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

Installation and uninstallation
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– ShowReadMe
Displays the readme.txt file after installation.
1: Display file
0: Do not display file
Example: ShowReadMe=1
– RestartWindows
Restarts the computer after installation. This entry has a higher priority than
ShowRestartMessage.
1: Restart computer
0: Do not restart computer
Example: RestartWindows=1
– ShowRestartMessage
Displays information during the setup before carrying out an automatic restart.
0: Do not display information
1: Display information
Example: ShowRestartMessage=1
– SetupMode
Not required for initial installation. The setup program knows if an initial
installation has been carried out. Specify the type of installation. If an installation is
available already, it has to be indicated in the SetupMode whether this installation is
an update only or a modification (reconfiguration) or an uninstallation.
Update: Updates an existing installation. In this case configuration parameters, for
example Guard, are ignored.
Modify: Modifies (reconfigures) an existing installation. In the process no files are
copied into the destination path.
Remove: Uninstalls AntiVir Professional from the system.
Example: SetupMode=Update
– AVWinIni (optional)
Specifies the destination path for the configuration file which may be copied during
installation. The file name must be specified completely (fully qualified).
Example: AVWinIni=d:\inst\config\avwin.ini
– Password