User`s guide

32. How Do I Schedule a Computer Scan?
Scanning your computer periodically is a best practice to keep your computer free
from malware. BitDefender allows you to schedule scan tasks so that you can
automatically scan your computer.
To schedule BitDefender to scan your computer, follow these steps:
1. Open BitDefender.
2. Depending on the user interface view mode, proceed as follows:
Intermediate View
Go to the Security tab and click Configure Antivirus in the Quick Tasks
area on the left side of the window.
Expert View
Click Antivirus on the left-side menu.
3. Click the Virus Scan tab. Here you can find a number of default scan tasks and
you can create your own scan tasks.
● System tasks are available and can run on every Windows user account.
● User tasks are only available to and can only be run by the user who created
them.
These are the default scan tasks that you can schedule:
Full System Scan
Scans the entire system, except for archives. In the default configuration, it
scans for all types of malware other than rootkits.
Quick Scan
Quick Scan uses in-the-cloud scanning to detect malware running in your
system. Running a Quick Scan usually takes less than a minute and uses a
fraction of the system resources needed by a regular virus scan.
Auto-logon Scan
Scans the items that are run when a user logs on to Windows. To use this
task, you must schedule it to run at system startup. By default, the autologon
scan is disabled.
Deep System Scan
Scans the entire system. In the default configuration, it scans for all types
of malware threatening your system's security, such as viruses, spyware,
adware, rootkits and others.
My Documents
Use this task to scan important current user folders: My Documents,
Desktop and StartUp. This will ensure the safety of your documents, a
safe workspace and clean applications running at startup.
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