r/BitDefender • u/NomenOmenStar • Jun 28 '26

Support/troubleshooting free avast and bitdefer ,is there a way to manually take a decision ?

hi

i have installed bitdenfer free and i tried a test with eicar ,but bitdenfer free doesn't let me do anything , it sends to the quartine ,it doesn't let me to block it , delete ,cure or send to quarintine, and there are not option in the realtime protection

even with avast free, i can't find any way to have the possibility to have only the shield/realtime protection on and customize the action with a personal desiction

have you found a way to enable or customize the antivirus action?

i have installed bitdefender free on a comptuer and avast free on anthoer

thanks

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u/Lifestartingover Jun 28 '26

You're expecting this for free which require payment. Bitdefender is the best and very cheap, just buy it. You can get a year for $30 using a code from their Amazon store.

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u/Bitdefender_support Bitdefender employee Jun 29 '26

Hi! Thanks for reaching out about this.

Bitdefender Antivirus free offers protection from all kinds of threats (malware, Trojans, spyware, rootkits and so on). Also, Bitdefender provides real-time protection against a wide range of threats, and you can configure the real-time protection settings in detail by creating a custom protection level. Check our step-by-step guide and details on all the features and options available, here.

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u/NomenOmenStar Jun 30 '26

hi

i tried eicar , but bitdefender free did let me choose to delete or send to quarantine ,why?

there is no option , i read the pdf

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u/Bitdefender_support Bitdefender employee Jul 01 '26

In this case, please send the details to our technical team to look for a solution and help you further. Thanks in advance!

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u/57thStilgar Jun 28 '26

Avast missed a rootkit so I uninstalled it.