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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12.1.1.1. Action for concerning files
Action for concerning files
You can define the actions to be carried out by Scanner when a virus or unwanted
program is detected.
Interactive
If this option is enabled, the results of the Scanner scan are displayed in a dialog box.
When carrying out a scan with the Scanner, you will receive an alert with a list of the
affected files at the end of the scan. You can use the content-sensitive menu to select an
action to be executed for the various infected files. You can execute the standard actions
for all infected files or cancel the Scanner.
Note
In the Scanner dialog, the action 'Move to quarantine' is displayed as the default action.
Permitted actions
In this display box you can specify those actions that can be selected in the dialog box in
the event that a virus is detected in individual or expert notification mode. You must
activate the corresponding options for this.
repair
The Scanner repairs the infected file if possible.
rename
The Scanner renames the file. Direct access to these files (e.g. with double-click) is
therefore no longer possible. The file can be repaired at a later time and renamed again.
Quarantine
The Scanner moves the file to the Quarantine. The file can be recovered from quarantine
manager if it has an informative value or - if necessary - sent to the Avira Malware
Research Center. Depending on the file, further selection options may be available in the
Quarantine Manager.
delete
The file will be deleted. This process is much faster than "overwrite and delete".
ignore
The file is to be ignored.
overwrite and delete
The Scanner overwrites the file with a default pattern and then deletes it. It cannot be
restored.
Default
The button is used to define a default action by the Scanner to handle the files
encountered. Highlight an action and click the Standard button. Only the selected
default action for the relevant files can be executed in combined notification mode. The
selected default action for the relevant files is preselected in individual and expert
notification mode.
Note
The action repair cannot be selected as the default action.