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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Low detection level
If this option is enabled, Avira AntiVir Professional detects slightly less unknown
malware, the risk of false alerts is low in this case.
Medium detection level
This option is enabled as the default setting if you have selected application of this
heuristic. This option is enabled as the default setting and is recommended.
High detection level
If this option is enabled, Avira AntiVir Professional detects much more unknown
malware, however false positives can also be expected.
12.3.2 General
12.3.2.1. Exceptions
Email addresses not scanned
This table shows you the list of email addresses excluded from scanning by AntiVir
MailGuard (white list).
Note
The list of exceptions is used exclusively by MailGuard with regard to incoming emails.
Status
Icon Description
This email address will no longer be scanned for malware.
Email address
Email that is no longer to be scanned.
Malware
When this option is enabled, the email address is no longer scanned for malware.
Up
You can use this button to move a highlighted email address to a higher position. If no
entry is highlighted or the highlighted address is at the first position in the list, this
button is not enabled.
Down
You can use this button to move a highlighted email address to a lower position. If no
entry is highlighted or the highlighted address is at the last position in the list, this
button is not enabled.
Input box
In this box you enter the email address that you want to add to the list of email
addresses not to be scanned. Depending on your settings, the email address will no
longer be scanned in future by the MailGuard.
Add