Av2008: Uh Oh..where Is Bdss.exe? Options

[garyinri]

I recently upgraded to AV2008 from AV10. I am running build 11.0.17. Running WinXP Home SP3.

I thought this version seemed to have less of an impact on my system than AV10, and to my horror I found out why. The real-time protection module, bdss.exe, is not running and does not exist on my machine!

I saw that the BitDefender Scan Server service was not running so I attempted to start it. I receive a message that "the system could not find the path specified". It apparently is looking for "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Softwin\BitDefender Scan Server\bdss.exe". That folder does not exist on either of the machines that I have AV2008 installed on.

I then scanned the Program Files folder for bdss.exe and found no matches.

Was this a known issue with AV2008? I tried to find something about it in the forums but did not see anything specifically related to this issue.

I am going to have to uninstall BD and install another AV for the time being because not having an on-access scanner concerns me.

My license is due to expense in less than 3 weeks and this has giving me reason to consider whether or not I want to renew it or move on to something else.

Thank you.

-Gary