Bitdefender 8 free unwanted files

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  1. Iangh

    Iangh Registered Member

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    Bitdefender 8 free unwanted files (Answer enclosed)

    On the kids' machines, but not mine for whatever reason, doing an update results in two files being placed in the folder where the shortcut is: getfile and x_dtrace_log.

    I've tried uninstall, reboot, re-install but the files still appear.

    Anybody got any clues?

    Thanks
    Ian
     
    Last edited: Sep 12, 2005
  2. Beefcarver

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    I get the same thing on my Pc too??
     
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    Anybody contacted support at BitDefender? I understand from posters here that they are very prompt.
     
  4. Iangh

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    Re: Bitdefender 8 free unwanted files (Answer enclosed)

    I've got the answer.

    On kids machine i had a shortcut in a desktop folder called 'maintenance'. folder where they go to run anti-virus etc.

    there is a shortcut in C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu. I deleted the shortcut in the 'maintenance folder' and cut and pasted the BD shortcut from C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu to 'maintenance'.

    Works on both machines.

    Don't know why and am not clever enough to know.

    Ian
     
  5. patermann

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    Re: Bitdefender 8 free unwanted files (Answer enclosed)

    A "Start In" directory (folder) can be specified in the shortcut - maybe that was different in the two shortcuts? I think that, if you create a shortcut by right-clicking on the program and selecting "Create shortcut", the "Start in" directory is not set and so it will run in the folder where the shortcut is. Presumably the shortcut in the Start Menu was created by the install and will have the "Start in" directory set correctly.

    HTH

    patermann
     
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