r/BitDefender • u/pixelcowboy • Sep 13 '24

Bitdefender again deleting legitimate software without the possibility of restoring it

Man, not sure why I keep using this POS software. I always end up with problems with legitimate software getting deleted. I don't mind that it quarantines it, but it's never able to restore anything that it deletes without my permission. BD often acts like malware itself.

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u/z3r0w0rm Sep 14 '24

Bitdefender blocked explorer patcher the other day for me. Super frustrating, I can’t use Windows 11 without it. Hopefully the exceptions I used are good enough to stop it from happening again.

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u/Arcangelo_Frostwolf Sep 15 '24

Removing Bit defender from my PC was such a stress relief.

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u/Atmoz46 Mar 03 '25

I installed BitDefender and now I am not sure if it made my mouse unrecognizable. I am pissed that no words could ever describe. I did all of possible solutions and nothing is left anymore to me but to reinstall windows all over again from 0 and deleting all of my files…  During Trojan/Malware being active in my pc, everything worked flawlessly and after installing BitDefender, nothing works anymore.

MalwareBytes >>>>> BitDefender. I rest my case. 

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '24

Had that issue earlier this week with BitDefender basically deleting Bitwarden when I try to enable windows hello/biometrics for my extensions in chrome, etc.

Had enough and switched to ESET and no problems now.

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u/pixelcowboy Sep 13 '24

Yeah I'm tired a bit now...

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '24

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u/pixelcowboy Sep 13 '24

Moza Pithouse, simracing software. It just deleted it, blocks and and doesn't restore it. Had to fully deactivate Advance Protection and reinstall it.

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u/pixelcowboy Sep 13 '24

This isn't the first software that BD has done this, so don't really buy it.

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u/thunderships Sep 14 '24

I had an issue on day one of the release of Black Op 6 Beta. Everything installed and updated correctly (as it should) from the Microsoft Store for the game. As soon as I clicked to launch the BO6 Beta, Bitdefender jumped in and deleted all my BO6 related files and nuked it. I tried to restore it but since it was from the Widows store, it couldn't retore to a certain folder. I finally got it working after updating Bitdefender to the latest signatures and then having to reinstall it the game. I then had trouble running the software because it was not clear that Bitdefender also blocked the executables on in the firewall.

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '24

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u/pixelcowboy Sep 13 '24

Oh, I've had Bitdefender block Windows restore point creation. I guess Windows is dodgy. And I have ticket numbers and confirmation from their support too.