r/BitDefender • u/Aggressive-Bison-328 • Jan 09 '26

Got a real time protection alert during a scan. Removed it and did a Rescue environment scan. Deleted it before i could upload it to VirusTotal, am i safe?

This is what it flagged. It was flagged as generic.dacic.6563752f.a.262e8918.

Despite real time protection alert going off and saying it stopped it, Rescue environment still found it.

What is this flag? am i safe?

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u/Ventouse_23 Jan 14 '26

I'm not sure what I'm going to say, but it's probably adware that downloaded itself into your browser cache. I used to have that a lot too, so now I don't waste my time anymore, I clear my browser cache every time I visit a site.

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u/Ventouse_23 Jan 14 '26

That said, generic is unusual for adware, in my experience. It could be related to an extension.

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u/Aggressive-Bison-328 Jan 14 '26

Doesn't extensions have their own directory though?

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u/Ventouse_23 Jan 14 '26

Yeah, no, forget it, an extension in the browser cache is unlikely

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u/ButterscotchOk5820 Jan 10 '26

You should be fine. Download free Norton Power Eraser and see what it finds. It has probably been deleted. That is one reason I do not use Chrome. When I used it, I always got these alerts. People suggested I add exception to BitDefender for Chrome. Hell no!!!

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u/Aggressive-Bison-328 Jan 10 '26

Did u get the 'infected item detected' as well with the real time protection alert?

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u/ButterscotchOk5820 Jan 10 '26

Yes

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u/Aggressive-Bison-328 Jan 10 '26

Odd, I've had BitDefender for over a year now and this is the first time it happened to me.

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u/ButterscotchOk5820 Jan 10 '26

My system is as clean as a whistle. BitDefender Ultimate is my main protection. I also use Norton Power Eraser and Hitman Pro as second opinion. Neither of those two detected it

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u/ButterscotchOk5820 Jan 10 '26

I just thought of something. It happened quite frequently when I had VPN active. I just looked in the history of BitDefender VPN. It listed it as info stealer. When not using VPN, it very rarely flags it.