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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If this option is enabled, you receive an email if Avira AntiVir Professional detects an
internal critical error.
Note
In this case, please inform our technical support and include the data given in the email.
The specified file should also be sent for examination.
Edit
TheEdit button opens theEmail template window in which you can configure the
notification for a 'Critical error in Guard’ 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).
Recipient(s)
Enter the email address(es) of the recipient(s) in this box. The individual addresses are
separated by commas. The maximum length of all addresses together (i.e. the total
character string) is 260 characters.
Scanner
With certain events, the on-demand scan can send alerts and messages via email to one
or more recipients.
Scanner
Enable email alerts
If this option is enabled, Avira AntiVir Professional 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-demand scan detected a virus or unwanted program.
If this option is enabled, you receive an email with the name of the virus or unwanted
program and the affected file whenever the on-demand scan detects a virus or an
unwanted program.
Edit
TheEdit button opens theEmail template window in which you can configure the
notification for an 'Scan 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).
End of scheduled scan.
When the option is activated, an email is sent when a scan job has been carried out. The
email contains data on the point and duration of the scan job, on the folders and files
scanned as well as on the viruses found and warnings.
Edit
TheEdit button opens theEmail template window in which you can configure the
notification for the 'End of scan’ 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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