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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Enter the name of the host to be used here - either its IP address or the direct host name.
The maximum possible length of the host name is 127 characters.
For example:
192.168.1.100 or mail.musterfirma.de.
Sender address
In this input box, enter the email address of the sender. The maximum length of the
sender's address is 127 characters.
Authentication
Some mail servers expect a program to verify itself to the server (log in) before an email
is sent. Avira AntiVir Professional can transmit alerts with authentication to the SMTP
server via email.
Use authentication
If this option is enabled, a user name and a password can be entered in the relevant
boxes for login (authentication).
– User name: Enter your user name here.
– Password: Enter the relevant password here. The password is saved in encrypted
form. For security, the actual characters you type in this space are replaced by
asterisks (*).
Send test email
When you click on the button, Avira AntiVir Professional attempts to send a test email
to the sender address to check the data entered.
Guard
AntiVir Guard can send alerts by email to one or more recipients for certain events.
Guard
Email alerts
If this option is enabled, AntiVir Guard sends email messages with the most important
information when a certain event occurs. This option is disabled as the default setting.
Email messages for the following events
The on-access scan detected a virus or unwanted program
If this option is enabled, you always receive an email with the name of the virus or
unwanted program and the affected file when the on-access scan detects a virus or an
unwanted program.
Edit
TheEdit button opens theEmail template window in which you can configure the
notification for an 'On-access detection' event. You have the option of inserting text for
the subject line and body of the email. You can use variables for this purpose
(seeConfiguration::General::Email::Alerts::Email Template).
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