I wrote to Support at BitDefender about their new Spyware upgrade causing a hard time for Messenger Plus -
BitDefender Support Email
I received the following reply:
You can exclude the Messenger Plus and System volume infomation from Bitdefender scan as follows:
In Antivirus > Shield > Scan accessed files> Advanced > Exclude path from scan
Also if you want to disable Antispyware scan, this can be done from Antivirus > Shield > Advanced, where you disable "Scan for spyware" option.
Do not hesitate to contact us for further questions you may have.
Best regards,
Cristina Banu
BitDefender Technical Support Engineer
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e-mail: support@bitdefender.com
http://www.bitdefender.com
So for other users of both BitDefender and Messenger Plus - it looks like this is the work-around. As far as BitDefender is concerned - Messenger Plus is Spyware. Up to each user to make the adjustment to allow both programs to live with each other.
Exclude C:\Program Files\Messenger Plus! 3 from being scanned
as well as:
Exclude C:\System Volume Information
This relates to Windows XP.
System Volume Information is a hidden system folder.
More info from BitDefender at:
http://kb.bitdefender.com/KB295-en--BitDefender-a...re-protection.html
