BitDefender Online Virus Scanner and Remover

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Free Online Virus Scanner and Remover BitDefender Online Scanner is a fully functional antivirus product. It features all required elements for thorough antivirus scanning and effective cleaning: it scans your system's memory, all files, folders and drives' boot sectors, providing you with the option to automatically clean the infected files. http://www.bitdefender.com/scan8/ie.html (The scanner begins on this link) Initially you are presented with a license agreement. After accepting it a scanner activex component is downloaded on your computer, you will have to allow it by clicking on the browser pop blocker and selecting download activex. After downloading a rectangular box will ask your permission to install the activex component. After you allow, it will start downloading virus definitions from their website. As shown in the first image. Select what you want to check for viruses " By default, your entire computer will be checked for viruses and other threats. To scan just some of your folders, click here. "

This dialog allows you to choose what part of the computer you want to scan as shown in the second image. By default it is set to scan everything. Settings "By default, BitDefender will try to clean the infected files it finds. Warning If the disinfection fails, the infected files will be deleted without prompt. To change this and other settings, click here. Please use these options with care." This dialog allows you to change the defalut actions. You can set second option to report only so that you can have a look at the files that could not be disinfected, and replace them with good copies. If they get deleted without your knowledge you will not know if they were needed to run some program etc, or if they were important documents or other files of yours. So use this dialog as shown in the third image. After scanning and disinfection is complete, it displays the report and asks your permission to let it send a report to their website. You can allow it or decline. Bit defender homepage http://www.bitdefender.com.sg/

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