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    I’ve noticed my Nord VPN has struggled to connect lately on the laptop, it does connect but sometimes it can be a few minutes before it connects or it will just continue to say connecting and then I have to shut the app down and then it may do the same thing again once it’s reopened.

    Could this be antivirus software that is interfering with it? I wonder if anyone else has had similar issues to what I’m facing?

    Would it be safe to turn off Bitdefender whilst the VPN is running?

  • @JAC what happens if you select another server to connect to ?

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    @phenomlab said in Nord VPN & Bitdefender:

    @JAC what happens if you select another server to connect to ?

    All seems a lot better since my laptop updated to Windows 11. How has yours been running Mark?

  • JAC JAC

    I’ve noticed my Nord VPN has struggled to connect lately on the laptop, it does connect but sometimes it can be a few minutes before it connects or it will just continue to say connecting and then I have to shut the app down and then it may do the same thing again once it’s reopened.

    Could this be antivirus software that is interfering with it? I wonder if anyone else has had similar issues to what I’m facing?

    Would it be safe to turn off Bitdefender whilst the VPN is running?

    wrote on last edited by phenomlab
    #2

    @JAC I run bitdefender and Nord VPN at home since switching back to Windows a few months ago. I’ve not experienced this issue.

    Do you have the kill switch option enabled ? If so, turn it off and see if there’s any improvement.

    Never disable any endpoint security software. This should always take preference over anything else.

  • @JAC I run bitdefender and Nord VPN at home since switching back to Windows a few months ago. I’ve not experienced this issue.

    Do you have the kill switch option enabled ? If so, turn it off and see if there’s any improvement.

    Never disable any endpoint security software. This should always take preference over anything else.

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    #3

    @phenomlab said in Nord VPN & Bitdefender:

    @JAC I run bitdefender and Nord VPN at home since switching back to Windows a few months ago. I’ve not experienced this issue.

    Do you have the kill switch option enabled ? If so, turn it off and see if there’s any improvement.

    Never disable any endpoint security software. This should always take preference over anything else.

    Thanks mate I’ll try this when I get back, I think I do have the kill switch enabled mate so that may explain it.

  • JAC JAC

    @phenomlab said in Nord VPN & Bitdefender:

    @JAC I run bitdefender and Nord VPN at home since switching back to Windows a few months ago. I’ve not experienced this issue.

    Do you have the kill switch option enabled ? If so, turn it off and see if there’s any improvement.

    Never disable any endpoint security software. This should always take preference over anything else.

    Thanks mate I’ll try this when I get back, I think I do have the kill switch enabled mate so that may explain it.

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    @JAC Yes, I’ve had this happen to me on numerous occasions.

  • @JAC Yes, I’ve had this happen to me on numerous occasions.

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    @phenomlab said in Nord VPN & Bitdefender:

    @JAC Yes, I’ve had this happen to me on numerous occasions.

    kill switch was disabled already my friend 😕

  • JAC JAC

    @phenomlab said in Nord VPN & Bitdefender:

    @JAC Yes, I’ve had this happen to me on numerous occasions.

    kill switch was disabled already my friend 😕

    wrote on last edited by
    #6

    @JAC what happens if you select another server to connect to ?

  • @JAC what happens if you select another server to connect to ?

    wrote on last edited by
    #7

    @phenomlab said in Nord VPN & Bitdefender:

    @JAC what happens if you select another server to connect to ?

    All seems a lot better since my laptop updated to Windows 11. How has yours been running Mark?

  • JAC JAC

    @phenomlab said in Nord VPN & Bitdefender:

    @JAC what happens if you select another server to connect to ?

    All seems a lot better since my laptop updated to Windows 11. How has yours been running Mark?

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    #8

    @JAC been working fine. No complaints from me

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