Chris_Munday ✭

That question is answered in my original post. Alert mode is still buggy and I’ve contacted support. I’m not expecting to get anywhere as the last time this happened, the forum people tried to palm it off until many people complained with the same issue. All I really want is a total security package that works and protects…

Alert mode is switching itself off and will not switch back on, after playing halo in full screen. This has happened twice. The first time I uninstalled bitdefender and re-installed it. @garioch7 @Alexandru_BD . I have a video of this behaviour but can't post it on here.

same, except mine won’t switch back on. applications still connecting to the internet without authorisation

Finally got the update today.. Has anyone else now suddenly found it more difficult to clear the rules back to 0? I've just cleared mine but edge still manages to get through without an alert mode popup. Just checked "application access" and it's not cleared out of there - but I'm struggling to find how to clear this now.…

Still not got the update…. Would be nice if someone could ask them to include me in the early rollout pool so I can just get on with my work, instead of rolling it out to a load of people who probably aren't aware that alert mode has been compromising the security of their computers. I've been manually forcing an update…

I'm still stuck on 27.0.30.140… why would Bitdefender roll this out gradually and not include everyone on this forum whose been raising the issue? Can you ask them to roll it out to all of us please, I'd like to be able to resume normal activity on my computer, including getting back to work securely. Thanks.

I'm still stuck on 27.0.30.140… why would Bitdefender roll this out gradually and not include everyone on this forum whose been raising the issue? Can you ask them to roll it out to all of us please, I'd like to be able to resume normal activity on my computer, including getting back to work securely. Thanks.

updated mine a few seconds ago but full-screening a youtube video still disables alert mode, even when it's password protected. If something as simple as full-screening something can bypass a password and disable a security feature, it worries me how easily a person with malicious intention might be able to exploit this…

as you stated: "any incident that results in unauthorised access to computer data, applications, networks or devices. It results in information being accessed without authorisation" applications are accessing the network/internet without authorisation, bypassing security mechanisms (in this case caused by the bug in…

thanks for clarifying.

when putting a YouTube video into full screen overrides the password protection and disables the security you’ve chosen, that’s a serious concern which could no doubt be exploited

Alexandru, Straw men arguments from yourself don’t deflect the fact that alert mode is switched on by users who want to have complete control over which programmes connect to the internet; users who want to move the decision-making over which apps can and cannot connect to the internet from the firewall to themselves The…

to be fair to Bit Defender. It’s such a massive security breach that it’s probably unearthed loads of other issues/bugs with the programme. We’ve been telling them for years the alert mode is dodgy on their software, now they’re finally listening it seems

Hi, just to let you know this has been a recurring issue for years: The admins have said this latest instance is a totally different instance of the same issue and I do have no reason to disbelieve that. That being said, the alert mode off issue has been happening in whatever form to me (and clearly others) for years and…

All, here's my forum post from May 2022 on this issue FYI Alert Mode switching itself off. — Expert Community (bitdefender.com)

Thanks Phil, Glad this is finally being looked into after years! Regards

Thank you! You're not alone, there's quite a few other people who have had the same issue.

@Alexandru_BD If I set Alert Mode on and the firewall decides of its own accord to switch it off without informing me and then lets programs/apps connect to the internet without my say so, that is a security breach, whether or not the firewall keeps connection logs. You mentioned "the firewall keeps track of connection…

Hello Phil, I performed a clean reinstall of bit defender and the issue persists. The problem first occurred on my old Windows 10 PC and now it's reoccurring on my fresh built Windows 11 PC. Respectfully, no matter what the user's PC configuration, nothing should be changing user-specified security settings apart from the…

Back again Support gave me a download link and it fixed the issue. However, I had to do a complete re-install on my PC a few weeks ago and the issue has come back - 2 years later... Why has this STILL not been fixed?