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
Avira AntiVir Professional
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Before starting installation
Close your email program. It is also recommended to end all running applications.
Make sure that no other virus protection solutions are installed. The automatic
protection functions of various security solutions may interfere with each other.
Establish an Internet connection: The Internet connection is necessary for
performing the following installation steps:
Downloading the current program file and search engine, and the latest virus
definition files via the installation program (for internet-based installation)
Where appropriate, carrying out a AntiVir Professional update after completed
installation
Save the license file hbedv.key on your computer system, if you want to activate
Avira AntiVir Professional.
Note
Internet-based installation:
Avira GmbH provides an installation program for the internet-based installation of Avira
AntiVir Professional, which loads the current program file prior to installation by the
Avira GmbH web servers. This process ensures that AntiVir Professional is installed
with the latest virus definition file.
Installation with an installation package:
The installation package contains both the installation program and all necessary
program files. No language selection for AntiVir Professional is available for installation
with an installation package. We recommend that you carry out an update of the virus
definition file after installation.
Install
The installation program runs in self-explanatory dialog mode. Every window contains a
certain selection of buttons to control the installation process.
The most important buttons are assigned the following functions:
– OK: Confirm action.
– Abort: Abort action.
– Next: Go to next step.
– Back: Go to previous step.
How to install AntiVir Professional:
Note
The following actions for disabling the Windows Firewall only apply to the Windows XP
operating system.
Start the installation program by double-clicking on the installation file you have
downloaded from the Internet or insert the program CD.
Internet-based installation
The dialog box Welcome... appears.
Click Next to continue with the installation.
The dialog box Language selection appears.
Select the language you want to use to install AntiVir Professional and confirm your
language selection by clicking Next.