Large bundle size

mkew

Hi there,

I've been a Bitdefender for Mac user for years. In an effort to clear some disc space I recently scanned for large files, and discovered that the Bitdefender antivirus.bundle file is 75.6GB!

Is this normal, as it seems unusually large to me, especially when the user guide recommends having at least 400MB free, let alone 75GB.

If this is abnormal, would you recommend an uninstall/reinstall to resolve it?

Thanks,

MK

 

Petri

Hi!

 

I have an even bigger file (also found by searching for big files) 858 GB !!!!

/Volumes/MY_DISK/Users/JUST_ME/Library/Containers/com.bitdefender.BitdefenderVirusScanner/Data/tmp/tmp00003ae8

-rw-r--r--@ 1 JUST_ME  staff  858754383872  9 Jan 19:15 tmp01d317a9

Very strange indeed. This is the free version of Mac BItdefender. Running El Capitan.

Petri

So the file was created when the signatures were updated ...

Sorin G.

Hello,

 

/index.php?/profile/207910-mkew/&do=hovercard" data-mentionid="207910" href="<___base_url___>/index.php?/profile/207910-mkew/" id="ips_uid_6071_6" style="" rel="">@mkew Please uninstall the product, afterwards reboot in safe mode and after booting back into normal mode install the product.

https://support.apple.com/kb/PH14204?locale=en_US

/index.php?/profile/208037-petri/&do=hovercard" data-mentionid="208037" href="<___base_url___>/index.php?/profile/208037-petri/" id="ips_uid_6071_7" style="" rel="">@Petri Delete the folder com.bitdefender.BitdefenderVirusScanner from Containers and exclude the TM

- go to Bitdefender Virus Scanner Preferences > Exclusions and add the Nelonen4 drive

Petri

Thanks for the comment Sorin.

Do you have any idea why this kind of almost terabyte-file was created and did anyone else ever report anything similar?

Petri

Sorin G.

Hello,

 

The issue appeared after the product apparently was unable to overwrite the virus signatures already in place.

Petri

On 10.3.2017 at 10:56 AM, Sorin G. said:

Hello,

 

The issue appeared after the product apparently was unable to overwrite the virus signatures already in place.

Well, it did that then uncontrolled hundreds of times???