User`s guide

9.4. Adjusting update settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
How to ..................................................................... 39
10. Installation ...... . . . . ......... . . . . ......... . . . . ......... . . . . . ........ . 40
10.1. How do I install Bitdefender on a second computer? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
10.2. When should I reinstall Bitdefender? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
10.3. How do I switch from one Bitdefender 2013 product to another? . . . . . . . . . . . 40
10.4. How do I remove Bitdefender? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
11. Registration . . . . ......... . . . . ......... . . . . ......... . . . . . ......... . . . . . 42
11.1. What Bitdefender product am I using? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
11.2. How do I register a trial version? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
11.3. When does my Bitdefender protection expire? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
11.4. How do I register Bitdefender without an Internet connection? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
11.5. How do I renew my Bitdefender protection? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
12. Scanning with Bitdefender ........ . . . . ......... . . . . . ......... . . . . ... 45
12.1. How do I scan a file or a folder? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
12.2. How do I scan my system? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
12.3. How do I create a custom scan task? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
12.4. How do I exclude a folder from being scanned? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
12.5. What to do when Bitdefender detected a clean file as infected? . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
12.6. How do I check what viruses Bitdefender detected? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
13. Parental Control ........ . . . . ......... . . . . . ......... . . . . ......... . . . . .. 49
13.1. How do I protect my children from online threats? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
13.2. How do I restrict the Internet access for my child? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
13.3. How do I block my child's access to a website? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
13.4. How do I prevent my child from playing a game? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
13.5. How do I create Windows user accounts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
14. Privacy Control ... . . . . ......... . . . . ......... . . . . . ......... . . . . ........ 53
14.1. How do I make sure my online transaction is secure? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
14.2. What can I do if my system has been stolen? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
14.3. How do I protect my Facebook account? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
14.4. How do I use file vaults? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
14.5. How do I remove a file permanently with Bitdefender? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
15. Tune Up ........ . . . . ......... . . . . . ......... . . . . ......... . . . . ......... . . 56
15.1. How do I improve my system performance? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
15.1.1. Defragment your hard disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
15.1.2. Clean-up your PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
15.1.3. Clean Windows Registry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
15.1.4. Scan your system periodically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
16. Safebox Online Backup .. . . . . ......... . . . . ......... . . . . ......... . . . . . 58
16.1. How do I access my backed up files from another computer? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
16.2. How can I share files with my friends? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
16.3. Where do I see the remaining space on my Safebox? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
16.4. How do I free space on my Safebox? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
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