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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Guard repairs the infected file if possible.
rename
Guard 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
Guard moves the file to the quarantine folder. 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
Access to the file is permitted and the file is ignored.
overwrite and delete
Guard overwrites the file with a default pattern before deleting it. It cannot be restored.
Deny access
Access is denied to the file. Guard logs the detection to the report file if the report
function is activated. In addition, the Guard writes an entry in the Event log, if this
option is enabled.
Default
This button allows you to select an action that is activated in the dialog box by default
when a virus is detected. Select the action that should be activated by default and click
on the Default button.
Note
The action repair cannot be selected as the default action.
Click here for more information.
Automatic
If this option is enabled, then no dialog box for selecting an action appears following the
detection of a virus or unwanted program. Guard reacts according to the settings you
define in this section.
Backup to quarantine
If this option is enabled, the Guard creates a backup copy before carrying out the
requested primary or secondary action. The backup copy is saved in quarantine. It can be
restored via the Quarantine manager if it is of informative value. You can also send the
backup copy to the Avira Malware Research Center. Depending on the object, there are
more selection possibilities in the Quarantine manager.
Display detection alerts
If this option is enabled, then for each detection of a virus or unwanted program a
warning message appears.
Primary action
Primary action is the action carried out when the Guard finds a virus or an unwanted
program. If the option repair is selected but a repair of the file involved is not possible,
the action selected under Secondary action is carried out.
Note
The option Secondary action can only be selected if the option Repair was selected under
Primary action.