Bitdefender blocking streaming radio , workaround ?

hi guys , i use Foobar for music and one thing i do is stream radio. About 2 days ago Foobar stopped working ( streaming radio ) , so i have been troubleshooting for about 2 hours and found that Bitdefender Free Edition is blocking it.

If i turn off the Protection radio works , if i turn Protection on radio doesnt work. Anyone know how i can fix this or a workaround ?

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add a exception for the servers you are connecting to?
or switch to a better AV

 

hi LeHaM , Bitdefender Free Edition is really limited on options so i can't add an exception/whitelist for the servers. Maybe i will have to get a new AV , what free ones are out there that don't hog system resources and can add exceptions ?

 

interestingly i tried another AV and uninstalled it cause it said i need to purchase it for real time protection. So i re-installed Bitdefender (Free) and radio streaming works fine now.............strange

 

Remove bit defender altogether. Use Malwarebytes (configure it, it's free). Problem solved.

 

i will keep that in mind Pixel if the problem reoccurs............

 

Common sense is your best defense. That is unless you're for sure a target like a govt agency would be.
Malwarebytes offers live protection, or you can not use that like I do and only run it if you want to. By default V3 (as it's drastically changed since it first began) has a lot of things running by default that I dont like so i turn it off and configure it to never bug me til I open it.

 

I recommend using both Avast! Antivirus, and the free version of Malwarebytes. They co-exist happily, are fast and free, and having two separate protectors reduces the chances of infection.

 

I just use windows defender