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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Warning
Only exclude email addresses from the MailGuard scan if the senders are completely
trustworthy.
Note
Under MailGuard :: General :: Exceptions in the configuration, you can add more email
addresses to the exclusion list or remove email addresses from the list.
5.2.17 Firewall: Select the security level for the Firewall
There are various security levels to choose from. Depending on which you choose, you
have different adapter rule configuration options.
The following security levels are available:
– Low
– Flooding and port scan are detected.
– Medium
– suspicious TCP and UDP packages are discarded.
– Flooding and port scan are prevented.
– High
– Computer is not visible on the network.
– Connections from outside are blocked.
– Flooding and port scan are prevented.
– User
– User-defined rules: if this security level is selected, the program automatically
recognizes that the adapter rules have been modified.
Note
The default security level setting for all predefined rules of the Avira Firewall is High
To define the security level for the Firewall:
Go to Control Center and select the section Online protection :: Firewall.
Move the slider to the required security level.
The selected security level is applied immediately.