Autoscan Starts Up During System Scan

BitdefenderAddict

I'm running on a Toshiba laptop (plugged in). I've manually started a System Scan from the 'Scan Now' menu. It runs fine for a while and then I notice the 'Autoscan' message pops up and the laptop goes into full meltdown mode, fans screaming and things getting very hot. Is it supposed to do this? Doesn't Autoscan detect a scan already running?

Captain Obvious

I'm running on a Toshiba laptop (plugged in). I've manually started a System Scan from the 'Scan Now' menu. It runs fine for a while and then I notice the 'Autoscan' message pops up and the laptop goes into full meltdown mode, fans screaming and things getting very hot. Is it supposed to do this? Doesn't Autoscan detect a scan already running?

Not normally. I personally have never had this problem, and I have a lot of files to scan (a Full Scan takes approximately 1 and 1/2 hours). But as far as the 'Autoscan' happening during a System Scan, there are only two instances that I could think of this happening.

1. You plugged in a USB drive or other removable hardware.

Whenever you plug in a USB drive, insert a CD, or connect some other form of removable hardware; Bitdefender is set to scan them automatically. So if you are running a System Scan, and then you decide to plug in a piece of removable hardware or insert a CD, you are going to trigger an Autoscan.

2. You have a scan scheduled at the same time you are manually doing a scan.

Now, this is just a guess. I can't say this will happen for sure, but maybe, if you have a scan scheduled the same time you also manually do a scan, you will get two scans running at once. But I've never tried this, so I'm not exactly sure if that is correct.

Let me know if I helped.