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Reference: Configuration options
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– Scanner: Sending notifications
– Updater: Sending notifications
– Quarantine manager: Sending suspicious files to the Avira Malware Research
Center
Note
Please note that ESMTP is not supported. In addition, an encrypted transfer via TLS
(Transport Layer Security) or SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) is currently not possible.
Email messages
SMTP server
Enter the name of the host to be used here - either its IP address or the direct host name.
The maximum possible length of the host name is 127 characters.
For example:
192.168.1.100 or mail.samplecompany.com.
Sender address
In this input box, enter the email address of the sender. The maximum length of the
sender's address is 127 characters.
Authentication
Some mail servers expect a program to verify itself to the server (log in) before an email
is sent. Alerts can be transmitted with authentication to an SMTP server via email.
Use authentication
If this option is enabled, a user name and a password can be entered in the relevant
boxes for login (authentication).
– User name: Enter your user name here.
– Password: Enter the relevant password here. The password is saved in encrypted
form. For security reasons, the actual characters you type in this space are
replaced by asterisks (*).
Send test email
When you click on the button, the program attempts to send a test email to the sender
address to check the data entered.
10.6.2 Guard
AntiVir Guard can send alerts by email to one or more recipients for certain events.
Guard
Email alerts
If this option is enabled, AntiVir Guard sends email messages with the most important
information when a certain event occurs. This option is disabled as the default setting.
Email messages for the following events
The on-access scan detected a virus or unwanted program.