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
Viruses and more
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Avira AntiVir Professional detects "Adware/Spyware". If the option Adware/Spyware 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.
Unusual Runtime Compression Tools (PCK)
Files that have been compressed with an unusual runtime compression tool and that can
therefore be classified as possibly suspicious.
Avira AntiVir Professional detects "Unusual runtime Compression Tools". If the option
Unusual runtime Compression Tools is enabled with a check mark in the
configuration under Extended threat categories, you receive a corresponding alert if
Avira AntiVir Professional detects such packers.
Double Extension Files (HEUR-DBLEXT)
Executable files that hide their real file extension in a suspicious way. This camouflage
method is often used by malware.
Avira AntiVir Professional detects "Double Extension Files". If the option Double
Extension files (HEUR-DBLEXT) is enabled with a check mark in the configuration
under Extended threat categories, you receive a corresponding alert if Avira AntiVir
Professional detects such files.
Phishing
Phishing, also known as brand spoofing is a clever form of data theft aimed at customers
or potential customers of Internet service providers, banks, online banking services,
registration authorities.
When submitting your email address on the Internet, filling in online forms, accessing
newsgroups or websites, your data can be stolen by "Internet crawling spiders" and then
used without your permission to commit fraud or other crimes.
Avira AntiVir Professional detects "Phishing". If the option Phishing is enabled with a
check mark in the configuration under Extended threat categories, you receive a
corresponding alert if Avira AntiVir Professional detects such behavior.
Application (APPL)
The term APPL refers to an application which may involve a risk when used or is of
dubious origin.
Avira AntiVir Professional detects "Application (APPL)". If the option Application
(APPL) is enabled with a check mark in the configuration under Extended threat
categories , you receive a relevant alert if Avira AntiVir Professional detects such
behavior.
10.2 Viruses and other malware
Adware