• Settings - opens a window where you can specify which files to be scanned, the action on
the infected files, generating alert messages, saving scan results in report files.
• Scan - launches the system scanning, taking in account the selected scan options.
Besides the buttons explained above there are also some options that allow the fast selection
of the scan locations.
• Local drives - to scan the local drives.
• Network drives - to scan all network drives.
• Removable drives - to scan the removable drives (CD-ROM, floppy-disk unit).
• All entries - to scan all drives, no matter if they are local, in the network or removable.
Note
If you want to scan your entire computer for viruses, select the checkbox corresponding to All
entries.
Important
If you are not that familiar with computers, now is the time to just click the Scan button. BitDe-
fender will start the scanning of your computer using the standard settings, which are sufficient.
Step 4/5 - Select the scan options
Advanced users might want to take advantage of the scan-settings BitDefender offers. The
scanner can be set toskip file extensions, directories or archivesthat you know to be harmless.
This may greatly reduce scanning times and improve your computer responsiveness during a
scan.
Click Settings from the Scan section to explore these options.
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