Bitdefender installing VPN software without consent-How to Stop?

• To add my two cents, aside from being completely unnecessary, the installation of any antivirus app WILL seriously slow down your computer and can also cause other unwanted problems. Bitdefender should be immediately and fully removed. See if they provide an uninstaller to do the complete removal. If not, you can use the free app AppCleaner to do any needed removals. It is safe when properly used. Just open the app and then drag any app to be removed into its window. It will then search and present all of the associated bits and pieces of the app for approval and removal.

BlockBlock...

https://objective-see.com/products/blockblock.html

Or...

EtreCheck is a FREE simple little diagnostic tool to display the important details of your system configuration and allow you to copy that information to the Clipboard. It is meant to be used with Apple Support Communities to help people help you with your Mac. It will not display any personal info.

https://www.etrecheck.com/

Pastebin is a good place to paste the whole report if you capture the URL while there…

https://pastebin.com/

Whew, they've changed pastebin & made it harder, but after pasting in, click Create new paste button, then Embed button, then copy the URL...

<script src="https://pastebin.com/embed_js/KuvnghqA"></script>

The important part of the above is...

https://pastebin.com/embed_js/KuvnghqA

Workable but harder for me to work with...the Note tool on the bottom of this editor's toolbar, as shown in the image, to copy and paste the output from EtreCheck. In a Reply before you click post, look for this to add longer texts...

Uninstall third party apps that claim to protect, clean, manage, etc. They are not needed, use system resources while providing no benefit, and they may cause problems.

Good Work, take care my friend! :)