Bitdefender Antivirus for Mac, 1u, 1Y User Manuals

Table of Contents

• BitDefender Antivirus for Mac

  1
• Table of Contents

  3
• Preface

  6
  • 1. Book Structure

    6
  • 2. Conventions Used in This Book

    7
    • 2.1. Typographical Conventions

      7
    • 2.2. Admonitions

      7
  • 3. Request for Comments

    8
• 1. Installation and Removal

  9
  • 1.1. System Requirements

    9
  • 1.2. Installing BitDefender Antivirus for Mac

    10
    • 1.2.1. Step 1 - Welcome Window

      11
    • 1.2.2. Step 2 - View the Readme File

      12
    • 1.2.3. Step 3 - Read the License Agreement

      13
    • 1.2.4. Step 4 - Start Installation

      14
    • 1.2.5. Step 5 - Installing BitDefender

      15
    • 1.2.6. Step 6 - Finish

      16
  • 1.3. Removing BitDefender Antivirus for Mac

    17
• 2. Getting Started

  19
  • 2.1. About BitDefender Antivirus for Mac

    19
  • 2.2. How BitDefender Antivirus for Mac Protects You

    20
  • 2.3. What You Have to Do After Installation

    20
  • 2.4. Opening BitDefender Antivirus for Mac

    21
  • 2.5. Application Main Window

    21
    • 2.5.1. Toolbar

      22
    • 2.5.2. Status Area

      23
    • 2.5.3. Advanced Controls Area

      25
    • 2.5.4. Bottom Bar

      26
  • 2.6. Application Dock Icon

    26
• 3. Protecting against Malicious Software and Phishing Scams

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  • 3.1. Fixing Issues

    29
    • 3.1.1. Checking Issues

      30
    • 3.1.2. Fixing Issues

      31
  • 3.2. Antiphishing Protection

    32
  • 3.3. Shield

    32
    • 3.3.1. Enabling or Disabling Shield

      33
    • 3.3.2. Configuring Shield Settings

      33
      • Actions Taken on Infected and Suspicious Files

        34
      • Notifications When Malware Is Found

        34
      • Archive Scanning Settings

        35
      • General File Scanning Settings

        36
    • 3.3.3. Checking Shield Activity

      36
  • 3.4. Scanner

    36
    • 3.4.1. Scanning Your Mac

      37
    • 3.4.2. Scan Wizard

      39
    • 3.4.3. Checking Scan Logs

      42
    • 3.4.4. Setting Up Scheduled Scans

      43
    • 3.4.5. Configuring Scan Settings

      44
      • Actions Taken on Infected and Suspicious Files

        45
      • Other Settings

        45
  • 3.5. Scan Exclusions

    45
    • 3.5.1. Accessing the Scan Exclusions List

      46
    • 3.5.2. Managing Scan Exclusions

      47
  • 3.6. Quarantine

    48
    • 3.6.1. Accessing Quarantined Files

      48
    • 3.6.2. Managing Quarantined Files

      49
  • 3.7. Updates

    50
    • 3.7.1. Enabling or Disabling Automatic Update

      50
    • 3.7.2. Requesting an Update

      51
    • 3.7.3. Getting Updates through a Proxy Server

      51
• 4. Configuring Preferences

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  • 4.1. Accessing Preferences

    52
  • 4.2. General Preferences

    52
  • 4.3. Shield Preferences

    54
  • 4.4. Security Preferences

    55
• 5. Registering BitDefender Antivirus for Mac

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  • 5.1. About Registration

    56
  • 5.2. Registering BitDefender Antivirus for Mac

    56
  • 5.3. Purchasing a License Key

    57
• 6. Getting Help

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  • 6.1. Support

    58
    • 6.1.1. Online Resources

      58
      • BitDefender Knowledge Base

        58
      • BitDefender Support Forum

        59
      • Malware City Portal

        59
    • 6.1.2. Asking for Help

      60
  • 6.2. Contact Information

    60
    • 6.2.1. Web Addresses

      61
    • 6.2.2. BitDefender Offices

      61
      • U.S.A

        61
      • Germany

        62
      • UK and Ireland

        62
      • Spain

        62
      • Romania

        63
    • 6.2.3. Local Distributors

      63
• Types of Malicious Software

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• What Is Phishing?

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