Installing BitDefender Total Security 2009

First of all locate the setup file and double-click it. This will launch a wizard, which will guide you through the setup process.

- Before launching the setup wizard, BitDefender will check for newer versions of the installation package. If a newer version is available, you will be prompted to download it. Click Yes to download the newer version or No to continue installing the version then available in the setup file.

Follow these steps to install BitDefender Total Security 2009:

1. Click Next to continue or click Cancel if you want to quit installation.

2. BitDefender Total Security 2009 alerts you if you have other antivirus products installed on your computer. Click Remove to uninstall the corresponding product. If you want to continue without removing the detected products, click Next.

NOTE: It is highly recommended that you uninstall any other antivirus products detected before installing BitDefender. Running two or more antivirus products at the same time on a computer usually renders the system unusable.

3. Please read the License Agreement and click I agree.

NOTE: If you do not agree to these terms click Cancel. The installation process will be abandoned and you will exit setup.

4. By default, BitDefender Total Security 2009 will be installed in C:\Program Files\BitDefender\BitDefender 2009. If you want to change the installation path, click Browse and select the folder in which you would like BitDefender to be installed. Click Next when you are ready to continue.

5. Select options regarding the installation process. Some of them will be selected by default:

- Open readme file: to open the readme file at the end of the installation.
- Place a shortcut on the desktop: to place a shortcut to BitDefender Total Security 2009 on your desktop at the end of the installation.
- Eject CD when installation is complete: to have the CD ejected at the end of the installation; this option appears when you install the product from the CD.
- Turn off Windows Defender: to turn off Windows Defender; this option appears only on Windows Vista.

Click Install in order to begin the installation of the product.

NOTE: If not already installed, BitDefender will first install .NET Framework 1.1.

Wait until the installation is completed.

6. Click Finish. You will be asked to restart your system so that the setup wizard can complete the installation process. We recommend doing so as soon as possible.


If you have accepted the default settings for the installation path, you can see in Program Files a new folder, named BitDefender, which contains the subfolder BitDefender 2009.


NOTE: After completing the installation and restarting the computer, a registration wizard and a configuration wizard will appear. Complete these wizards in order to register and configure BitDefender Total Security 2009 and to create a BitDefender account.