How to stop scanning of DVD and flash drives in Bitdefender?

CoffeeMoron

Alexandru_BD

These are the settings you are looking for. Simply set it to ask every time, or disable it, depending on your preferences.
Scan CD/DVD option is listed above and you can set it up in the same manner.

Regards,

Alex

Gjoksi

@Alexandru_BD

Hello.

Buddy, if the post was created in Windows, i would be the first to comment.

But, i noticed that it was created in Mac → Protection - Malware/ Firmware etc. category.

So, let's wait and see if the post was mistakenly created in Mac category.

Cheers.

Alexandru_BD

Yes, let's see if we are talking about MacOS or Windows. I gave the reply for Windows because Bitdefender Antivirus for Mac doesn't have these options.

Flexx

To add here, if it is a Mac-related query, as @Alexandru_BD said, there is no feature to disable automatic scanning. However, a hit-and-trial workaround may be to exclude the volume name in the Bitdefender exclusion list, although this may or may not work.

But this has its own drawback. For example, if you exclude a flash drive named "MyUSB" from scanning, it might work. However, if you remove that flash drive and insert another flash drive or any other device that you want to be auto-scanned, Bitdefender may not scan it if it is mounted under the same volume name ("MyUSB"), as it is already in Bitdefender's exclusion list.

This happens because macOS mounts drives using their volume names rather than drive letters. If the new device uses the same volume name as the excluded one, Bitdefender will skip scanning it, thinking it's the previously excluded device. Therefore, this workaround isn't foolproof and might lead to security gaps if multiple devices use the same volume name.

Regards