User Manual

6.5. Notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
7. Keeping Bitdefender up-to-date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
7.1. Checking if Bitdefender is up-to-date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
7.2. Performing an update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
7.3. Turning on or off automatic update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
7.4. Adjusting update settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
7.5. Continuous updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
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8. Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
8.1. How do I install Bitdefender on a second computer? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
8.2. How can I reinstall Bitdefender? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
8.3. Where can I download my Bitdefender product from? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
8.4. How can I change the language of my Bitdefender product? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
8.5. How do I use my Bitdefender subscription after a Windows upgrade? . . . . . . . . . 46
8.6. How can I upgrade to the latest Bitdefender version? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
9. Subscriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
9.1. How do I activate Bitdefender subscription using a license key? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
10. Bitdefender Central . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
10.1. How do I log in to Bitdefender Central using another online account? . . . . . . . . 52
10.2. How do I turn off Bitdefender Central help messages? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
10.3. I forgot the password I set for my Bitdefender account. How do I reset it? . . . . 53
10.4. How can I manage the logon sessions associated to my Bitdefender
account? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
11. Scanning with Bitdefender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
11.1. How do I scan a file or a folder? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
11.2. How do I scan my system? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
11.3. How do I schedule a scan? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
11.4. How do I create a custom scan task? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
11.5. How do I except a folder from being scanned? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
11.6. What to do when Bitdefender detected a clean file as infected? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
11.7. How do I check what threats Bitdefender detected? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
12. Parental Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
12.1. How do I protect my children from online threats? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
12.2. How do I block my child's access to a website? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
12.3. How do I prevent my child from using certain apps? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
12.4. How do I prevent my child from getting in contact with untrusted persons? . . . 62
12.5. How can I set a location as safe or restricted for my child? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
12.6. How do I block my child's access to the assigned devices during daily
activities? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
12.7. How do I block my child's access to the assigned devices during the day or
night? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
12.8. How to remove a child profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
13. Privacy protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
13.1. How do I make sure my online transaction is secure? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
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