Bitdefender Virus Definitions May 5, 2008

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May 6, 2008

The package cumulative.zip is published every week on Monday and includes all the virus definitions and scan engines updates up to the date of release. The package daily.zip is published everyday and includes all the Virus Definition Updates from the last cumulative release till the current date.

To update BitDefender, please follow these steps:

1. Download the appropriate update;

On Mondays or first time updates using the manual updates please download the cumulative.zip file and save it to your disk when prompted. Otherwise download daily.zip and save it on your disk.

2. Open the computer management console and stop the following services: BitDefender Virus Shield and BitDefender Scan Server.

3. Extract the contents of the .zip file using a archiver application.
Note: If you are using both cumulative.zip and daily.zip begin by extracting the first file.

The destination of the extracted updates should be the Plugins folder located in: C:Program FilesCommon FilesSoftwinBitDefender Scan ServerPlugins. Please overwrite the existing files.

4. Start the BitDefender Scan Server and BitDefender Virus Shield services.

Download: Bitdefender Virus Definitions May 5, 2008 (16.2 MB)