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
Overview of AntiVir Professional
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The dialog box Type of job is displayed.
Select Update job from the list.
The dialog box Time of job appears.
Select a time for the update:
– Immediately
– Daily
– Weekly
– Interval
– Single
– Login
Note
We recommend that you update Avira AntiVir Professional regularly and often. The
recommended update interval is: 60 minutes.
Where appropriate, specify a date according to the selection.
Where appropriate, select additional options (availability depends on type of job):
– Also start job when Internet connection is established
In addition to the defined frequency, the job is carried out when an Internet
connection is set up.
– Repeat job if the time has already expired
Past jobs are carried out that could not be carried out at the required time, for
example because the computer was switched off.
The dialog box Select display mode appears.
Select the display mode of the job window:
– Minimize: progress bar only
– Maximize: Entire job window
– Hide: No job window
Click Finish.
Your newly created job appears on the home page of the Administration ::
Scan section as activated (check mark).
Where appropriate, deactivate jobs which are not to be carried out.
Use the following icons to further define your jobs:
View properties of a job
Modify job
Delete job
Start job
Stop job