Hello 😊
Since the user manuals have not been updated yet to include information about the security widget that was reintroduced in Feb. of 2021, I thought I would post some of its features here. Some of it may be pretty basic, but I thought I'd include it for those who are new to Bitdefender and the security widget.
An article regarding the widget can be found here:
Moving the widget is towards the bottom, as I didn't want the gif distracting the rest of the thread.
The cloud and circle image is when BD is running an update, as it's receiving the update from the cloud (BD servers). The example below was from a system tray right-click update, which brings up the update screen. Otherwise, BD silent updates will just be shown in the widget while the update is occurring.
If you have a number at the bottom of the widget, you have a notification to review. By clicking on that little circle area, it will bring up the BD Notification panel for your review.
When running a scan, or if a custom scan was scheduled, the widget will show a scan occurring with an open notebook and a scan bar moving up and down.
If you were to have a more critical issue, the widget would turn red to get your attention.
The widget can be enabled from the BD panel by going into Settings, and enable the Security widget. It can also be enabled by right-clicking the system tray icon, Show Security Widget.
The widget can also be hidden by highlighting it and ticking the X, or by right-clicking the system tray icon and hiding it. It can then be re-enabled by doing the above steps.
The widget can be moved by grabbing a part of the black edge with your cursor and dragging it to wherever you want.
There is an ability to allow the widget to be displayed on top of all windows, to monitor what BD is up to as mentioned in the above information. But that requires a registry hack, and I didn't want to post it without an Admins approval. It looks like this:
I know I have probably forgotten to include something, so feel free to post whatever I've missed.
Scott
