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9. Best practices

The Best practices section of this user guide contains the topic:

• Antivirus

9.1. Antivirus

Steps to be followed in order to ensure a virus&spyware-free computer:

1. After the installation process is over, please register your product, as described in the

“Product registration” (p. 43) section

2. Perform an update by user request of your virus&spyware signatures as described in the

“Automatic update” (p. 85) section.

Perform a full scan of your system as described in the “ Immediate scanning ” (p. 59) section.

4. In the Status section of the General module, keep enabled the most important antivirus

features of BitDefender: Virus Shield and Automatic update.

5. Program your BitDefender to scan your system at least once a week as described in the

“Scheduled scanning” (p. 68) section.

Best practices