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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Scanner
Enable network alerts
If this option is enabled, network alerts are sent. This option is disabled as the default
setting.
Note
To enable this option, at least one recipient must be entered under
General::Alerts::Network .
Message to be sent
The window shows the message sent to the selected workstation when a virus or
unwanted program is detected. You can edit this message. A text may contain a
maximum of 500 characters.
You can use the following key combinations for formatting the message:
Inserts a tab. The current line is indented by several
characters to the right.
inserts a line break.
The message can include wildcards for information which was found during the search.
These wildcards are replaced by the actual text when sent.
The following wildcards can be used:
%VIRUS% contains the name of the detected virus or of the unwanted
program
%NAME% contains the name of the logged in user using the Scanner
Default
The button restores the predefined default text for an alert.
12.8.7.2. Email
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:
– Guard: Sending notifications
– Scanner: Sending notifications
– Updater: Sending notifications
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