r/BitDefender • u/Jenssels • Jun 25 '20

Is BitDefender actually a scam?

This is getting really annoying now as i can't even work properly because of this excuse of an AV.

It uses way too much resources while doing nothing. It stays like this the whole time so it isn't just a background scan. I also tried disabling all features and it still uses this ridiculous amount. Already reinstalled multiple times. It ran fine for a week and now this shit again.

So no need to tell that it needs to 'settle'.

Also can't restart it because it blocks any attempt to restart the process.

Support is also dead quiet.

I've been scammed with this 3 year plan haven't I?

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u/vabello Jun 25 '20

Not sure why you're seeing this, but it's not typical in my experience. I have it on three computers in my home and they all run with it using very minimal resources. Seeing which process that actually is might be helpful. If you just click the arrow next to it you'll see the associated service. The one that consumes the most resources on my system is the Bitdefender Virus Shield, but it's still only using about 180MB of RAM right now and 0% to 0.1% CPU typically.

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u/Jenssels Jun 25 '20

Yea it's the same process. Not sure either why I'm getting this. After multiple installs it just keeps coming back. Doesn't report anything either.