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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Vendors
The list shows all providers classified as trusted.
Buttons
Button Description
Add
This button opens a dialog box in which you can select applications. The
manufacturer of the application is established and added to the list of
trusted providers.
Add
group
This button opens a dialog box in which you can select a directory. The
manufacturers of all the applications in the selected path are established
and added to the list of trusted providers.
Remove
The highlighted entry is removed from the list of trusted providers. To
permanently remove the selected provider from the list, click Accept or
OK in the configuration window.
Remove
all
All entries are removed from the list of trusted providers.
Reload The changes made are reversed. The last list saved is loaded.
Note
If you remove providers from the list and then select Apply the providers will be
permanently removed from the list. The change cannot be reversed with Reload.
Note
The Firewall prioritizes application rules before making entries in the list of trusted
providers: If you have created an application rule and the application provider is listed in
the list of trusted providers, the application rule will be executed.
12.5.5 Additional settings
Notifications
Notifications define the events under which you wish to receive a desktop notification
from the Firewall.
Port scan
If the option is activated, you will receive a desktop notification if a port scan has been
detected by the Firewall.
Flooding
If the option is activated, you will receive a desktop notification if a flooding attack has
been detected by the Firewall.
Applications blocked
If the option is activated, you will receive a desktop notification if the Firewall has
denied, i.e. blocked, network activity by an application.
IP blocked
If the option is activated, you will receive a desktop notification if the Firewall has
denied, i.e. blocked, data traffic from an IP address.