
8. My Tools
When using BitDefender in Basic View or Intermediate View, you can customize
your dashboard by adding shortcuts to tasks and settings that are important to you.
This way, you can quickly gain access to features you use regularly and to advanced
settings without having to switch to a more advanced interface view mode.
Depending on the user interface view mode you use, the shortcuts added to My
Tools are available as follows:
Basic View
In the Protect Your PC area, click My Tools. A menu will appear. Click a shortcut
to launch the corresponding tool.
Intermediate View
The shortcuts appear under My Tools. Click a shortcut to launch the
corresponding tool.
To open the window from which you can select the shortcuts that will appear in My
Tools, proceed as follows:
Basic View
In the Protect Your PC area, click My Tools and choose More Options.
Intermediate View
Click one of the buttons under My Tools or the Configure My Tools link.
Use the switches to select the tools to be added to My Tools. You can select any of
the following categories of tools.
● Scan Tasks
Add the tasks you regularly use to scan your system for security threats.
DescriptionScan Task
Scans the entire system. In the default configuration,
it scans for all types of malware threatening your
Deep System Scan
system's security, such as viruses, spyware, adware,
rootkits and others.
Scans the entire system, except for archives. In the
default configuration, it scans for all types of
malware other than rootkits.
Full System Scan
Quick Scan uses in-the-cloud scanning to detect
malware running in your system. Running a Quick
Quick Scan
Scan usually takes less than a minute and uses a
fraction of the system resources needed by a regular
virus scan.
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