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Does Bitdefender Free scan flash drives upon insertion?

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I frequently handle my classmates' flash drives and plug them into my laptop because of school and I was worried that Bitdefender Free might not have the feature to automatically scan flash drives upon insertion. I have been a victim of the shortcut virus many times already when my antivirus was still Windows Defender. Is this the case for Bitdefender Free?

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Well TBH you should stop letting your classmates insert flash drives unless you want to infect your laptop again, or worse fall victim to ransomware. Yes you should have a good AV etc, but it's not going to help if you let everyone insert flash drives.. hope that makes sense.

Please quote my post, or put @paddy-stone if you want me to respond to you.

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18 minutes ago, paddy-stone said:

Well TBH you should stop letting your classmates insert flash drives unless you want to infect your laptop again, or worse fall victim to ransomware. Yes you should have a good AV etc, but it's not going to help if you let everyone insert flash drives.. hope that makes sense.

I don't have a choice, as much as I hate the idea

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