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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When scanning archives, you can restrict the scan to a maximum number of files in the
archive. The default value for the maximum number of files to be scanned is 10 and is
recommended.
Maximum size (KB)
When scanning archives, you can restrict the scan to a maximum archive size to be
unpacked. The standard value of 1000KB is recommended.
Drives
Network drives
If this option is enabled, files on network drives (mapped drives) such as server volumes,
peer drives etc., are scanned.
Note
In order not to reduce the performance of your computer too much, the option Network
drives should only be enabled in exceptional cases.
Warning
If this option is disabled, the network drives are not monitored. You are no longer
protected against viruses or unwanted programs!
Note
When files are executed on network drives, they are scanned by the Guard irrespective of
the setting for the Network Drives option. In some cases files on network drives are
scanned while being opened, even though the Network Drives option is disabled. Reason:
These files are accessed with ‘Execute File’ rights. If you want to exclude these files or
even executed files on network drives from scanning by the Guard, enter the files in the
list of file objects to be excluded (see: Guard::Scan::Exceptions).
Enable caching
If this option is enabled, monitored files on network drives will be made available in the
Guard's cache. Monitoring of network drives without the caching function is more
secure, but does not perform as well as the monitoring of network drives with caching.
12.2.1.1. Action for concerning files
Action for concerning files
You can define the actions to be carried out by Guard when a virus or unwanted program
is detected.
Interactive
If this option is enabled, a desktop notification appears when Guard detects a virus or
unwanted program. You have the option of removing the detected malware or accessing
other possible virus treatment actions via the 'Details' button. The actions are displayed
in a dialog window. Your license data will be displayed in the next window. This option is
enabled as the default setting.
Permitted actions
In this display box you can specify the virus management actions that should be available
as further actions in the dialog window. You must activate the corresponding options for
this.
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