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16. ADVANCED THREAT DEFENSE
Bitdefender Advanced Threat Defense is an innovative proactive detection
technology which uses advanced heuristic methods to detect ransomware
and other new potential threats in real time.
Advanced Threat Defense continuously monitors the apps running on the
computer, looking for threat-like actions. Each of these actions is scored
and an overall score is computed for each process.
As a safety measure you will be notified each time threats and potentially
malicious processes are detected and blocked.
16.1. Turning on or off Advanced Threat Defense
To turn on or off Advanced Threat Defense:
1. Click Protection on the navigation menu on the Bitdefender interface.
2. In the ADVANCED THREAT DEFENSE pane, turn on or off the switch.
Note
To keep your system protected from ransomware and other threats, we
recommend you to disable Advanced Threat Defense for as little time as
possible.
16.2. Checking detected malicious attacks
Whenever threats or potentially malicious processes are detected, Bitdefender
will block them to prevent your computer from being infected by ransomware
or other malware. You can check at any time the list of detected malicious
attacks by following these steps:
1. Click Protection on the navigation menu on the Bitdefender interface.
2. In the ADVANCED THREAT DEFENSE pane, click Threat Defense.
3. The first time you access Ransomware Protection, you are introduced
into the feature. Click OK, GOT IT to continue.
The attacks detected in the latest 90 days are displayed. To find details
about the type of a detected ransomware, the path of the malicious
process, or if the disinfection has been successful, simply click it.
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