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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Studies have shown that the number of working hours devoted to computer games has
long reached economically significant proportions. It is therefore not surprising that
more and more companies are considering ways of banning computer games from
workplace computers.
Avira AntiVir Professional detects computer games. If the Games option is enabled with
a check mark in the configuration under Extended threat categories, you receive a
corresponding alert if Avira AntiVir Professional detects a game. The game is now over in
the truest sense of the word, because you can simply delete it.
Jokes (JOKES)
Jokes are merely intended to give someone a fright or provide general amusement
without causing harm or reproducing. When a joke program is loaded, the computer will
usually start at some point to play a tune or display something unusual on the screen.
Examples of jokes are the washing machine in the disk drive (DRAIN.COM) or the screen
eater (BUGSRES.COM).
But beware! All symptoms of joke programs may also originate from a virus or Trojan. At
the very least users will get quite a shock or be thrown into such a panic that they
themselves may cause real damage.
Thanks to the extension of its scanning and identification routines, Avira AntiVir
Professional is able to detect joke programs and eliminate them as unwanted programs if
required. If the option Jokes is enabled with a check mark in the configuration under
Extended threat categories, a corresponding alert is issued if a joke program is detected.
Security Privacy Risk (SPR)
Software that maybe is able to compromise the security of your system, initiate
unwanted program activities, damage your privacy or spy out your user behavior and
might therefore be unwanted.
Avira AntiVir Professional detects "Security Privacy Risk" software. If the option
Security Privacy Risk is enabled with a check mark in the configuration under
Extended threat categories, you receive a corresponding alert if Avira AntiVir
Professional detects such software.
Backdoor Clients (BDC)
In order to steal data or manipulate computers, a backdoor server program is smuggled
in unknown to the user. This program can be controlled by a third party using backdoor
control software (client) via the Internet or a network.
Avira AntiVir Professional detects "backdoor control software". If the option Backdoor
Clients is enabled with a check mark in the configuration under Extended threat
categories, you receive a corresponding alert if Avira AntiVir Professional detects such
software.
Adware/Spyware (ADSPY)
"Software that displays advertising or software that sends the user's personal data
to a third party, often without their knowledge or consent, and for this reason may be
unwanted."