willa19@nospambaby.org wrote:

> I just loaded the free version of Bit Defender 8, and although it's
> classified as an on-demand scanner, I noticed that it loads several dll
> files into startup.
>
> Is it safe to delete those or how can I continue to use it as an on demand
> scanner without it loading every time I start Windows? In summary, I just
> want it to run when I decide to use it as a secondary scanner - sort of
> like the way I have Ad-Aware installed.

***Against my better judgement, I will leave this cross-posted.***

I don't think that that is the way it works with most AV apps. Using
an installed AV app for on-demand scanning only, as opposed to
real-time enabled with scheduled scanning, only toggles a couple of
parameters. All components of the AV app are installed with the app
loaded as a Windows service, as you noted. It is still a resident app,
just not real-time enabled.

In most cases it is not advised to have more than one AV installed. I
can almost guarantee that if you have problems with such a setup, no
one will help you. If you want more than one opinion, try one of the
online scanners. Many of these require ActiveX, and will only work
with IE. I haven't checked these links lately, but you get the idea.

Kaspersky AV: Free Online Virus Scanner - detection only
(http://www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner)
Trend Micro HouseCall - detection and removal
(http://housecall.trendmicro.com/hous...start_corp.asp)
BitDefender Online Scanner - detection and removal
(http://www.bitdefender.com/scan8/ie.html)
Dr.Web CureIT! - detection and removal
(http://download.drweb.com/drweb+anti...free+services/)
F-Secure Online Virus Scanner - detection, virus removal only
(http://support.f-secure.com/enu/home/ols.shtml)
Freedom Online Scanner - detection only
(http://www.freedom.net/viruscenter/index.html)
CA's eTrust AV Web Scanner - detection and removal
(http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx)
McAfee FreeScan - detection only
(http://us.mcafee.com/root/mfs/default.asp?cid=9913)
Symantec Security Check
(http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/d...ductid=symhome)
DialogueScience
(http://www.antivir.ru/english/www_av/)
UNA AV
(http://online.una.com.ua/resulteng.php)
Virus Total
(http://www.virustotal.com/flash/index_en.html)
Microsoft Beta
(http://safety.live.com/site/en-US/default.htm)
Ewido
(http://www.ewido.net/en/onlinescan/)

Ron