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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12.8.7.4. Warnings
AntiVir Professional generates so-called slide-ups, desktop notifications for specific
events, which give information on successful or failed program sequences, such as
updates. In Warnings you can enable or disable the notifications for specific events..
With desktop notifications, you have the option of disabling the notification directly in
the slide-up. You can reverse the disabling of the notification in Warnings.
Warnings
on dial-up connections used
If this option is enabled, you will receive a desktop notification alert if a dialer creates a
dial-up connection on your computer via the telephone or ISDN network. There is a
danger that the connection may have been created by an unknown and unwanted dialer
and that the connection may be chargeable. (see Viruses and more::Extended threat
categories: Dialer).
on successfully updated files
If this option is enabled, you will receive a desktop notification whenever an update has
been successfully performed and files updated.
on failed update
If this option is enabled, you will receive a desktop notification whenever an update fails:
No connection to the download server could be created or the update files could not be
installed.
that no update is necessary
If this option is enabled, you will receive a desktop notification whenever an update is
started but installation of the files is not necessary as your program is up to date.
that you are logged on with administrator rights
If this option is enabled, when you log on to your computer, you will receive an alert if
your user account includes administrator rights. For security reasons, it is recommended
that you work with restricted user rights. By restricting the user rights with which you
work on your computer, you prevent the automatic installation of unwanted programs
and the unauthorized changing of system settings.
12.8.8 Events
Limit size of event database
Limit maximum number of events to n entries
If this option is enabled, the maximum number of events listed in the event database can
be limited to a certain size; possible values: 100 to 10 000 entries. If the number of
entered entries is exceeded, the oldest entries are deleted.
Delete events older than n day(s)
If this option is enabled, events listed in the event database are deleted after a certain
period of time; possible values: 1 to 90 days. This option is enabled as the default setting,
with a value of 30 days.
Do not limit size of event database (delete events manually)