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Avira Professional Security - User Manual (Status: 14 Dec. 2012) 11
 At least 150 MB of free hard disk memory space (more if using quarantine for temporary
storage)
 At least 512 MB RAM under Windows XP
 At least 1024 MB RAM under Windows Vista, Windows 7
 For the program installation: Administrator rights
 For all installations: Windows Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher
 Internet connection where appropriate (see Installation)
Information for Windows Vista users
On Windows XP, many users work with administrator rights. However, this is not desirable
from the point of view of security because it is then easy for viruses and unwanted
programs to infiltrate computers.
For this reason, Microsoft is introducing the "User Account Control" with Windows Vista.
This offers more protection for users who are logged in as administrators: thus in Windows
Vista, an administrator only has the privileges of a normal user at first. Actions for which
administrator rights are required are clearly marked in Windows Vista with an information
icon. In addition, the user must explicitly confirm the required action. Privileges will only
then be increased and the administrative task will be performed by the operating system
after this permission has been obtained.
The Avira product requires administrator rights for some actions in Windows Vista. These
actions are marked with the following symbol: . If this symbol also appears on a button,
administrator rights are required to carry out this action. If your current user account does
not have administrator rights, the Windows Vista dialog of the User Account Control asks
you to enter the administrator password. If you do not have an administrator password,
you cannot carry out this action.
2.3 Licensing and Upgrade
In order to be able to use your Avira product, you require a license. You thereby accept the
license terms.
The license is issued via a digital license code in the form of a .KEY file. This digital
license code is the key to your personal license. It contains exact details of which
programs are licensed to you and for what period of time. A digital license code can
therefore also contain the license for more than one product.
If you purchased your Avira product on the Internet, or via a program CD/DVD, the digital
license code is sent to you by email. You can load the license key during installation of the
program or install it later in License Manager.