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Avira GmbH Avira AntiVir Server/ Professional (UNIX) 25
• hiddenext - a file with an executable extension, hidden behind a harmless one.
• joke - a harmless joke program, present as file.
• pck- a file compressed with an unusual runtime compression tool.
• phish - faked emails that are supposed to prompt the victim to reveal confidential
information such as user accounts, passwords or online-banking data on certain web-
sites.
• spr - software that may compromise the security of your system, initiate unwanted
program activities, damage your privacy or spy out your user behavior and might
therefore be unwanted.
• alltypes - option to detect all supported malware types.
Syntax: list of types, separated by whitespace or colon.
DetectPrefixes <type>[=<bool>] <type>[=<bool>] ...
Example:
DetectPrefixes adspy=yes appl=no bdc=yes dial=yes game=no
hiddenext=no joke=no pck=no phish=yes spr=no
Heuristics
Macro
Macrovirus Heuristics:
Activates the heuristics for macroviruses in office documents.
HeuristicsMacro yes
Heuristics
Level
Win32-Heuristics:
Sets the level of heuristic detection in all types of files. Available values are 0 (off), 1
(low), 2 (medium) and 3 (high - could result in false alerts!).
HeuristicsLevel 1
GUISupport
Support via graphical user interface (GUI):
This option must be activated in order for AntiVir Server/ Professional to communicate
with the GUI of Avira SMC. You must enter the following parameters:
GuiSupport yes
GuiCAFile /usr/lib/AntiVir/guard/gui/cert/cacert.pem
GuiCertFile /usr/lib/AntiVir/guard/gui/cert/server.pem
GuiCertPass antivir_default
In the case of missing or invalid parameters, the GUI support is not available. The log file
records possible errors.
ActiveLockFile
Guard’s shared lockfile:
You must specify the absolute path to the Guard’s lockfile, so that other software on the
computer can detect Guard’s presence. The file is also used for the Gnome plug-in.
ActiveLockFile /var/lock/LCK..avguard
Default: ActiveLockFile NONE
4.1.2 Configuration of the Command Line Scanner in avscan.conf
A new configuration file for the on-demand scanner has been introduced, starting with
AntiVir Server/ Professional v 3.0.0: avscan.conf.
Repair
Concerning
Files
Repairing files:
The CLS is trying to repair infected files. If this fails, access is blocked. The following
option must be active:
RepairConcerningFiles yes
It is not activated by default.