Corona Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 I tried both the online BitDefender scanner and the trial version about 1.5 years ago and uninstalled it soon afterward. You know I still have pieces of BD still within my system, I mainly see pieces of it when I run AutoRuns and ProcessExplorer. How tenacious is BitDefender anyway? It acts like it's native to XP or something. Maybe it was designed by QuickTime or Real or Music Matchbox? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony A Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 I tried both the online BitDefender scanner and the trial version about 1.5 years ago and uninstalled it soon afterward. You know I still have pieces of BD still within my system, I mainly see pieces of it when I run AutoRuns and ProcessExplorer. How tenacious is BitDefender anyway? It acts like it's native to XP or something. Maybe it was designed by QuickTime or Real? You still see pieces of Bitdefender in Process Explorer? Process Explorer shows you the running processes on your machine. If you removed Bitdefender you shouldn't have any of it's processes running. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corona Posted June 14, 2008 Author Share Posted June 14, 2008 I was just about to correct that. I only see it within AutoRuns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarun. Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 So why struggle to clean up the remnants? BitDefender 7, 8 and 9 uninstall tool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators DennisD Posted June 14, 2008 Moderators Share Posted June 14, 2008 This is only a teensy weensy bit off topic, but a Dr.Who fan eh! Best Dr.Who ever, but I think it's been spoiled in places with some daft stories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corona Posted June 14, 2008 Author Share Posted June 14, 2008 For example, if I see "BDFsDrv File not found: C:\Program Files\Softwin\BitDefender10\bdfsdrv.sys" is it safe to delete within Autoruns? I already have any files related to BD turned off (unchecked). Okay, just read the above posts. Will try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corona Posted June 14, 2008 Author Share Posted June 14, 2008 Hmmm, I tried that BitDefender uninstaller app but I still see the entries in Autoruns. I've had them "unchecked" in Autoruns. I guess I'll re-check them and run the uninstaller again. And I'll ask again, if a file or driver in Autoruns is listed as "file not found", is it safe to delete? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarun. Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 Yeah you can delete those. The uninstall may not have gotten them since Autoruns moves unticked programs into a different registry key than when you use MSConfig. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\AutorunsDisabled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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