User manual

Reference: Configuration options

Avira Professional Security - User Manual (Status: 14 Dec. 2012) 105

Monitor 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

Monitor network drives should only be enabled in exceptional cases.

Warning

If this option is disabled, the network drives are not monitored. They are no

longer protected against viruses or unwanted programs!

Note

When files are executed on network drives, they are scanned by the Real-Time

Protection irrespective of the setting for the Monitor network drives option. In

some cases files on network drives are scanned while being opened, even

though the Monitor 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 Real-Time Protection,

enter the files in the list of file objects to be excluded (see: Real-Time Protection

> Scan > Exceptions).

Enable caching

If this option is enabled, monitored files on network drives will be made available in the

Real-Time Protection'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.