User`s guide

8.3. Turning on or off automatic update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
8.4. Adjusting update settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
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9. Installation ........ . . ........... . . ........... . . . .......... . . . .......... . 42
9.1. How do I install Bitdefender on a second computer? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
9.2. When should I reinstall Bitdefender? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
9.3. Where can I download my Bitdefender product from? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
9.4. How do I switch from one Bitdefender product to another? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
9.5. How do I use my Bitdefender license key after a Windows upgrade? . . . . . . . . . 44
9.6. How do I repair Bitdefender? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
10. Registration . . ........... . . . .......... . . . .......... . . . ........... . . ... 47
10.1. What Bitdefender product am I using? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
10.2. How do I register a trial version? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
10.3. When does my Bitdefender protection expire? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
10.4. How do I renew my Bitdefender protection? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
11. MyBitdefender .... . . . .......... . . . ........... . . ........... . . ......... 49
11.1. How do I log in into MyBitdefender using another online account? . . . . . . . . . . 49
11.2. How do I change the e-mail address used for MyBitdefender account? . . . . . . 49
11.3. How do I reset the password for MyBitdefender account? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
12. Scanning with Bitdefender ........ . . . .......... . . . ........... . . ..... 51
12.1. How do I scan a file or a folder? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
12.2. How do I scan my system? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
12.3. How do I create a custom scan task? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
12.4. How do I exclude a folder from being scanned? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
12.5. What to do when Bitdefender detected a clean file as infected? . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
12.6. How do I check what viruses Bitdefender detected? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
13. Parental Control ........ . . . .......... . . . ........... . . ........... . . .... 55
13.1. How do I protect my children from online threats? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
13.2. How do I restrict the Internet access for my child? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
13.3. How do I block my child's access to a website? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
13.4. How do I prevent my child from playing a game? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
13.5. How do I create Windows user accounts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
13.6. How to remove a child profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
14. Privacy Control ... . . . .......... . . . .......... . . . ........... . . .......... 60
14.1. How do I make sure my online transaction is secure? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
14.2. What can I do if my system has been stolen? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
14.3. How do I protect my Facebook account? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
14.4. How do I use file vaults? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
14.5. How do I remove a file permanently with Bitdefender? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
15. Tune Up ........ . . . .......... . . . ........... . . ........... . . ........... . . 63
15.1. How do I improve my system performance? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
15.1.1. Defragment your hard disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
15.1.2. Clean-up your PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
15.1.3. Clean Windows Registry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
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