Bitdefender Total Security 2016
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Bitdefender Total Security 2016 protects your computer from various online threats such as malware, viruses, phishing attacks, ransomware, and more. With its advanced features, you can browse the web securely, manage passwords, safeguard your data, and even optimize your system performance.
Key Features
Antivirus and Anti-Malware Protection
Real-time Threat Detection
Vulnerability Scanning
Firewall Protection
Ransomware Protection
Safepay for Secure Online Transactions
Password Manager
Privacy Protection
Parental Advisor
System Optimization Tools
Pages: 229 Bitdefender Total Security 2016 User's Guide
Brand: Bitdefender Category: Antivirus security software Size: 2 MB
Languages: English
Table of contents
- 1 Bitdefender Total Security 2016
- 3 Table of Contents
- 9 Installation
- 10 1. Preparing for installation
- 11 2. System requirements
- 11 2.1. Minimum system requirements
- 11 2.2. Recommended system requirements
- 12 2.3. Software requirements
- 13 3. Installing your Bitdefender product
- 13 3.1. Install from Bitdefender Central
- 16 3.2. Install from installation disc
- 20 Getting started
- 21 4. The basics
- 21 4.1. Opening the Bitdefender window
- 22 4.2. Fixing issues
- 23 4.2.1. Fix all Issues wizard
- 24 4.2.2. Configuring status alerts
- 24 4.3. Events
- 25 4.4. Autopilot
- 26 4.5. Profiles and Battery Mode
- 27 4.5.1. Profiles
- 27 Turning on or off profiles
- 27 Configure Autopilot to monitor profiles
- 28 4.5.2. Battery Mode
- 29 Configuring Battery Mode
- 29 4.6. Password-protecting Bitdefender settings
- 30 4.7. Anonymous usage reports
- 31 4.8. Special offers and product notifications
- 32 5. Bitdefender interface
- 32 5.1. System tray icon
- 33 5.2. Main window
- 34 5.2.1. Upper toolbar
- 35 5.2.2. Action buttons
- 36 5.3. The Bitdefender modules
- 36 5.3.1. Protection
- 37 5.3.2. Privacy
- 39 5.3.3. Tools
- 40 5.4. Security Widget
- 41 5.4.1. Scanning files and folders
- 41 5.4.2. Hide / show Security Widget
- 42 5.5. Security Report
- 44 5.5.1. Checking the Security Report
- 44 5.5.2. Turning on or off the Security Report notification
- 46 6. Bitdefender Central
- 46 6.1. Accessing your Bitdefender Central account
- 47 6.2. My Subscriptions
- 47 6.2.1. Check available subscriptions
- 47 6.2.2. Add a new device
- 48 6.2.3. Renew subscription
- 48 6.2.4. Activate subscription
- 48 6.3. My Devices
- 51 7. Keeping Bitdefender up-to-date
- 51 7.1. Checking if Bitdefender is up-to-date
- 52 7.2. Performing an update
- 52 7.3. Turning on or off automatic update
- 53 7.4. Adjusting update settings
- 55 How to
- 56 8. Installation
- 56 8.1. How do I install Bitdefender on a second computer?
- 56 8.2. When should I reinstall Bitdefender?
- 57 8.3. Where can I download my Bitdefender product from?
- 57 8.4. How do I use my Bitdefender subscription after a Windows upgrade?
- 60 8.5. How do I repair Bitdefender?
- 62 9. Subscriptions
- 62 9.1. What Bitdefender product am I using?
- 62 9.2. How do I activate Bitdefender subscription using a license key?
- 64 10. Bitdefender Central
- 64 10.1. How do I log in to Bitdefender Central using another online account?
- 64 10.2. How do I reset the password for Bitdefender Central account?
- 66 11. Scanning with Bitdefender
- 66 11.1. How do I scan a file or a folder?
- 66 11.2. How do I scan my system?
- 66 11.3. How do I schedule a scan?
- 67 11.4. How do I create a custom scan task?
- 68 11.5. How do I exclude a folder from being scanned?
- 69 11.6. What to do when Bitdefender detected a clean file as infected?
- 70 11.7. How do I check what viruses Bitdefender detected?
- 71 12. Parental Advisor
- 71 12.1. How do I protect my children from online threats?
- 72 12.2. How do I block my child's access to a website?
- 72 12.3. How do I prevent my child from playing a game?
- 73 12.4. How do I prevent my child from getting in contact with untrusted persons?
- 74 12.5. How can I set a location as safe or restricted for my child?
- 75 12.6. How do I create Windows user accounts?
- 76 12.7. How to remove a child profile
- 77 13. Privacy protection
- 77 13.1. How do I make sure my online transaction is secure?
- 77 13.2. What can I do if my device has been stolen?
- 78 13.3. How do I use file vaults?
- 79 13.4. How do I remove a file permanently with Bitdefender?
- 81 14. Tune-Up
- 81 14.1. How do I improve my system performance?
- 81 14.1.1. Optimize your system performance with a single click
- 81 14.1.2. Scan your system periodically
- 82 14.2. How can I improve my system startup time?
- 83 15. Useful Information
- 83 15.1. How do I test my antivirus solution?
- 83 15.2. How do I remove Bitdefender?
- 84 15.3. How do I automatically shut down the computer after the scan is over?
- 85 15.4. How do I configure Bitdefender to use a proxy Internet connection?
- 86 15.5. Am I using a 32 bit or a 64 bit version of Windows?
- 87 15.6. How do I display hidden objects in Windows?
- 88 15.7. How do I remove other security solutions?
- 89 15.8. How do I restart in Safe Mode?
- 90 Managing your security
- 91 16. Antivirus protection
- 92 16.1. On-access scanning (real-time protection)
- 92 16.1.1. Turning on or off real-time protection
- 93 16.1.2. Adjusting the real-time protection level
- 93 16.1.3. Configuring the real time protection settings
- 97 16.1.4. Restoring the default settings
- 97 16.2. On-demand scanning
- 97 16.2.1. Scanning a file or folder for malware
- 98 16.2.2. Running a Quick Scan
- 98 16.2.3. Running a System Scan
- 99 16.2.4. Configuring a custom scan
- 102 16.2.5. Antivirus Scan Wizard
- 102 Step 1 - Perform scan
- 103 Step 2 - Choose actions
- 104 Step 3 - Summary
- 105 16.2.6. Checking scan logs
- 105 16.3. Automatic scan of removable media
- 106 16.3.1. How does it work?
- 107 16.3.2. Managing removable media scan
- 107 16.4. Configuring scan exclusions
- 108 16.4.1. Excluding files or folders from scanning
- 108 16.4.2. Excluding file extensions from scanning
- 109 16.4.3. Managing scan exclusions
- 110 16.5. Managing quarantined files
- 111 16.6. Active Threat Control
- 111 16.6.1. Checking detected applications
- 112 16.6.2. Turning on or off Active Threat Control
- 112 16.6.3. Adjusting the Active Threat Control protection
- 112 16.6.4. Managing excluded processes
- 114 17. Antispam
- 115 17.1. Antispam insights
- 115 17.1.1. Antispam filters
- 115 Friends list / Spammers list
- 115 Charset filter
- 115 17.1.2. Antispam operation
- 116 17.1.3. Supported e-mail clients and protocols
- 116 17.2. Turning on or off antispam protection
- 116 17.3. Using the antispam toolbar in your mail client window
- 117 17.3.1. Indicating detection errors
- 118 17.3.2. Indicating undetected spam messages
- 118 17.3.3. Configuring toolbar settings
- 119 17.4. Configuring the Friends List
- 120 17.5. Configuring the Spammers List
- 121 17.6. Configuring the local antispam filters
- 122 17.7. Configuring the cloud settings
- 123 18. Web Protection
- 124 18.1. Bitdefender alerts in the browser
- 125 19. Data protection
- 125 19.1. Deleting files permanently
- 126 20. File encryption
- 126 20.1. Managing file vaults
- 126 20.2. Creating file vaults
- 127 20.3. Opening file vaults
- 128 20.4. Adding files to vaults
- 128 20.5. Locking vaults
- 129 20.6. Removing files from vaults
- 129 20.7. Changing vault password
- 131 21. Vulnerability
- 131 21.1. Scanning your system for vulnerabilities
- 132 21.2. Using automatic vulnerability monitoring
- 135 22. Firewall
- 135 22.1. Turning on or off firewall protection
- 136 22.2. Managing firewall rules
- 136 22.2.1. General rules
- 137 22.2.2. Application rules
- 139 22.3. Managing connection settings
- 141 22.4. Configuring advanced settings
- 141 22.5. Configuring alert intensity
- 143 23. Intrusion Detection
- 144 24. Ransomware Protection
- 144 24.1. Turning on or off Ransomware Protection
- 145 24.2. Protect personal files from ransomware attacks
- 145 24.3. Configuring trusted applications
- 145 24.4. Configuring blocked applications
- 146 24.5. Protection at boot
- 147 25. Safepay security for online transactions
- 148 25.1. Using Bitdefender Safepay™
- 149 25.2. Configuring settings
- 150 25.3. Managing bookmarks
- 150 25.4. Hotspot protection for unsecured networks
- 152 26. Password Manager protection for your credentials
- 153 26.1. Configuring the Password Manager
- 156 26.2. Turning on or off the Password Manager protection
- 156 26.3. Managing the Password Manager settings
- 160 27. Parental Advisor
- 160 27.1. Accessing Parental Advisor - My Children
- 161 27.2. Adding your child's profile
- 162 27.2.1. Linking Parental Advisor to Bitdefender Central
- 162 27.2.2. Monitoring the child's activity
- 163 27.2.3. Configuring the General Settings
- 164 27.2.4. Editing a profile
- 164 27.2.5. Removing a profile
- 164 27.3. Configuring Parental Advisor profiles
- 165 27.3.1. Timeline
- 165 27.3.2. Activities
- 166 27.3.3. Interests
- 166 Allowing or blocking a website
- 166 27.3.4. Friends
- 167 27.3.5. Places
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Frequently Answers and Questions
How do I install Bitdefender Total Security 2016 on a second computer?
You can install Bitdefender Total Security 2016 on another computer using the same Bitdefender Central account that contains your active subscription.
What Bitdefender product am I using?
You can find this information in your Bitdefender Central account under the My Subscriptions section.
How do I scan my system for viruses?
You can run a System Scan, Quick Scan, or create a Custom Scan task. You can also schedule automatic scans at regular intervals.
How do I improve my system performance?
Bitdefender Total Security 2016 includes Tune-Up tools that help optimize your system speed and boot time.
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