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Thank you for the reply, but I have the BD toolbar disabled in Thunderbird, and I have Anti-Spam disabled in BDTS, and I still get these dialogs. This is why I asked if it is possible to resolve this problem short of totally removing BDTS. I never got these dialogs before installing BDTS.

That is because if you add a file to the excluded process list like that under antivirus it applies a blanket rule across the entire security suite excluding it from firewall rules as well. I have experienced this behaviour intentionally when temporarily applying a workaround for an IDS false positive on AMD catalyst…

From the manual's AVC section: Process exclusions also apply to the Intrusion Detection System included in the Bitdefender firewall. I have read that before. But the IDS is not the same thing as the firewall. I had thought that whether or not an application can connect out is a function of the firewall, not the IDS. In any…

That's a pretty lame excuse. So we're supposed to read the fine print on a web page instead of having the product behave as any normal user would expect it to? Since Wallet is accessible within Safepay, most of us stupid users probably think you can use it within Safepay. What's the point of storing a password here? You…

If I try to block access to internet for Firefox, blocking is effective. Firefox can not connect to the Internet. The firewall of Bitdefender works perfectly. You can try a repair of your Bitdefender. So, you're saying that since it works for you, it must be perfect, regardless of what others are experiencing. So, all…

It's definitely dtsview.exe that is accessing the LAN even after Deny is set. I do have dtsview.exe set to be excluded from On-access and On-demand scans, but neither the interface nor the help file indicate that this also excludes it from being blocked, even if it is set to Deny. If I block uTorrent.exe in the same way,…

Same here. The Bitdefender Total Security 17.19.0.831 firewall is not blocking applications properly on my system. I first noticed this with Desktop Scout 5.21. Even when totally "blocked", Desktop Scout is allowed to connect. I've seen similar behavior with other "blocked" applications. No reply from Bitdefender?…

I got a response from BD tech support: ndeed the latest version of Bitdefender has incorporated the ELAM technology, so if you decide to use our product, you will benefit from it. Case closed. So does that mean with my 1 year sunscription left on Windows 8 Security from Bitdefender I can transfer or upgrade if that is the…

Safepay is in W8S and TS, but in TS, there is a red, obvious "button" in the upper left that performs a "Switch to Desktop". When this is used, you're switched to the Desktop (along with whatever applications are already running), and a similar red button appears on the desktop itself, in the upper-right corner. This time,…

I had W8S installed, and the "Display Security Widget" option wasn't available, nor did a corresponding entry exist in the tray menu. And I had installed every update for W8S that was available. The web page must simply be wrong. I now have TS installed, and the interface does just ... look better. The Updates progress bar…

With the ELAM technology, and the Photon technology in the 2014 versions, I don't see why they would keep the BD W8 version around. Also, since the 2014 versions have a nice desktop widget which the BD W8 doesn't, along with a better UI, and a better Update download progress bar (cosmetic stuff) makes the 2014 versions…

There sure aren't any perfect solutions. I've also found out (the hard way) that a vendor that has a great solution for one platform (e.g. Windows) may have a terrible solution for another (e.g. Android). I would have liked to use one vendor across the board, but I simply cannot. Bitdefender's Android anti-theft product,…

I know this is an old post but an answer would have been helpful to me when I experienced a similar problem. I thought I had a similar issue. What I discovered was that there is a delay between activity and reports on that activity showing up in the parental control page. This was true for me even when I tested on my PC…

Please allow me to answer my own question. Commercial monitoring software is a tricky thing. Some companies have sued and pursued other legal means in response to their software being flagged by anti-malware software. Also, a parent/administrator/company/rogue NSA employee/non-rogue NSA employee generally has the authority…