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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 admins @Alexandru_BD & @Mike_BD and mods @fedor, @Scott, @Nunzio77, @Math_Matei, @Ekimoz and…
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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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Bitdefender together with Scuderia Ferrari
Bitdefender entered into a multi-year partnership with Ferrari S.p.A., to become Cybersecurity global partner of Scuderia Ferrari. Full announcement below: Forza Ferrari!
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The current Bitdefender Parental Control will be superseded by a more sophisticated technology
As the title says, Parental Control as we know it will be replaced by an upgraded version. Find out what's new here:
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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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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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Bitdefender Enhances Digital Identity Protection for Consumers Worldwide
Consumers now have even greater control of their digital footprint while minimizing cybersecurity risks associated with personal data misuse: For information related to Bitdefender Digital Identity Protection:
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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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Uninstall Protection
Hello everyone, my name is Hossam and I am happy to be a part of this community! I really like Bitdefender due to its amazing features. However, I wish it had a feature like Uninstall protection, specifically for parental control app. For instance, if we take the Qustodio parental control app as an example, we can see this…
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How do i fix wifi has self-assigned IP address error on Mac
How do i fix wifi has self-assigned IP address error on MacHow to fix February 23, 20240 Welcome to mac4xp’s blog: “wifi has self-assigned ip address and will not be able to connect to the internet” “wifi self-assigned ip address mac problem” “how to fix self-assigned ip address” self-assigned ip address mac fix” if you…
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Full Control permisson is safe ?
If I allow it, 1. Are all my activations (camera, sns, etc.) collected by bitdefender? My Data will be sent anywhere? 2. And if collected, will that data be used for improvement purposes or anything? 3. Also, why do you need permission to read the entire app screen? I don't doubt the company, but I still want to know for…
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Parental Control Install
Good evening you all, I am facing problem installing Parental Contron on my son's tablet with Android 10. An strange image appears but nothing happens. Any suggestion ? Kind regards Gianluca
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VPN Error code: 2
I get the following message on Bitdefender VPN: An error occurred while connecting to our servers. (Error Code: 2). Does anyone know how this error code is to be resolved? Thanks George
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Application.Deceptor.BCR detected from Glary Utilities
I installed Glary utilities and the bitdefender protection consider that : " The file C:\Windows\System32\Tasks\GU5SkipUAC is infected with Application.Deceptor.BCR. The threat has been successfully blocked, your device is safe." It is false positive or it is a virus ? Thanks, Beny
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Piratage email
Bonjour. On m a pirate mon email jpvitrail@.fr Je voudrais changer cet email par un nouveau mais comme ce pirate gère mon email comment puis je faire pour changer cet email sur mon compte Bitdefender ?
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bitdefender run does not clear Yahoo Redirect virus - any solutions?
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Hostgator CPanel & Email Blocked.
Has anyone as recently as the past 2 weeks experienced issues connecting to HostGator's cPanel or even their email servers to send/receive email? URL = https://gatorXXXX.hostgator.com I've added the specific URL from the Notifications and the domain (hostgator.com) to the Online Threat Prevention Exception list, but still…
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Bitdefender disappeared from settings and taskbar
Just had my Win 10 desktop repaired and new hard drive installed. Bitdefender disappeared everywhere on my computer. Cannot find solution online. Help!
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Bitdefender services are not responding
Message in the taskbar "Bitdefender services are not responding. Please restart your computer". I already made 2 restarts but the problem persists. Although according to notification area icon (Bitdefender Agent) BD is not working the widget is GREEN This is the 4th time that this is happening and every time I have to do a…
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SafePay keeps popping up when browsing website in Opera today
Today when browsing around products on Home Hardware's website (e.g. https://www.homehardware.com.au/stanley-hand-riveter ) I found that the BD SafePay was opened three times, without me doing anything other than right-clicking to open various products in new tabs. Not sure whether this is a fault of the website, or BD, or…
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List of BUGs to fix in the Home versions.
Hi, Below is the list of bugs that I think Bitdefender should work on as a priority before thinking about any new implementations. Obviously this has the sole aim of suggesting improvements that serve to make both the free version and the paid version increasingly competitive compared to the competition. I believe in the…
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Are emails from bitdefender@hello.bitdefender.com legit?
There's a short window on an email I received and while it looks legit there's reason to question the legitimacy. If email from bitdefender@hello.bitdefender.com comes from Bitdefender, that's all I really need to know.
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Bitdefender scanner no longer works on android after update to version 3.3.234.2411
Hi everyone, I have a android TV box with android 12 running bitdefender mobile version 3.3.234.2411, since it updated to this new version today I can no longer scan, when pressing the scan button nothing happens. I can see in my bitdefender central when I go to my android device an click on the "malwarescan" that a scan…
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Feature request for Bitdefender Mobile Security
Feature request: 1) Network Scan: A network scan on Android checks nearby Wi-Fi networks, showing their names, signal strength, and security details. It helps users find secure and reliable networks to connect to. Some apps also look for potential security issues or threats on these networks. Additionally, it can show…
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Bitdefender mobile version 3.3.234.2404 services keeps turning itself off on android TV box
I have an HK1RBOX running android 12 and have bitdefender mobile version 3.3.234.2404. Since 2 days now the bitdefender service keeps turning itself of and I have to manually turn it back on, I have already tried reinstalling the app and was able to reproduce this issue. It happened twice now both when connected with…
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Misalignment between the present versions.
Hi, in the application management in the control panel there is always a misalignment between the installed version and the one indicated in the application management. Fix the bug. Thank you. 😉
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Bitdefender and Perforce
Will Bitdefender protect me if I am using a Perforce depot? Will Bitdefender protect me if a person sends a virus or tries to take control of my computer through Perforce? I'm also using Unreal Engine (Game Engine)
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UnifiedSDK.Service.exe crash?
I noticed that after installing Bitdefender VPN I noticed a new crash kept happening linked to Bitdefender VPN, here are the details: Description Faulting Application Path: C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender VPN\UnifiedSDK.Service\UnifiedSDK.Service.exe Problem signature Problem Event Name: APPCRASH Application…
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Phone Number for support
I purchased bitdefender and never received a code to activate my devices.
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Any way to get a Devices customizable list view in Bitdefender CENTRAL?
Buna ziua, In Bitdefender CENTRAL, under Devices, the boxed view wastes a lot of space and is not customizable. Longer device names can get cutoff, and it's hard to locate or sort computers, once you add more than about 10 of them. Any chance to implement a list view with rows (one device per row) and allow adjusting the…
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Bitdefender is installed and active on my Mac mini but is missing from Central
I'm running Bitdefender on my primary Mac mini, and the app links to my account in Central, but it isn't showing up as one of my devices in Central. If I choose to install, my only option is to add another iOS device. How can I get my Mac mini install to show up in my Central desktop?
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Epson scanner runs very slowly
Since installing Bitdefender a few weeks ago it is taking minutes to scan documents that used to scan in seconds. When I remove Bitdefender the scans speed up again. How do I configure Bitdefender to not check the files being created by my Epson scanner? Thanks for any help - aplogies if this question has been asked before
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Bitdefender services are loading now, please wait
I'm getting the above message when mouse pointer is hovering over the Bitdefender Icon in the Sys tray. I have uninstalled and re-installed (just). When I did this it said "you are safe" BUT, after a reboot it goes back to the above error. Bdservicehost and BDuserhost and other BD's are showing in Task Manager. Win 11 23H2…
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Reset Settings Password
I have forgotten the password that restricts access to Bitdefender settings in the PC application's Settings tab. How do I reset this password. My thanks in advance for any assistance.
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Why left with no option to close an opened window after started using Bitdefender Total Security?
There is no way left I can close an opened app even after tried for several times. Why? What is the solution for the same?
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BD turns off occasionally
Hi, I am new to this forum. Does anyone happen to know why Bitdefender is off by itself occasionally under Windows 10? Window defender pops out the message"Turn on antivirus" Otherwise I wouldn't even know, I always do a full scan but finds nothing, it happens once a month at least, hopefully someone can help me to answer…
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System got hacked and all files encrypted with .encrypted extension
We are using Bitdefender Total security. But yesterday our system got attacked. All files are encrypted with .encrypted extension. Is there any possibility to decrypt the files? Please find the enclosed zip sample encrypted files. Please check and provide your valuable suggestions. Thanks & Regards, Kishore
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Bitdefnder firewall windows 11
Hello, Recently i upgraded from windows 10 to windows 11. For flightsimulator 2020 i use software that is called AVIASERVER to put a cockpit display onto my IPAD. In windows 10 that worked as a charm. In windows 11 it does not work anymore. I can start up the software and i runs on the background but my IPAD cannot connect…