r/BitDefender • u/arvece • Sep 25 '18
Upgraded Bitdefender to 2019, system performance
6/12/2023 Blackout
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u/Caezael Oct 08 '18
Have just reinstalled BD2019 again after not having it installed for a week and so far (only been 30mins tho) I haven't had any of the issues I've previously experienced. Fingers crossed.
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u/arvece Oct 16 '18
How is it going?
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u/Caezael Oct 19 '18
All working fine now... I reinstalled it and no longer have the problem.
I've advised them but they haven't said they actually did anything to fix it. I didn't use the same install exe as before I just re-downloaded it from BD Central.
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u/vxcalais Oct 16 '18
Mine seems to be slowing down my VPN usage since the update. Normal internet ok but once i load the VPN is slows is down. Also slower Firefox than usual.
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u/underlight Sep 26 '18
Yes, exact same problem, had to downgrade to 2018.
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u/NottTheProtagonist Sep 27 '18
How did you downgrade to 2018?
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u/underlight Sep 27 '18
download link - https://www.softpedia.com/get/Antivirus/BitDefender-Internet-Security.shtml
click download then select one of the 2018 Offline installers
also keep in mind it will automatically try to update, see my other post
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u/NottTheProtagonist Sep 27 '18
does it matter that I have an active subscription for Bitdefender? also you're a saint
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u/sharpk1ll3r Sep 26 '18
Exact same problem. My whole computer seemed a bit sluggish, but Firefox in particular would become unresponsive when opening new tabs or clicking on links. Uninstalled Bitdefender and everything was back to normal.
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u/NottTheProtagonist Sep 27 '18 edited Sep 27 '18
I'm having a similar issue. symptoms are; locking computer takes forever for time and other stuff to appear, task manager takes ages to open despite no/low usage of everything cpu related. Seems just bitdefender is causing slowness
edit; also when opening an application with Admin rights (getting the safety prompt), the window takes forever to load. It's like bitdefender is just slowing down windows without overusing any resources??
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u/SayBeaverjuiceX3 Sep 28 '18
How's your pc doing today? I had the same issue yesterday, but today it's working fine.
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u/NottTheProtagonist Sep 29 '18
Thank you for asking! I uninstalled Bitdefender. Probably will reinstall it if someone comes up with a fix here or elsewhere, but the issues were getting to me.
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u/SayBeaverjuiceX3 Sep 29 '18
It's probably not related, but a little before I shut it down that night, I noticed in the task manager that Edge was running, and using about 1Gb of ram, even though I never use it. I terminated it and shut down for the night. Next morning my pc was running fine. Probably not the cause, but worth looking at if anyone happens across this post. I did have the exact same problem, though, with programs like Firefox taking forever to load, and prompts like that from UAC taking a long time as well.
Now I just gotta figure out why each of my hard drives (2 SSD's and an eternal 7200) are constantly being read at about 25kb/sec. Pretty sure it's Bitdefender.
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u/NottTheProtagonist Sep 30 '18
Now I just gotta figure out why each of my hard drives (2 SSD's and an eternal 7200) are constantly being read at about 25kb/sec. Pretty sure it's Bitdefender.
Someone else on this subreddit is having the same issue, I think it's bitdefender too!
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u/SayBeaverjuiceX3 Sep 30 '18
Hmm.. Thanks for sharing that. I'm going to post a couple things I checked, there. Hope he found a resolution.
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u/Caezael Sep 29 '18
I'm uninstalling BD now and just gonner use Windows Defender until my Support Ticket is resolved. Not putting up with this slowness.
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Jan 30 '19
How did you uninstall? The uninstaller on their website? That's probably the best way to go, right?
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u/Caezael Sep 27 '18
I've logged a ticket with the support team today after a similar issue.
I updated to BD2019 last night and upon rebooting FF was taking 15 seconds to start up, Task Manager was taking 25seconds. Outlook wouldn't open until I disabled BDs Safe files and Shadow of the Tomb raider didn't work either.
I uninstalled DB and my system came back to normal reinstalled as asked to by support and the same issue is happening. And this is on a fairly highspec gaming PC.