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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In this box you enter the application to be excluded from monitoring by the ProActiv
component. To identify the application, the full path, file name and file extension must
be specified. The path must either show the drive on which the application is located or
start with an environment variable.
The button opens a window in which you can select the application to be excluded.
Add
With the Add button you can transfer the application specified in the input box to the
list of applications to be excluded.
Delete
The Delete button lets you remove a highlighted application from the list of applications
to be excluded.
12.2.3 Report
Guard includes an extensive logging function to provide the user or administrator with
exact notes about the type and manner of a detection.
Guard includes an extensive logging function to provide the user or
administrator with exact notes about the type and manner of a detection.
This group allows for the content of the report file to be determined.
Off
If this option is enabled, then Guard does not create a log.
It is recommended that you should turn off the logging function only in exceptional
cases, such as if you are executing trials with multiple viruses or unwanted programs.
Default
If this option is enabled, Guard records important information (concerning detections,
alerts and errors) in the report file, with less important information ignored for
improved clarity. This option is enabled as the default setting.
Advanced
If this option is enabled, Guard logs less important information to the report file as well.
Complete
If this option is enabled, Guard logs all available information in the report file, including
file size, file type, date, etc.
Limit report file
Limit size to n MB
If this option is enabled, the report file can be limited to a certain size; possible values: 1
to 100 MB. If the size of the log file exceeds the indicated size by more than 50 kilobytes,
then old entries are deleted until the indicated size minus 50 kilobytes is reached.
Backup report file before shortening
If this option is enabled, the report file is backed up before shortening. Save location, see
Configuration :: General :: Directories :: Report directory.