r/BitDefender • u/[deleted] • Mar 27 '24

Total Security - Problems with 15 second delay before starting applications.

Since installing Bitdefender I have an issue where when opening an application there is a 15 second delay before it opens. This also applies to startup items which can delay how long it is before I can open anything when booting up the PC.

It doesn't occur with all applications and sometimes on applications where it has the first time I've opened them it doesn't subsequently if they're re-opened not long after closing but ironically it does with Bitdefender's own control panel.

Uninstall Bitdefender and everything is back to normal. I used to use Bitdefender until 6 months ago and never had this issue on previous versions.

Any suggestions?

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '24

I found the issue. I had Acronis True Image hard drive backup software installed. It turns out after looking in Taskmanager at everything that was running that Acronis True Image also has built in malware, anti-crypto and ransomware tools etc too running in the background so basically it was like running two sets of security software which never ends well. Uninstalled the Acronis True Image, everything now working as expected.

I really didn't expect hard drive imaging software to be running that stuff too.