Bitdefender 8 setup questions - free version?

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From: <willa19 DeleteThis @nospambaby.org>

| I just loaded the free version of Bit Defender 8, and although it's
| classified as an on-demand scanner, I noticed that it loads several dll
| files into startup.
|
| Is it safe to delete those or how can I continue to use it as an on demand
| scanner without it loading every time I start Windows? In summary, I just
| want it to run when I decide to use it as a secondary scanner - sort of
| like the way I have Ad-Aware installed.

It loads at StartUp for scheduled updates and scanning.

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Dave
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willa19 RemoveThis @nospambaby.org wrote:

> I just loaded the free version of Bit Defender 8, and although it's
> classified as an on-demand scanner, I noticed that it loads several dll
> files into startup.
>
> Is it safe to delete those or how can I continue to use it as an on demand
> scanner without it loading every time I start Windows? In summary, I just
> want it to run when I decide to use it as a secondary scanner - sort of
> like the way I have Ad-Aware installed.

***Against my better judgement, I will leave this cross-posted.***

I don't think that that is the way it works with most AV apps. Using
an installed AV app for on-demand scanning only, as opposed to
real-time enabled with scheduled scanning, only toggles a couple of
parameters. All components of the AV app are installed with the app
loaded as a Windows service, as you noted. It is still a resident app,
just not real-time enabled.

In most cases it is not advised to have more than one AV installed. I
can almost guarantee that if you have problems with such a setup, no
one will help you. If you want more than one opinion, try one of the
online scanners. Many of these require ActiveX, and will only work
with IE. I haven't checked these links lately, but you get the idea.

Kaspersky AV: Free Online Virus Scanner - detection only
(http://www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner)
Trend Micro HouseCall - detection and removal
(http://housecall.trendmicro.com/housecall/start_corp.asp)
BitDefender Online Scanner - detection and removal
(http://www.bitdefender.com/scan8/ie.html)
Dr.Web CureIT! - detection and removal
(http://download.drweb.com/drweb+antivirus+free+services/)
F-Secure Online Virus Scanner - detection, virus removal only
(http://support.f-secure.com/enu/home/ols.shtml)
Freedom Online Scanner - detection only
(http://www.freedom.net/viruscenter/index.html)
CA's eTrust AV Web Scanner - detection and removal
(http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx)
McAfee FreeScan - detection only
(http://us.mcafee.com/root/mfs/default.asp?cid=9913)
Symantec Security Check
(http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/default.asp?productid=symhome)
DialogueScience
(http://www.antivir.ru/english/www_av/)
UNA AV
(http://online.una.com.ua/resulteng.php)
Virus Total
(http://www.virustotal.com/flash/index_en.html)
Microsoft Beta
(http://safety.live.com/site/en-US/default.htm)
Ewido
(http://www.ewido.net/en/onlinescan/)

Ron

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On Tue, 16 Jan 2007 00:58:27 -0600, willa19 DeleteThis @nospambaby.org wrote:

>I installed this because I thought on-demand meant that I could just run it
>when I wanted to

That's correct.

(I also have Antivir installed but that's in startup for
>real-time scanning).

I'd disable its Guard when doing on-demand scans with other products
in order to prevent possible snarls and conflicts.

In principle, you can have as many av products installed as you
please. In practice, you cannot have more than one running in the
background (realtime scanning). Also, in practice, some products
won't install if they find certain other products already installed.
This is to protect the user from potential conflicts.

For example, KAV or the free AOL AVS product based on KAV 6 will
refuse to install if the installer finds other products or even some
earlier versiion of KAV installed. However, you can "fool" this form
of conflict prevention by installing certain other products after KAV
or AVS is installed. I've had Avira and BitDefender free installed ok
after fiirst installing AVS, but I know to never have more than one
realtime or background scanner running simultaneously. I'd also never
attempt doing a manual scan with more than one product at a time.

BTW, there are "no install" or "portable" av scanners as well for
emergency purposes. Here's one free good one:
http://download.drweb.com/drweb+cureit/
Without a Dr Web license, you cannot update this portable scanner. As
such, it's a "throw away after you use it" sort of thing. The free
version doesn't do archive and email scanning, but it's good for a
quick emergency scan/repair as well as a more thorough scan of
Windows, etc.

DOS av that are capable of scanning the NT based OS (Win 2K and XP)
are also useful and portable (no install). The KAVDOSNT util at my web
site is a example. It includes a updater, so it's not a "use it once
and then discard it" utility.

Art
http://home.epix.net/~artnpeg