Suggestion: Stop Auto-Scanning External HDDs

The Technophobe

It seems that BitDefender for Mac automatically scans all new files, including those on external HDDs.  Whenever I plug in an external HDD, BitDefender starts scanning files on the external HDD (as shown by its icon at task bar).  I cannot "safely eject" the external HDD until BitDefender stops scanning, which may well take hours.

This generates quite some inconvenience.  I am using my HDD just to copy a few files, yet I have to wait few hours before I can remove the HDD.  I have not tried handling DVDs on my Mac, but given the slow speed of DVDs, I expect a nightmare...

I suggest that BitDefender should not automatically scan external HDDs/drives.  Or at least, users should be allowed to opt-out.

Thank you very much

PS: I know that I can add exclusions.  But then I have to create exclusions for each of my drives, which would still be quite inconvenient.

PS: This problem occurs once per external HDD.  The second time I use the same HDD, there are no new files to scan.

virtualclouds

Is the Auto-Pilot is on? but it is not recommended to turn it off. We recommend you to disable Autopilot for as little time as possible. If Autopilot is disabled, you will not be protected automatically against malware threats. Anyway when you tried to insert your HDD are you getting any pop-up messages like giving you an option to scan the HDD or not? Thanks for the feedback. Cheers! 

Sorin G.

Hello,

 

I would advise excluding the Hard-drive.

BD scans what the OS gives it to scan. Every time the external HDD is mounted, it's likely that the files are re-indexed and seen as new files.

carol palmer

Disable Auto Scan USB Media. First, open Bitdefender and click on Settings. Access Antivirus -> Exclusions and set it to off.

more information found on below article to Disable scanning on an external drive. 

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