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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In interactive action mode, data access is denied and a desktop notification is
displayed. In the desktop notification you can remove the malware detected or
transfer the malware to the Scanner component using the Details button for further
virus management. The Scanner opens a window containing notification of the
detection, which gives you various options for managing the affected file via a
context menu (see Detection::Scanner):
– Automatic
In automatic action mode, when a virus or unwanted program is detected, the action
you selected in this area is executed automatically. If you enable the optionDisplay
alert, you will receive a desktop notification whenever a virus is detected.
Action options for MailGuard, WebGuard:
– Interactive
In interactive action mode, if a virus or unwanted program is detected, a dialog box
appears in which you can select what to do with the infected object. This option is
enabled as the default setting.
– Automatic
In automatic action mode, when a virus or unwanted program is detected, the action
you selected in this area is executed automatically. If you enable the Display alert
option, you will receive an alert when a virus is detected. The alert will allow you to
confirm the action to be carried out.
In interactive action mode, you can react to detected viruses and unwanted programs by
selecting an action for the infected object, displayed in the alert, and executing the
selected action by clicking Confirm.
The following actions for handling infected objects are available for selection:
Note
Which actions are available for selection depends on the operating system, the
protection components (AntiVir Guard, AntiVir Scanner, AntiVir MailGuard, AntiVir
WebGuard) reporting the detection, and the type of malware detected.
Actions of the Scannerand the Guard (not ProActiv detections):
– Repair
The file is repaired
This option is only available if the infected file can be repaired.
– Move to quarantine
The file is packaged into a special format (*.qua) and moved to the Quarantine
directory INFECTED on your hard disk, so that direct access is no longer
possible. Files in this directory can be repaired in Quarantine at a later data or, if
necessary, sent to Avira GmbH.
– Delete
The file will be deleted. This process is much quicker than overwrite and delete. If a
boot sector virus is detected, this can be deleted by deleting the boot sector. A new
boot sector is written.
– Overwrite and delete
The file is overwritten with a default template and then deleted. It cannot be
restored.