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
Reference: Configuration options
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This button opens a window in which you can select the desired program with the aid of
the file selection dialog.
Arguments
In this input box you can enter command line parameters for the program to be started
if necessary.
Event log
Use event log
If this option is enabled, an event report with the results of the scan is transferred to
Windows event logging after a Scanner scan has been completed. The events can be
called up in the Windows event viewer. The option is disabled as the default setting.
When scanning archives, the Scanner uses a recursive scan: Archives in archives are also
unpacked and scanned for viruses and unwanted programs. The files are scanned,
decompressed and scanned again.
Scan archives
If this option is enabled, the selected archives in the archive list are scanned. This option
is enabled as the default setting.
All archive types
If this option is enabled, all archive types in the archive list are selected and scanned.
Smart Extensions
If this option is enabled, the Scanner detects whether a file is a packed file format
(archive), even if the file extension differs from the usual extensions, and scans the
archive. However, for this every file must be opened - which reduces the scanning speed.
Example: if a *.zip archive has the file extension *.xyz, the Scanner also unpacks this
archive and scans it. This option is enabled as the default setting.
Note
Only those archive types are supported, which are marked in the archive list.
Limit recursion depth
Unpacking and scanning recursive archives can require a great deal of computer time and
resources. If this option is enabled, you limit the depth of the scan in multi-packed
archives to a certain number of packing levels (maximum recursion depth). This saves
time and computer resources.
Note
In order to find a virus or an unwanted program in an archive, the Scanner must scan up
to the recursion level in which the virus or the unwanted program is located.
Maximum recursion depth
In order to enter the maximum recursion depth, the option Limit recursion depth must
be enabled.
You can either enter the requested recursion depth directly or by means of the right
arrow key on the entry field. The permitted values are 1 to 99. The standard value is 20
which is recommended.
Default values
The button restores the pre-defined values for scanning archives.