Nope that didn't work and neither did supporter Roxanas solution which I paste below in case it should help anyone else.
Dear BullGuard User,
Here is what I recommend that you do:
(A) Dow ...
Just to let you know that I have now deactivated Windows Defender and Windows Firewall and reinstalled Bullguard still no change.. just waiting for the update and a restart :oS
I reinstalled my Windows Vista Ultimate 64 bit computer 2 days ago and susequently downloaded Bullguard 8.0 64 Bit. It had all been working fine before the reinstall.
Now when I installed Bullguard ...