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
Reference: Configuration options
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In this field, enter the update directory and URL of the web server that will first be
requested to provide the update. If this server cannot be reached, the standard servers
indicated will be used. The format for the address of the web server is as follows:
http://<address of web server>[:Port]/update. If you do not specify a port, port 80 will be
used.
12.7.4.1. Proxy
Proxy server
Do not use a proxy server
If this option is enabled, your connection to the web server is not carried out via a proxy
server.
Use Windows system settings
When the option is enabled, the current Windows system settings are used for the
connection to the web server via a proxy server.
Use the following proxy server
If your web server connection is set up via a proxy server, you can enter the relevant
information here.
Address
Please enter the URL or the IP address of the proxy server you should use to connect to
the web server.
Port
Please enter the port number of the proxy server you should use to connect to the web
server.
Login name
Enter your login name on the proxy server here.
Login password
Enter the relevant password for logging in on the proxy server here. For security, the
actual characters you type in this space are replaced by asterisks (*).
Examples:
Address: proyx.domain.com Port: 8080
Address: 192.168.1.100 Port: 3128
12.8 General
12.8.1 Email
With certain events, Avira AntiVir Professional can send alerts and messages via email to
one or more recipients. This is done with the Simple Message Transfer Protocol (SMTP).
The messages can be triggered by various events. The following components support
email sending: