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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5.2.15 Events: Filter events
Events that have been generated by AntiVir Professional program components are
displayed in the Control Center under Overview :: Events (analogous to the event
display of your Windows operating system). The program components are:
– Updater
– Guard
– MailGuard
– Scanner
– Scheduler
– FireWall
The following event types are displayed:
– Information
– Warning
– Error
– Detection
To filter displayed events:
In the Control Center, select the section Overview :: Results.
Check the box of the program components to display the events of the activated
components.
- OR -
Uncheck the box of the program components to hide the events of the deactivated
components.
Check the event type box to display these events.
- OR -
Uncheck the event type box to hide these events.
5.2.16 MailGuard: Exclude email addresses from scan
To define which email addresses (senders) are excluded from the MailGuard scan
(whitelisting):
In the Control Center, select the section Online protection:: MailGuard.
The list shows incoming emails.
Highlight the email you want to exclude from the MailGuard scan.
Click on the appropriate icon to exclude the email from the MailGuard scan:
In future, the selected email address will no longer be scanned for viruses and
unwanted programs.
The email sender address is included in the exclusion list and no longer scanned
for viruses, malware .