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Bitdefender, how install without removing incompatible softwares
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<blockquote data-quote="woomera" data-source="post: 52117" data-attributes="member: 1147"><p>as some of you might know im an unsatisfied bitdefender user and even the software have many failures and disfunctions still i cant ignore the fact that it has one of the best engines in the industry.</p><p>that being said the version 2013 beta came out few days ago and i thought give it test drive in Virtualbox now anyone here who have tried to install bitdefender products before you know how painful it is to install it when having even none security softwares installed as it requires uninstalling them before proceeding.</p><p></p><p>here's the workaround that i found to install bitdefender without uninstalling incompatible softwares and re-installing:</p><p></p><p>1.right click on your bitdefender installer > 7-zip > open archive (you need 7zip)</p><p>2.open folder "extern", heres the list of incompatible software az XML file</p><p>3.drag the file related to the incompatible software (lets say malwarebytes) to the desktop</p><p>4.right click and click edit</p><p>5.you'll see the list of registry keys that bitdefender will check to see if the software exists on the machine or not</p><p><span style="color: #32CD32">6.MAKE SURE NO FILE RELATED TO INCOMPATIBLE SOFTWARE IS RUNNING IN MEMORY (task manager > end process's)</span></p><p>7.find the key in registry (folder) and rename it</p><p>8.start bitdefender installer, as soon as it asks if you want to check for updates during installation it means it has passed the compatibility check and therefore its safe to rename the folder back to its original</p><p>9.continue the installation and run back your software</p><p></p><p>voila, you just started installing bitdefender without uninstalling malwarebytes</p><p></p><p><span style="color: #FF0000">Notes: </span></p><p><span style="color: #FF0000">1.back the registry folder before you making any changes.</span></p><p><span style="color: #FF0000">2.change the name back to its original asap to avoid errors and malfunctions to your softwares</span></p><p><span style="color: #FF0000">3.installing more than 1 AV can cause serious problems / bsod / slowdowns so do this only if you are sure there wont be any issues afterward</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="woomera, post: 52117, member: 1147"] as some of you might know im an unsatisfied bitdefender user and even the software have many failures and disfunctions still i cant ignore the fact that it has one of the best engines in the industry. that being said the version 2013 beta came out few days ago and i thought give it test drive in Virtualbox now anyone here who have tried to install bitdefender products before you know how painful it is to install it when having even none security softwares installed as it requires uninstalling them before proceeding. here's the workaround that i found to install bitdefender without uninstalling incompatible softwares and re-installing: 1.right click on your bitdefender installer > 7-zip > open archive (you need 7zip) 2.open folder "extern", heres the list of incompatible software az XML file 3.drag the file related to the incompatible software (lets say malwarebytes) to the desktop 4.right click and click edit 5.you'll see the list of registry keys that bitdefender will check to see if the software exists on the machine or not [color=#32CD32]6.MAKE SURE NO FILE RELATED TO INCOMPATIBLE SOFTWARE IS RUNNING IN MEMORY (task manager > end process's)[/color] 7.find the key in registry (folder) and rename it 8.start bitdefender installer, as soon as it asks if you want to check for updates during installation it means it has passed the compatibility check and therefore its safe to rename the folder back to its original 9.continue the installation and run back your software voila, you just started installing bitdefender without uninstalling malwarebytes [color=#FF0000]Notes: 1.back the registry folder before you making any changes. 2.change the name back to its original asap to avoid errors and malfunctions to your softwares 3.installing more than 1 AV can cause serious problems / bsod / slowdowns so do this only if you are sure there wont be any issues afterward[/color] [/QUOTE]
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