The bdshelxt.dll file is the process called BDShellExt Module that is used by the application BitDefender 10 Antivirus Free Edition created by SOFTWIN S.R.L. The location of this DLL file is in the subfolder C:\Program Files or sometimes in C:\ subfolder. Known sizes for this file is 58,368 bytes, 73,728 bytes with 44% occurrence and 4 other variants. A dynamic link library file or DLL is a Windows application that has functions that can be applied to other programs. It can be injected into other operating processes to control or change their behavior. There is no visible window for this program. You can access this program in the Windows Control Panel. BitDefender Antivirus version 10 Free Edition scans your system for viruses and removes them using scanning engines certified by ICSA Labs. You can schedule your scans such as full system scan or drive scan. You can perform immediate screen of your files and folders. You can isolate infected files in the quarantine, and send them to BitDefender Labs for analysis. You can make reports of files you scan to see the progress. The bdshelxt.dll file has a digital signature by BitDefender SRL with certificate issued by VeriSign Time Stamping Services Signer – G2.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. bdshelxt.dll. is used by BitDefender 10 Free Edition, If you shut down bdshelxt.dll, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop bdshelxt.dll, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is BitDefender 10 Free Edition, from your system.

After uninstalling applications it is a good idea to scan you Windows registry for any left over traces of applications. Registry Reviver by ReviverSoft is a great tool for doing this.

The ReviverSoft experts have not yet reviewed bdshelxt.dll

A process usually a part of an installed application such as BitDefender 10 Free Edition, or your operating system that is responsible for running in functions of that application. Some application require that they have processes running all the time so they can do things such as check for updates or notify you when you get an instant message. Some poorly written applications have many processes that run that may not be required and take up valuable processing power within your computer.

We have not received any complaint about this process having higher than normal impact on PC performance. If you have had bad experiences with it please let us know in a comment below and we will investigate it further.

The first thing you should do if bdshelxt.dll. is causing errors on your computer is to run a Windows registry scan with Registry Reviver If you are still seeing errors after this you should uninstall the program that bdshelxt.dll, belongs to, in this case BitDefender 10 Free Edition