User`s guide

1. Open BitDefender Antivirus for Mac. If you do not know how to do this, refer to
Opening BitDefender Antivirus for Mac (p. 13).
2. Open the Preferences window in one of the following ways:
● Press the Command key and the Comma key.
● Click BitDefender in the upper-left corner of the screen and choose
Preferences.
3. Click the Shield tab.
4. Select or clear the corresponding check boxes, as needed.
Archive Scanning Settings
BitDefender Antivirus for Mac does not scan accessed archives by default. Scanning
archives can slow down your system.
To scan archives automatically on access:
1. Open BitDefender Antivirus for Mac. If you do not know how to do this, refer to
Opening BitDefender Antivirus for Mac (p. 13).
2. Open the Preferences window in one of the following ways:
● Press the Command key and the Comma key.
● Click BitDefender in the upper-left corner of the screen and choose
Preferences.
3. Click the Shield tab.
4. Select the Scan compressed files check box.
5. Specify the maximum size of the archives to be scanned (in megabytes) in the
corresponding field. Archives exceeding the specified size limit will not be
scanned. If you want to scan all archives, regardless of their size, type 0.
If you later want to disable the automatic scanning of archives, just clear the
check box.
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