User manual
Table Of Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Icons and emphases
- 3 Product information
- 4 Installation and uninstallation
- 5 Overview of AntiVir Professional
- 5.1 User interface and operation
- 5.2 How to...?
- 5.2.1 Activate license
- 5.2.2 Avira AntiVir Professional automatic update
- 5.2.3 Start a manual update
- 5.2.4 On-demand scan: Using a scan profile to scan for viruses and malware
- 5.2.5 On-demand scan: Scan for viruses and malware using Dragamp;Drop
- 5.2.6 On-demand scan: Scan for viruses and malware via the context menu
- 5.2.7 On-demand scan: Automatically scan for viruses and malware
- 5.2.8 On-demand scan: Targeted scan for active rootkits
- 5.2.9 Reacting to detected viruses and malware
- 5.2.10 Quarantine: Handling quarantined files (*.qua)
- 5.2.11 Quarantine: Restore the files in quarantine
- 5.2.12 Quarantine: move suspicious files to quarantine
- 5.2.13 Scan profile: Amend or delete file type in a scan profile
- 5.2.14 Scan profile: Create desktop shortcut for scan profile
- 5.2.15 Events: Filter events
- 5.2.16 MailGuard: Exclude email addresses from scan
- 5.2.17 Firewall: Select the security level for the Firewall
- 6 Scanner::Overview
- 7 Updates
- 8 Avira Firewall::Overview
- 9 FAQ, Tips
- 10 Viruses and more
- 11 Info and Service
- 12 Reference: Configuration options
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4 Installation and uninstallation
This chapter contains information relating to the installation and uninstallation of your
Avira AntiVir Professional:
– see Chapter Installation: Conditions, Installation types, Install
– see Chapter Installation modules
– see Chapter Modification installation
– Installation and uninstallation on the network
– see Chapter Uninstallation: Uninstall
4.1 Installation
Before installing Avira AntiVir Professional, check whether your computer fulfils all the
minimum system requirements. If your computer satisfies all requirements, you can
install Avira AntiVir Professional.
Note
From Windows XP, Avira AntiVir Professional generates a restore point of your
computer before installation of Avira AntiVir Professional. This enables you to safely
remove Avira AntiVir Professional if installation fails. Note that for this the option Turn
off System Restore under: "Start | Settings | Control Panel | System | Tab System
Restore" must not be marked.
If you want to recover your system earlier, you can do so with the function "Start |
Programs | Accessories | System Tools | System Restore". The restore point generated
by Avira AntiVir Professional is indicated by the entry AntiVir Professional.
Installation types
During installation you can select a setup type in the installation wizard:
Express
– AntiVir Professional is completely installed with all program components.
– The program files are installed into a given standard folder under C:\Program
Files .
– AntiVir Professional is installed with default settings. You have the option of
defining custom settings using the configuration wizard.
User-defined
– You can choose to install individual program components (see Chapter
Installation and uninstallation::Installation modules).
– A target folder can be selected for the program files to be installed.
– You can disable Create a desktop icon and program group in the Start menu.
– Using the configuration wizard, you can define custom settings for AntiVir
Professional and initiate a short system scan which is carried out automatically
after installation.