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Bitdefender has detected an exploit of THUNDERBIRD

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PeteinThuir
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Suddenly, Bitdefender will not allow me to Open Thunderbird at all !!! it says: "Exploit blocked, Bitdefender has detected an exploit of a Thunderbird.exe vulnerability and has blocked the application." I have tried reinstalling.

Suddenly, Bitdefender will not allow me to Open Thunderbird at all !!! it says: "Exploit blocked, Bitdefender has detected an exploit of a Thunderbird.exe vulnerability and has blocked the application." I have tried reinstalling.

Modified by Wayne Mery

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Matt
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Is there an exploit in Thunderbird? I have not heard about it. Perhaps you could offer some more information from bitdefender on exactly what exploit it thinks it is preventing.

One thing I can be sure about. Reinstalling is not going to stop bitdefender, even if it is wrong, from blocking Thunderbird at this point. So more details are needed.

PeteinThuir
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Matt, thanks for replying. Unfortunately the screenshot below is all that Bitdefender is giving me.

sfhowes
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Suggest you disable the Advanced Threat Defense option or add TB as an exception:

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1275787