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- Page 1 User Manual Avira AntiVir SharePoint www.avira.com...
- Page 2 Copyright information A code provided by a third party has been used for Avira AntiVir SharePoint. We thank the copyright owners for making the code available to us. For detailed information on copyright, please refer to in the help of Avira AntiVir SharePoint...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents Introduction ......................1 Icons and emphases ....................2 Product information....................3 Function overview .........................3 Delivery scope........................5 System requirements......................5 Licensing ..........................6 Installation and uninstallation ................7 Installation..........................7 Uninstallation ........................8 User interface and operation .................. 9 Virus detection..................... 11 Updates........................ -
Page 4: Introduction
This manual deals with viruses and software in brief. Note The program’s full name is Avira AntiVir SharePoint. For greater readability, this name is abbreviated to AntiVir SharePoint. Please go to our website at http://www.avira.com to download the Avira AntiVir SharePoint handbook in PDF form, update Avira AntiVir SharePoint or renew your license. -
Page 5: Icons And Emphases
2 Icons and emphases The following icons are used: Icon Explanation Placed before a condition which must be fulfilled prior to implementation. Placed before an action step that you implement. Placed before an event that follows the previous action. Placed before a link to particularly important information or a tip Note that makes AntiVir for Sharepoint easier to use. -
Page 6: Product Information
3 Product information 3.1 Function overview AntiVir SharePoint is an antivirus solution developed specially for Microsoft SharePoint and supports the following SharePoint technology: – Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 – Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 – Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 –... - Page 7 SharePoint plug-in processes SharePoint requests for virus scans and forwards these to the Avira AntiVir SharePoint service. Avira AntiVir SharePoint service forwards requests for virus scans to the Avira AntiVir SharePoint scan service and processes the Avira Administration settings. The Avira AntiVir Scheduler service starts the update component in order to perform regular updates.
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Page 8: Delivery Scope
AntiVir SharePoint offers extensive antivirus protection for corporate data that you manage and provide using SharePoint technology. This also protects the computer systems used for SharePoint. AntiVir SharePoint is easy to install and has the following configuration options: Settings for scanning for viruses and malware: –... -
Page 9: Licensing
AntiVir SharePoint 3.4 Licensing You require a license to use Avira AntiVir SharePoint. The license is issued in the form of a digital license key in the file hbedv.key. You can obtain the license file by email from Avira GmbH. The license file contains the license for all products that you have ordered in one order process. -
Page 10: Installation And Uninstallation
Ensure that an Internet connection or network connection to a download server exists for updating AntiVir SharePoint. If you use a fileserver, you may require a user name and a password for server login. Ensure that a valid license file hbedv.key exists and is stored in a local directory on the server. -
Page 11: Uninstallation
Update After installation, AntiVir SharePoint should be updated: Ensure that AntiVir SharePoint can receive data from the Internet. A proxy server through which AntiVir SharePoint receives updates can be specified in the AntiVir SharePoint configuration: Specify a proxy server for receiving updates under Settings :: Configure Update :: Proxy. -
Page 12: User Interface And Operation
5 User interface and operation The antivirus function of Avira AntiVir SharePoint can be controlled, i.e. enabled or disabled, by the SharePoint AntiVirus Manager. You will find the settings for the SharePoint AntiVirus Manager in SharePoint central administration under Security configuration :: Configure Antivirus settings. - Page 13 Configure AntiVir window with the button OK in order to apply the new settings. Your settings are cancelled with the button Cancel. Get the AntiVir SharePoint product version You can get the product version of AntiVir SharePoint in the MMC help menu under About Avira AntiVir SharePoint..Accessing help You can also access the help via the Help icon in MMC or with F1.
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Page 14: Virus Detection
Warning Please note the following when making settings in SharePoint central administration: Antivirus protection must be enabled when uploading and downloading documents so that Avira AntiVir SharePoint checks documents that are uploaded or downloaded to or from SharePoint team pages. -
Page 15: Updates
Internet and supplies them to other systems in the network. This is useful if you want to update AntiVir SharePoint on more than one computer in a network. This ensures that AntiVir SharePoint is kept up to date on the computer systems to be protected in a resource-saving way. -
Page 16: Viruses And More
8 Viruses and more 8.1 Extended threat categories Dialers (DIALERS) Certain services available in the Internet have to be paid for. They are invoiced in Germany via dialers with 0190/0900 numbers (or via 09x0 numbers in Austria and Switzerland; in Germany, the number is set to change to 09x0 in the medium term). Once installed on the computer, these programs guarantee a connection via a suitable premium rate number whose scale of charges can vary widely. - Page 17 AntiVir SharePoint But beware! All symptoms of joke programs may also originate from a virus or Trojan. At the very least users will get quite a shock or be thrown into such a panic that they themselves may cause real damage.
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Page 18: Viruses And Other Malware
Viruses and more Adware (ADWARE) This software or components installed by it will display advertisements on your system. 8.2 Viruses and other malware Adware Adware is software that presents banner ads or in pop-up windows through a bar that appears on a computer screen. These advertisements usually cannot be removed and are consequently always visible. - Page 19 AntiVir SharePoint For several years, Internet and other network users have received alerts about viruses that are purportedly spread via email. These alerts are spread per email with the request that they should be sent to the highest possible number of colleagues and to other users, in order to warn everyone against the "danger".
- Page 20 Viruses and more A computer virus is a program that is capable of attaching itself to other programs after being executed and cause an infection. Viruses multiply themselves unlike logic bombs and Trojans. In contrast to a worm, a virus always requires a program as host, where the virus deposits its virulent code.
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Page 22: Info And Service
(WinZIP, PKZIP, Arj etc.) to virus@avira.com. As some email gateways work with anti- virus software, you should also provide the file(s) with a password (please remember to... -
Page 23: Configuration Options
AntiVir SharePoint. 10.2.2 Scan Under Scan you can activate options for heuristic purposes. Avira AntiVir SharePoint contains very powerful heuristics that can proactively uncover unknown malware, i.e. before a special virus signature to combat the damaging element has been created and before a virus guard update has been sent. -
Page 24: Archives
Archive scanning is enabled as the default setting and is recommended. Smart extensions If this option is enabled, the AntiVir SharePoint detects whether a file is a packed file format (archive), even if the file extension differs from the usual extensions, and scans the archive. -
Page 25: Report
If this option is enabled, error messages and warning messages from the AntiVir SharePoint are logged. Full If this option is enabled, all messages and actions of the AntiVir SharePoint are logged. The log function of AntiVir SharePoint is set to the Standard option as standard. Limit report file... -
Page 26: Extended Threat Categories
The threat categories must be configured in the avwin.ini configuration file. After a change to the avwin.ini file, the Avira AntiVir SharePoint Scan Service must be restarted. The configuration file can be found under: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application data\Avira\AntiVir SharePoint\config... -
Page 27: Configure Update
10.3.1 Configure update Under Configure Update you can define the network settings and any proxy settings for updating AntiVir SharePoint. You can also configure an email notification via SMTP. 10.3.2 Network Under Network you can configure the network settings for updating AntiVir SharePoint. -
Page 28: Proxy
Enter a password name for authentication here. 10.3.3 Proxy If you use a web server to update AntiVir SharePoint, you can specify a proxy server by means of which the connection to the webserver is to be created under Proxy. - Page 29 An email notification will be sent after every update in which new files were installed or when an error occurs during an update. No emails are sent of new files are not installed during an update because AntiVir SharePoint already has the latest files. SMTP server Enter the name of the SMTP server that you wish to use to send the notifications.
- Page 30 Errors and technical subject to change. Issued Q3-2009 AntiVir is a registered trademark of the Avira GmbH. ® All other brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Protected trademarks are not marked as such in this manual. However, this does not mean that they may be used freely.
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