www.trendmicro.com/pt_br/research/25/j/self-propagating-malware-spreads-via-whatsapp.html
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SMS Links not scanned - Mobile
I did some testing on my Android mobile phone which has the latest OS and application software updates. Links in Whatsapp, Emails, etc are being scanned, however, links in SMS text messages are not. I confirmed this by watching the 'Scam Alert' page while testing. The 'Links scanned in texts, notifications, etc…..' did not…
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QR code scanner and Bitdefender Mobile Security
Many competing antivirus companies offer their own QR code scanners, which before opening the weblink, check, if the page is safe. In my opinion, also Bitdefender could create a QR code scanner app that would cooperate with Mobile Security in preventing the opening of malicious pages.
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Bitdefender didn't defend on SCAM sms
Why didn't my Bitdefender Mobile Security alert me about this SCAM? And still not does?? (Chat protection enabled).
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No definition updates in two days for Antivirus for Mac
Just letting the mods know that this has recurred again. Since we are used to twice daily updates, this is an unexpected behavior. Suspect the issue on the server end, since no issue connecting to the server, but am just told I am "up to date." Nothing urgent, but since this has occurred in the past, wanted to make the…
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Sharing Subscription With Family Members. Any Explanation?
Hi all, I've just purchased Bitdefender Premium which has a 10 device licence. The reason I bought this was to protect all family devices and, based on the information on the Bitdefender website, thought that this would be done by each member of the family creating their own Bitdefender Central account and for that account…
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Can Bitdefender slow down transferring music from my PC to my streamer? What to do?
Hello, I am the owner of a Win11 PC and of a Bluesound Vault 2i streamer. Both are wired (Ethernet) connected to my Internet router. I have noticed that transferring (copying) files from the one to the other seems slow (in both directions). I suspect that Bitdefender might contribute to that but I have not found a way to…
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SafePay and VPN
VPN is active on the desktop but appears inactive in Safe Pay. I have made all the settings. What should I do?
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Windows 10 ESU or 0patch?
Hi everyone, Microsoft will end support for windows 10 on the 15th of October 2025, they're however offering "extended security updates" (ESU). For this you will need to log in with a microsoft account and choose from 3 options, extend security updates for a year with either microsoft points, pay 30 dollar or set up a…
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Email protection
why does bitdefender highlights the legitimate emails from google ? this email was a reaction of my act so how it is dangerous ?
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Does Malware analysis in Linux consumes a certain amount of space in /tmp?
Do you know if the Malware analysis in Linux consumes a certain amount of space in /tmp? --> I've found, random, issues related to /tmp storage on a server and it always happens in the time window where the daily scans run (between 17h and 20h approx). Also see empty files in /tmp that are locked by application processes.…