User`s guide

3. Protecting against Malicious Software and Phishing
Scams
This chapter includes the following topics:
● Fixing Issues (p. 21)
● Antiphishing Protection (p. 24)
● Shield (p. 24)
● Scanner (p. 28)
● Scan Exclusions (p. 37)
● Quarantine (p. 40)
● Updates (p. 42)
3.1. Fixing Issues
BitDefender Antivirus for Mac automatically detects and informs you about a
series of issues that can affect the security of your system and data. In this way,
you can fix security risks easily and in a timely manner, without having to be a
technical genius or to spend time investigating them.
Detected issues include important protection settings that are turned off and
other conditions that can represent a security risk. They are grouped into two
categories:
● Critical issues - prevent BitDefender Antivirus for Mac from protecting you
against malware or represent a major security risk. This is the list of critical
issues that are reported:
▶ Unresolved threats have been detected on your system.
▶ Real-time antivirus protection is turned off.
▶ Antiphishing protection is turned off.
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