"Port scan blocked" Notification. What Is It?
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Hello.
The notification is sent by Bitdefender when the feature called "Port scan protection" in the Firewall module is enabled. "Port scan protection" detects and blocks attempts to find out which ports are open. Port scans are frequently used by hackers to find out which ports are open on your device. They might then break into your device if they find a less secure or vulnerable port. So, this is a normal behavior when this feature is enabled and a hacker scans the ports to find out which ports are open.
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Thank you but what about the other stuff? the tool that was being updated.
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Hello.
I guess you are talking about this updated "tool":
Well, those files are Bitdefender's threat definitions and they are downloaded every 1 hour. Nothing unusual with them.
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Thank you so much, can you please elaborate on what that means? because i have plenty of them and some have different names or different labels but the are all "plugins" and some have the word "spy" .im sorry for my ignorant question im just worried lol
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Hello again.
Don't let the (different) names worry you.
It's just Bitdefender using an unfortunate naming convention, nothing apart from that.
You're not the first to notice this. I think they should really change the names.
Once again, nothing to worry.
Regards.
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so, if i understood you correctly, these are basically files that combat spy and viruses, and they get updated regularly right? because at first i thought these are actual viruses or spy apps and bitdefenderis helping update them rather than remove them
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yes, you are correct... those files combat malware (for example: spyware) and they get updated every one hour... cheers...
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