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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– Configure AntiVir: Opens the Configuration
– Start update Starts an update.
– Help: opens this online help.
– Avira on the Internet: Opens the web portal of AntiVir Professional on the
internet. The condition for this is that you have an active connection to the
Internet.
5.2 How to...?
5.2.1 Activate license
To activate the AntiVir Professional license:
Activate your license for Avira AntiVir Professional with the license file hbedv.key. You
can get a license file from Avira GmbH by email. The license file contains the license for
all products that you have ordered in one order process.
If you have not installed Avira AntiVir Professional yet:
Save the license file to a local directory on your computer.
Install Avira AntiVir Professional.
During installation, enter the save location of the license file.
If you have installed Avira AntiVir Professional already:
Double click on the license file in File Manager or in the activation email and follow
the on-screen instructions when Avira AntiVir Professional License Manager opens.
- OR -
In the Avira AntiVir Professional Control Center, select the menu item Help / Load
license file…
Note
In Windows Vista the User Account Control dialog box appears. Log in as administrator
if appropriate. Click Continue.
Highlight the license file and click Open.
A message appears.
Click OK to confirm.
The license is activated.
If necessary, restart your system.
5.2.2 Avira AntiVir Professional automatic update
To create a job with the AntiVir Scheduler to update Avira AntiVir Professional
automatically:
In the Control Center, select the Management :: Scheduler section.
Click on the
Create new job with the wizard icon.
The dialog box Name and description of job appears.
Give the job a name and, where appropriate, a description.