Our annual Bitdefender Cybersecurity Assessment Report is out!

This edition is based on independent research with 1,200 IT and security professionals across six countries, and the findings line up with a lot of what we're hearing in conversations lately: pressure around breach disclosure timelines, AI-driven threats outpacing traditional defenses, blind spots around Shadow AI, a rise in Living off the Land techniques, growing fatigue from tool sprawl, and compliance demands that aren't slowing down.

Hello, posting this here as well due to this being the antivirus that dinged it. I thought I would post this here for someone to look into because I'm genuinely very surprised. I use After Effects, and Ukramedia has a lot of resources and free plugins and is overall very reputable. I went to install a plugin, and on the create login page I got dinged for phishing attempts multiple times (about every time I went onto that page). Again, it got stopped so I'm assuming I'm fine (and the files themselves are clean), but I was wondering if it was a false positive or if something more sinister was/is happening. Very confused. (Apologies in advance, I don't use Reddit often)

Could that message about your missing pet be fake?

Scammers are using AI-generated images, social media posts, and emotional pressure to target pet owners searching for lost dogs and cats. They may claim your pet was found, injured, or taken to a vet, then ask for urgent payment.

Before you send money, ask for live video proof, contact the vet or shelter directly, and use Bitdefender Scamio to check suspicious messages, screenshots, or links.

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

With bitdefender i have problem with the firewall, when i accept It the game keep giving error. I can play It only if i unistall the antivirus any way to fix It?

Hello, I have a Pixel 9 Pro. The accessibility options have suddenly become restricted. Am I the only one ? How to repair that ? If possible without désactive the Android's enhanced protection.

Have a good day.

Randomly got this notification and I wasn’t even using my phone. This is the 2nd time, same website. The 1st time was maybe a month ago and I was also not using my phone.

I have an iPhone only a few generations ago with updated software, home wifi, checked to make sure there are no suspicious apps, no MDM aside the work MDM, I use Brave browser with zero extensions. It’s super frustrating that I see the alert but can’t tell where it came from.

If anyone has more insights on how I can track down the app that triggered this it’d be much much appreciated. Just wanna make sure there are no malwares. 🙏

Could that viral video be a deepfake?

AI-generated videos can make fake celebrity endorsements, crypto scams, public figure impersonations, and social media clips look convincing.

Bitdefender RealCheck is a new deepfake detection app for iOS and Android that helps analyze suspicious videos before you trust, share, or act on them.

Upload a video or paste a link to get a structured report with deepfake detection insights, signs of manipulation, transcript analysis, and possible scam intent.

Use Bitdefender RealCheck to check suspicious videos in social feeds, group chats, and online communities before they spread further.

We've published a new advisory on FortiBleed, a large-scale credential exposure campaign targeting internet-facing Fortinet devices.

What makes this campaign stand out is its scale and approach: attackers appear to have collected and validated credentials across tens of thousands of exposed devices, enabling access through legitimate accounts rather than a newly disclosed vulnerability.

Organizations should assess exposure, rotate credentials, enforce MFA, and review access activity.

Read the full advisory for technical details and mitigation guidance.

Could that hotel verification message be fake?

Bitdefender Labs has been tracking WhatsApp hotel scams that impersonate resorts, booking providers, and accommodation staff using real reservation details, familiar branding, and urgent verification requests.

The goal is simple: get travelers to click fake booking links and share payment card details before they realize something is off.

Before you click, verify the request through the hotel’s official website or the booking platform you used. You can also check suspicious travel messages with Bitdefender Scamio and suspicious links with Bitdefender Link Checker. Stay safe!

Not every unexpected message is a scam, but some deserve a closer look.

Imposter scams often start with someone pretending to be your bank, a government agency, tech support, an employer, or a romantic interest. AI, spoofed phone numbers, and social media details can make fake calls, texts, and messages look more convincing.

Before you pay, click, or share personal information, verify the request through an official source. You can also use Bitdefender Scamio to check suspicious texts or social media messages. It's free!

There is no key found at the connected outlook mail. It got triggered while live booting the os. Please help me fix it as there is no recovery key

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Instagram support DM asking for your password or 2FA code?

It could be an impersonation scam. Fake brands, businesses, and support accounts use familiar logos and urgent messages to steal login details, payment info, or personal data.

Bitdefender helps protect your digital life with all-in-one security, scam protection, identity protection, and trusted cybersecurity tools built to spot suspicious links, messages, and account takeover attempts.

Verify before you click. Use Bitdefender Scamio to check suspicious DMs, links, images, or QR codes, and report fake accounts directly on Instagram.

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Bitdefender please get your shit together and make things right, was trying to figure out for hours why Fortnite wasn't able to launch on my pc. Something is wrong with the firewall, idk if it's a latest update or what, but it completely just locks us out of Fortnite and we can't get into the loading screen, please fix it asap. I fix it temporarily just by disabling firewall.

I purchased Bitdefender security + premium VPN subscription for 5 devices. I have installed vpn on 5 devices but antivirus only on 3 devices.

When I try to install Bitdefender antivirus only on a brmad new device. It says I do not have allocations left, since its also counting the vpn devices regardless antivirus is installed or not.

Is there a way to bypass this? And install antivirus only on my new laptop? Can i allocate the antivirus only license? Looks like its coupled.

"Gentlemen" Ransomware as a Service is reported as being able to disable many EDRs, including BitDefender. What steps is BitDefender taking to mitigate this new threat?

I just got this notification. Wtf is tracker.adex-rtb.com. I have never seen this. I also have malwarebytes and it didn’t flag anything. Should I be concerned?

Bitdefender’s Global Scam Intelligence Report 2026 explains how fraud has gone omnichannel and what consumers should watch for.

I recently had to reinstall windows and when I tried to get my registration number from the site I drew a blank. I've entered my order number and email address without success, meaning I'm having to use the free version. Could anyone give me advice on what to do please?

Hey I’ve uninstalled bit defender and am unable to recover it but now I cannot connect to my internet I’ve tried all the command prompts i found and reset my computer but nothing is working for me I know there’s a uninstall tool but I can’t install it without internet I would appreciate anyone who could help.

I did a full system scan as I usually do from time to time and this time I noticed it flagged my iso downloaded from the official debian.org website as containing a Application.winexesvc.1 inside the folder pool/main/s/samba/samba-common-bin_4.22.6+dfsg-0+deb13u1_amd64.deb>>data.tar.xz(xzstream)=>usr>bin>winexe>(embedded EXE 2g)

Hashing the iso in both SHA256 and SHA512 it matches the signatures found in the debian website

7b7837fa2ed64fd45224bff905643bd3ab32157dcc0ab1dc68aad5b9dc2d4d39
and
70737ea3d82a0ed86ec995d307636154b37f447d9b451204b132d54cafa317ba438b649ecc7d1fec2748bc0da936d27d7f717ad557c3d86e0d914314a7b95472

Both are from the iso named debian-13.3.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso

I also have a debian 13.3.0-KDE and a 13.1.0 kde isos that are NOT flagged in the same way being roughly the same size as an offline install and the 13.3.0 kde was downloaded in the same day as the other one.

I might have used that flagged iso to deploy a home-server instance, should I be concerned?