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Quote: "I started with BIS 2009, and when they offered to let me upgrade for free to the 2010 version because they couldn't solve my 2009 problems I thought they were being generous." Well, this is exactly what I was told however it was about BDIS 2008 with the promise of a good product in 2009. Its too bad that the BD…

That is what BD said about 2009 last Fall. Fungus

Problems after problems after problems, I decided to uninstall BDTS and relieve myself of this product. Half way through uninstalling I get an error about not being able to remove vsserv.exe cause of permissions so I chose cancel, hoping that I could uninstall in Safe Mode. Now thanks to that I cannot uninstall because it…

My browser is not showing iso. is there any other location that I can download the rescue images? Clicking on: http://download.bitdefender.com/rescue_cd/ brings up this screen, a list of files including the iso image.

My bitdefender 2008 will expire in 29 days and i want to renew it.But can i renew it with a 2009 version key? Mafia: I was able to use my key on 2008 or 2009. If you have problems contact support and they can do this however they may not want to. Contacting BD support has been a failure every time for me, this forum is the…

Hello Fungus, A little more details, please? Cris. OK. My computers run XP-sp3, ntfs, and are set to download MS updates but to hold them until I click the Shield icon in the lower right tray. For a month or so the computer NOT running BDIS handles MS updates like expected. Shield appears, I click, updates are installed.…

I am ready to download/install Vista's SP2 and I need to turn off firewalls and antivirus programs. I cannot find a way to shutdown BD 2009. What is the procedure? The only way I can do this, and have it really shut down, is to un-install it. Fun times. Fungus

I downloaded the rescue cd from the bitdefender website but I am unsure on how to burn it i dont see a .iso image in the files can anyone help me? WOO: I think it is located at http://download.bitdefender.com/rescue_cd/ V 2008 iso is located at http://download.bitdefender.com/rescue_cd/Old/ The link seems to point to an…

Hey all, Why would i choose BitDefender when i can go for G DATA which has the Bitdefender engine And The Avast engine? So why should i choose BitDefender instead? Evil If you are serious, please download the free trial version of BD and use it hard for the 30 days. It obviously doesn't work very well on some computers; it…

hi How can I scan one drive ? I want to scan Just C Drive but i don't find anything else 'full system scan' on the left position Thanks ZAX One way is to open Windows Explorer, In left column (folders) click on "my computer", Locate "Local Disc C:", and right click on it, You should see, among many choices, "Bitdefender…

My first thought would be a big zip file for example (over a couple of hundred megabytes) But that's not the case since many of my Nintendo 8-bit emulator games are overcompressed. And they're only a few hundred KB AA...: My guess is this "overcompressed" simply means that BD couldn't figure out how to decompress it, so…

Venturer posted... "... I decided to install BD 2010 ..." You are a brave person to install V-2010 of a software that still has many issues with V-2009. Maybe that is where your name comes from. :-) Fungus

Hi there, my BIS 2008 expires in 2 days so I followed the renewal instructions whereby I was sold a licence for BIS 2009...However, I want to continue using 2008 suite for the moment but the register new serial window rejects the new licence saying that it is for a different product (correct, of course). Does anyone know…

I have a Windows XP gaming machine with SP3. When I boot up the machine all of my startup items (Not many of them either) boot up fast but the bitdefender task bar icon takes a couple of minutes all by it self. This is a fast machine and it should not be taking this long to boot. I have 2009 installed on the wifes laptop…

Hello fungus, The title says: "Bd Scan Engine Same As Kaspersky ?", but in your post you talk about Zone Alarm and KAV... kinda confusing. Just to light up the situation: - NO, BitDefender doesn't use anyone's engine, it uses it's own proprietary engines, created and developed at BitDefender HQ. - YES, ZoneAlarm DOES use…

I have to question CRs ratings. For example, the Antivirus detection rating for Kaspersky is an empty circle. The Antivirus detection rating for ZoneAlarm is 1/2 black. My issue with CR is that ZoneAlarm uses Kasperky's antivirus scanning engine. So, how can antivirus detection be rated differently? The other issue I have…

What about the $100 I spent on this product to cover 3 PC's? I'd rather give them a chance to fix their issues than just flush $100. Also BitDefender has a much better detection database than like any AV, I know, I've looked. This product cought Trojans & viruses that Norton, McAfee, PC-Cillin & AVG all missed! Its just…

It is my choice, because I made the tool on my own and I can't guarantee anything for it, at least until it's properly tested under controlled conditions. I am not willing to throw out an untested application, risk breaking up God-knows-what on certain systems, and then have users coming back on me because I only wanted to…

I am currently using Internet Security 2009 with Windows Vista 32 bit. I am so tired of all the glitches and bugs and poor performance. A few questions: 1. Can I go back to 2008? 2. Will my license still work for three machines for the balance of the time? 3. Do I need to uninstall IS2009? 4. Has anybody done this and…

I installed BitDefender Total Security 2009 in error. I was trying to install BitDefender 2008 Internet Security for which I have a license. I was advised that there was an 'Update' which I installed but which turned out to be BitDefender Total Security 2009 for which my license was not valid. (they wanted $75 to 'upgrade'…

I tried the exact same thing, except that I ran the CCleaner and BT uninstall tool once or twice more to be sure that everything was removed... Sadly, I'm still stuck with the can't-scan problem... Hope this helps some of you with this problem: I was unable to scan so I did the above listed items. Ran BD removal tool and…

Hi funus, which you plan to use for the future, as a IS suite? Hemanth: I have 3 or 4 months left on BD. If it gets debugged enough to run on both of my computers, I might renew it. At this time I have to use 2008 on my newest and fastest computer. With 2009 I encounter too many bugs that are unacceptable. Computer number…

Hi Cris: Thank you for the detailed response. After I have thought about this overnight I am more in tune with what you have stated here in this reply. I'd rather have AV warn me of something about to happen, than to have the AV tell me later that I'm infected. I do hope you understand how hilarious this was to me watching…

I've run into quite an annoying problem with my Bitdefender program. I noticed that it detected a critical issue, which was that it had not been scanned recently. But when clicked (and double-clicked) on the "Fix" button, nothing happened. The annoying part was that this isn't the first time. It happened before, which I…

Hi how do you know it was BitDefender that shut down your system, due to an error? Hemanth: XP put up a window with a message stating the serious error and said it was BD that XP had to shut down. It gave no useful other information. BD didn't shut down my computer, XP shut down BD, the computer continued operating but…

Hemanth: Thanks for the advice on downloading a "new version" of BDIS-2009. For some reason I simply cannot get very excited to go thru the pain of deleting, and again re-installing BDIS. I've done this too many times. (pita) Looking back, I don't recall ever having to do this for older AV I have used such as Norton, AVG,…

Be sure to try it free before you pay for BD. There seems to be many computers that cannot run BD2009 without many problems. Your computer might be one that has no problems, maybe not. Try before you buy. I have two computers running BDIS. One runs 2009 fine while the newer computer won't, I have to run BDIS2008 on that…

Hmmmm. Remember that Consumer Reports recommended BDIS-2008, not 2009. I use 2008 and it loaded properly and works properly. I'm not complaining about it and I'm not going to upgrade to 2009. I'd also say that the new forum does seem to offer better support than the older version did. I have however called BD telephone…