SOLUTION FOUND!
I have been debugging an issue for a couple weeks and have finally identified the problem. Because the original symptoms (license expiring every night) mutated over time as BD attempted to fix the problem, I have created a new thread. The original long thread was here: /index.php?/topic/12843-bitdefender-anitvirus-2009-keeps-shutting-down/" rel="">Original thread
As BD made updates to address that problem of constantly-expiring licenses, and with those fixes, I have been able to identify the problem that prevents updates after scans are completed!!!
Here's the deal, verified several times.
1) Updates are occurring normally
2) Scan initiated (can be manual or scheduled)
3) When scan completed, window pops up with results (!!!!! THIS IS IT)
4) BD's confusion about if the scan is complete is caused because the USER HAS NOT CLOSED THE RESULTS WINDOW!!! BD doesn't consider the scan fully completed until you close the results window and therefore will not perform updates because the "scan is still in progress"!!!!!
5) Other parts of BD (notably the history window for Virus Scans) say the scan is done, while the rest of BD thinks it is still in progress. This is the point where BD is confused about scan completion.
5) As soon as you close the results window, BD now *fully* believes the scan is done, and then updates are IMMEDIATELY re-initiated and are successful.
!!!!!! BigDefender - this is it! - All BD wanted to start updates again was for the user to close the final scan report window.
Attached pic - see BD thinks scan is still in progress while finish window is there. As soon as I clicked OK to close the window, the "Virus Scan" and "History and Events" module immediately updated to show scan finished and an update initiated and completed successfully!
