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OK. You can scratch that. Restarting Windows 8 with BDIS 2015 can't start Windows. BD, you just lost a customer for the 2015 version. I'll stay with BDIS 2014 thank you very much. http://forum.bitdefender.com/index.php?showtopic=54711 This may not have been an accurate description of what occurred. See my post of today…

Hello :-) I am the OP of this thread. I believe my OP may have been in error. This AM the new 2015 version of an IS program I returned to after the events described in my OP was preventing me from viewing certain websites that are important to me for no stated or apparent reason. So I had no choice other than to uninstall…

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redacted HI:-) I'm sorry if I did not make myself clear. The reason that I wanted to reboot is so that I could use the new start-up optimizer tool in the new Optimze Section of BD 2015. One feature of that tool is that it will measure and report how long it takes a start-up program to complete it's start-up. For BD to be…

I am looking at the Bd Startup Optimizer on my W7-SP1. It says App startup time is 8.6 seconds and System 1:48 minutes. No point in messing with the third party startup apps What apps did you change? Never got a chance to change anything. Syetem would not reboot with BDIS 2015; Had to do a system restore from start-up back…

Uninstall BD 2014 with this tool http://www.bitdefender.com/site/Downloads/...sumer_paid.html please use safe mode of windows to uninstall as it will remove all leftovers also in safe mode then reinstall BD 2015 Thanks for the info. I did use the BD Uninstall Tool but did not do it in Safe Mode. May try again because I…

Nice job BD -- looks very good. OK. You can scratch that. Restarting Windows 8 with BDIS 2015 can't start Windows. BD, you just lost a customer for the 2015 version. I'll stay with BDIS 2014 thank you very much. http://forum.bitdefender.com/index.php?showtopic=54711

Have you noticed BD's 2015 major marketing theme?? "SECURITY is IN our DNA. Simplicity is our backbone." KIS did a major simplification last year, removing many options some felt strongly and complained about. The fact is if one were most concerned in a solid 2 way firewall, you wouldn't have used BD at all. There are very…

There seems to be a general trend within the major mass market security product creators... Would you be so kind to furnish us with some examples? As far as I know there is no such 'simplicity trend' in leading security software providers. Have you noticed BD's 2015 major marketing theme?? "SECURITY is IN our DNA.…

There seems to be a general trend within the major mass market security product creators to simplify (others would say "dumb down") their advanced settings gearing their products to the non-technically inclined user. Bit Defender is clearly not the leader in this trend. Other major creators have eliminated far more setting…

I've had to remove it as well, as I suddenly started having your issue. Every time the program would toss up an error, rebooting Windows would fail and I would have to remove it via safe mode or a system restore point. This is sad as I am a reseller of BitDefender and have most of my clients on the 2013 version (mostly…

addendum: I never updated my BD using the Icon. When the product I am using now stops working Ill try BD again :-)

Hello Webkikr, Two days ago a Bitdefender product update was recently released, which should fix the issue you report here ("Bitdefender Services are not responding"). Please make sure that the Bitdefender product updates daily, and in order to do this please right click on the Bitdefender icon from the system tray (near…

Some Disk Cleaners will remove application logs depending on how the Disk Cleaner app is configured. For example CCleaner and ASC both remove SUPERAntiSpyware logs by default. They also both remove Malwarebytes logs but not by default. Maybe you are using a Disk Cleaner that removes Bitdender logs. Thanks Nesvios :-) I do…

All My Logs Are Empty -- No events listed for the past year under Updates or A/V. They show no activity for the past year. My firewall log has started to work - I just did a test with Shields - Up to make sure my BD was working and my firewall log did report a port scan was blocked. And I just did a quick scan that got…

OK so my French is a little rusty but it appears there was a problem with the update server at least for the french edition. Are all the updates, e.g., english, french from the same server? But my question still stands unanswered. What is error 1008? I didn't get the update? I only got part of the update? The update I got…

My recommendations, change server updates. http://forum.bitdefender.com/index.php?showtopic=48748 Thanks Rampant. My subsequent updates were ok. But what I am asking is what is error 1008? I didn't get the update? I only got part of the update? The update I got was corrupted? And most importantly do I have any assurance…

When I get a message of an update error like 1008, what assurance do I have that whatever I missed or was wrong in the defective update will be cured by the next update??? And what is a 1008 error?? What does that mean?

Improve your life! Stop posting irrelevant and inappropriate posts so everyone doesn't think you are a jerk. That might improve your life.

Since the first version of The New BDIS I have had absolutely NO slow down with webpage loading EXCEPT when the firewall is set to Agressive.

Once again antikythera, thank you for your advice. I was not aware that the aggressive firewall setting explicitly states that it flags attempts to change your IE's homepage, among other things :-)

Also I failed to mention that uninstalling it via the Windows Uninstaller did nothing to remove it or to keep it from reappearing after initial attempts to disable it via IE's add on manager. The only place Windows uninstaller removed it from was from the Windows Uninstaller Program List.

I'm afraid Christian is correct and wasn't just parroting. It is not malware, a far too liberal term applied to pretty much everything these days. a more accurate definition is a potentially unwanted program (PUP). As already stated by Christian they are installed at the user's will along with other programs unless opted…

Compare this description of Conduit to the naive description provided by BD in the post immediately above. This is what BD considers to be Adware not Malware. "What Is a Search Conduit? By Kefa Olang, eHow Contributor If your Web browser is constantly redirecting to Search.conduit.com without your consent, your computer is…

Thank you for that, easier than I thought and far easier than trying to deal with Bitdefender customer support. When I tried that I got email asking me to justify my reasons for not wanting auto-renewal and they didn't actually do anything about my request. The auto renewal business is either a scam or Avangate assumes…

Thank you for that, easier than I thought and far easier than trying to deal with Bitdefender customer support. When I tried that I got email asking me to justify my reasons for not wanting auto-renewal and they didn't actually do anything about my request. Avangate has a brach in the US: North America - Corporate: Redwood…

I have Bitdefender windows 8 security installed with windows 8.1 ,the scan in security 8 does not work.What can I do for now to get Bitdefender to work until a fix ,do I change programs for now? Thaks I don't think any of the major AVs are ready yet to be compatible with and run properly on Windows 8.1. BD has committed on…

Does a pc need to be using a UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) rather than a standard BIOS for the ELAM to be able to function properly with BDIS on a pc? How about Windows 8 Security. Does it also need a UEFI rather than a standard bios for the ELAM to function as Microsoft intended it too? According to Sophos:…

using BitDefender Internet Security which I upgraded to from the 2013 version. everything was fine at first, had it configured to my liking and whatnot. now all of a sudden no websites will work, programs that access internet such as Skype work fine, but loading anything in a browser does not ever work. I have the firewall…

I have downloaded Norton 360 trial edition for testing purpose and Just have installed it. Norton installed in my system without any problem and smoothly in 5 min. So I think there is no issue with my System that can be a problem for Bitdefender to install in it unless it has its installation problem. I follow the BD,…