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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Highlight the nodes and directories to be saved by clicking on the check box of the
respective directory level.
The following options are available, Select directories:
– Directory, including sub-directories (black check mark)
– Directory excluding sub-directories (green check mark)
– Sub-directories of one directory only (grey check mark, sub-directories have black
check marks)
– No directory (no check mark)
5.2.5 On-demand scan: Scan for viruses and malware using
Dragamp;Drop
To scan for viruses and malware systematically using Drag&Drop:
The Avira AntiVir Professional Control Center has been opened.
Highlight the file or directoryyou want to scan.
Use the left-hand mouse button to drag the highlighted file or directory into the
Control Center.
The Luke Filewalker window appears and an on-demand scan is started.
When the scan is completed, the results are displayed.
5.2.6 On-demand scan: Scan for viruses and malware via the context
menu
To scan for viruses and malware systematically via the context menu:
Click with the right-hand mouse button (e.g. in Windows Explorer, on the desktop or
in an open Windows directory) on the file or directoryyou want to scan.
The Windows Explorer context menu appears.
Select Scan selected files with AntiVir in the context menu.
The Luke Filewalker window appears and an on-demand scan is started.
When the scan is completed, the results are displayed.
5.2.7 On-demand scan: Automatically scan for viruses and malware
Note
After installation, the scan job Full system scan is created in the Scheduler: A full system
scan is automatically carried out at a recommended interval.
To create a job to automatically scan for viruses and malware:
In the Control Center, select the Management :: Scheduler section.
Click on the icon
The dialog box Name and description of job appears.
Give the job a name and, where appropriate, a description.