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Bitdefender is scanning local snapshots

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Too Slim Sam
Too Slim Sam
in Bitdefender antivirus for mac


After updating a MacBook Air to High Sierra, I noticed that BDLDaemon was running continuously, resulting in a significant CPU load. Using "lsof", I found that BDLDaemon was scanning files under:


    /Volumes/com.apple.timemachine.localsnapshots


Bitdefender seems to be ignoring the preferences setting that instructs "Don't scan contents in backups". 


When I added the "localsnapshots" directory to the exclusions list in preferences, the continous scanning stopped. It looks to me like Bitdefender is still not up to speed on the behavior of Time Machine in High Sierra. If anyone else has insight into this situation, please share your thoughts here.


(BTW, it's not immediately obvious how to add the "localsnapshots" directory to the exclusions list, since it doesn't appear in the file picker. It's necessary to use "Go to folder" in a separate Finder window, then drag the snapshot directory to the exclusion list.)

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  • Roxana G
    Roxana G ✭
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    Hello Too Slim Sam,


    We already have a topic on this matter:


     

    /index.php?/topic/77503-fixing-bdldaemon-high-cpu-usage-in-high-sierra/&do=embed" style="overflow: hidden; height: 205px; max-width: 502px;">


    Local Snapshots are scanned by Bitedefender as they are new and, depending on the number and size of files, it might require more resources then usual. 

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