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

Avira AntiVir Professional
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– ProgramGroup
Creates a program group for all users of the computer in the Windows start menu.
1: Create program group
0: Do not create program group
Example: ProgramGroup=1
– DesktopIcon
Creates a shortcut desktop icon for all users of the computer on the desktop.
1: Create desktop icon
0: Do not create desktop icon
Example: DesktopIcon=1
– ShellExtension
Registers the shell extension in the registry. With the shell extension, files or
directories can be scanned for viruses and malware via the context menu of the
right-hand mouse button.
1: Register shell extension
0: Do not register shell extension
Example: ShellExtension=1
– Guard
Installs the AntiVir Guard (on-access scanner).
1: Install AntiVir Guard
0: Do not install AntiVir Guard
Example: Guard=1
– MailScanner
Installs the AntiVir MailGuard.
1: Install AntiVir MailGuard
0: Do not install MailGuard
Example: MailScanner=1
– KeyFile
Specify the path for the license file that is copied during installation. For initial
installation: obligatory. The file name must be specified completely (fully qualified).
(For a modification installation: optional.)
Example: KeyFile=D:\inst\license\hbedv.key