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Note
Take into account that no action can be taken on infected or suspicious files
detected on CDs/DVDs. Similarly, no action can be taken on infected or
suspicious files detected on mapped network drives if you do not have the
appropriate privileges.
This information may be useful to you:
● Be careful when using a threat-infected CD/DVD, because the threat cannot
be removed from the disc (the media is read-only). Make sure real-time
protection is turned on to prevent threats from spreading to your system.
It is best practice to copy any valuable data from the disc to your system,
and then dispose of the disc.
● In some cases, Bitdefender may not be able to remove threats from specific
files due to legal or technical constraints. Such an example are files
archived using a proprietary technology (this is because the archive cannot
be recreated correctly).
To find out how to deal with threats, refer to
“Removing threats from your
system” (p. 183)
.
Managing removable media scan
To manage automatic scan of removable media:
1. Click Protection on the navigation menu on the Bitdefender interface.
2. In the ANTIVIRUS pane, click Open.
3. Select the Settings window.
The scanning options are pre-configured for the best detection results. If
infected files are detected, Bitdefender will try to disinfect them (remove the
malicious code) or to move them to quarantine. If both actions fail, the
Antivirus Scan wizard will allow you to specify other actions to be taken on
infected files. The scanning options are standard and you cannot change
them.
For best protection, it is recommended to let selected the Autoscan option
for all types of removable storage devices.
4.1.4. Scan hosts file
The hosts file comes by default with your operating system installation and
is used to map hostnames to IP addresses each time you access a new
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