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  • Page 1 Avira Antivirus Premium 2012 User Manual...
  • Page 2 Protected trademarks are not marked as such in this manual. This does not mean, however, that they may be used freely. Copyright information Code provided by third party providers was used for Avira Antivirus Premium 2012. We thank the copyright owners for making the code available to us.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    3.6 Configuration Wizard ......................21 3.7 Change installation ........................ 22 3.8 Installation modules ....................... 23 3.9 Uninstallation .......................... 24 4. Overview of Avira Antivirus Premium 2012 ........25 4.1 User interface and operation ....................25 Control Center ............................. 25 4.1.1 Starting and closing of Control Center ....................
  • Page 4 In the help ..............................62 7.2.2 In the Control Center ..........................62 7.2.3 7.3 Windows Security Center ...................... 65 General ................................65 7.3.1 The Windows Security Center and your Avira product ..............65 7.3.2 Avira Antivirus Premium - User Manual (Status: 23 Sep. 2011)
  • Page 5 10.5.3 10.6 General ..........................120 Threat categories ............................ 120 10.6.1 Password ..............................121 10.6.2 Security ..............................123 10.6.3 WMI ................................125 10.6.4 Events ................................. 125 10.6.5 Reports ............................... 126 10.6.6 Avira Antivirus Premium - User Manual (Status: 23 Sep. 2011)
  • Page 6 Introduction Directories ..............................126 10.6.7 Acoustic alerts ............................127 10.6.8 Alerts ................................128 10.6.9 Avira Antivirus Premium - User Manual (Status: 23 Sep. 2011)

  • Page 7: Introduction

    Introduction 1. Introduction Your Avira product protects your computer against viruses, worms, Trojans, adware and spyware and other risks. In this manual these are referred to as viruses or malware (harmful software) and unwanted programs. The manual describes the program installation and operation.
  • Page 8 Italics File name or path data. Displayed software interface elements (e.g. window section or error message). Bold Clickable software interface elements (e.g. menu item, navigation area, option box or button). Avira Antivirus Premium - User Manual (Status: 23 Sep. 2011)

  • Page 9: Product Information

    Product information 2. Product information This chapter contains all information relevant to the purchase and use of your Avira product:  see Chapter: Delivery scope  see Chapter: System requirements  see Chapter: Licensing and Upgrade  see Chapter: License Manager Avira products are comprehensive and flexible tools you can rely on to protect your computer from viruses, malware, unwanted programs and other dangers.

  • Page 10: System Requirements

    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) Avira Antivirus Premium - User Manual (Status: 23 Sep. 2011)

  • Page 11: Licensing And Upgrade

    Product information 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 provided in the form of an activation key. The activation key is a code comprising letters and numbers that you will receive after purchasing the Avira product.

  • Page 12: License Manager

     Upgrade of Avira AntiVir Premium Security Suite to Avira Professional Security. 2.3.1 License manager The Avira Antivirus Premium 2012 License Manager enables very simple installation of the Avira Antivirus Premium 2012 license. Avira Antivirus Premium 2012 License Manager You can install the license by selecting the license file in your file manager or in the activation email with a double click and following the relevant instructions on the screen.

  • Page 13: Installation And Uninstallation

    Express  The program files are installed into a specified default folder under C:\Program Files.  Your Avira product is installed with default settings. You have the option of defining custom settings using the configuration wizard. Custom  You can choose to install individual program components (see Chapter Installation and uninstallation >...
  • Page 14 The uninstallation of one or more of the selected programs requires a restart of your computer. After reboot the installation will continue. Warning Your computer will not be protected until the installation of the Avira product is finished. Install The installation program runs in self-explanatory dialog mode. Every window contains a certain selection of buttons to control the installation process.

  • Page 15: Express Installation

     Activating the program  Where appropriate, carrying out an update after completed installation Keep the license key for your Avira product handy when you want to activate the program. Note Internet-based installation: For the Internet-based installation of the program, an installation program is provided that loads the current program file prior to installation by the Avira web servers.
  • Page 16 Installation and uninstallation Select the language you want to use to install your Avira product and confirm your language selection by clicking Next. The dialog box Download appears. All files necessary for installation are downloaded from the Avira web servers. The Download window closes after conclusion of the download.

  • Page 17: Custom Installation

    Click Next to continue with the installation. The dialog Language selection appears. Select the language you want to use to install your Avira product and confirm your language selection by clicking Next. The dialog box Download appears. All files necessary for installation are downloaded from the Avira web servers.
  • Page 18 You have the following options to activate the program: Enter an activation key. By entering your activation key, your Avira product is activated with your license. Select the option Product testing If you select Product testing an evaluation license to activate the program will be generated during the activation process.
  • Page 19 During product activation with a valid activation key the license key is generated and saved in the program directory of your Avira product. Use this option if you have already activated a product and want to re-install your Avira product.

  • Page 20: Test Product Installation

    Click Next to continue with the installation. The dialog Language selection appears. Select the language you want to use to install your Avira product and confirm your language selection by clicking Next. The dialog box Download appears. All files necessary for installation are downloaded from the Avira web servers.

  • Page 21: Configuration Wizard

    The installation progress is displayed by a green bar. Click Finish to end setup and to close the License Wizard. You will be asked to restart your system in order to activate your Avira product. Click Yes to reboot your computer immediately.

  • Page 22: Change Installation

    Add or Remove Programs in the Windows control panel to Change/Remove programs. Select your Avira product and click Change. In the Welcome dialog of the program, select the option Modify. You will be guided through the installation changes. Avira Antivirus Premium - User Manual (Status: 23 Sep. 2011)

  • Page 23: Installation Modules

    Whenever a user carries out a file operation (e.g. load document, execute, copy), the Avira product automatically scans the file. Renaming a file does not trigger a scan by Avira Realtime Protection.

  • Page 24: Uninstallation

    Installation and uninstallation 3.9 Uninstallation If you wish to remove the Avira product from your computer, you can use the option Add or Remove Programs to Change/Remove programs in the Windows Control Panel. To uninstall your Avira product (e.g. in Windows XP and Windows Vista): Open the Control Panel via the Windows Start menu.

  • Page 25: Overview Of Avira Antivirus Premium 2012

    Overview of Avira Antivirus Premium 2012 4. Overview of Avira Antivirus Premium 2012 This chapter contains an overview of the functionality and operation of your Avira product.  see Chapter Interface and operation  see Chapter How to...? 4.1 User interface and operation You operate your Avira product via three program interface elements: ...

  • Page 26: Starting And Closing Of Control Center

    To start the Control Center the following options are available:  Double-click the program icon on your desktop  Via the program entry in the Start > Programs menu.  Via the Tray Icon of your Avira product. Avira Antivirus Premium - User Manual (Status: 23 Sep. 2011)

  • Page 27: Operate Control Center

    The Realtime Protection section displays information on scanned files, as well as other statistical data, which can be reset at any time, and enables access to the Avira Antivirus Premium - User Manual (Status: 23 Sep. 2011)

  • Page 28: Configuration

    The Quarantine section contains the so-called quarantine manager. This is the central point for files already placed in quarantine or for suspect files that you would like to place in quarantine. It is also possible to send a selected file to the Avira Malware Research Center by email.

  • Page 29: Accessing The Configuration

    If you are accessing configuration via the Configuration button in the Control Center, go to the Configuration register of the section which is active in the Control Center. Expert mode must be activated to select individual Avira Antivirus Premium - User Manual (Status: 23 Sep. 2011)

  • Page 30: Configuration Operation

    If you want to restore all configuration settings to default values: Click Restore defaults. All settings of the configuration are restored to default values. All amendments and custom entries are lost when default settings are restored. Avira Antivirus Premium - User Manual (Status: 23 Sep. 2011)
  • Page 31 Configuration of report functions  Setting of directories used  Update: Configuration of connection to download server, set-up of product updates  Configuration of acoustic alerts when malware is detected Avira Antivirus Premium - User Manual (Status: 23 Sep. 2011)

  • Page 32: Tray Icon

    Overview of Avira Antivirus Premium 2012 4.1.8 Tray icon After installation, you will see the tray icon of your Avira product in the system tray of the taskbar: Icon Description Avira Realtime Protection is enabled Avira Realtime Protection is disabled The tray icon displays the status of the Realtime Protection service.

  • Page 33: How To

    To activate your Avira product’s license: Activate your license for your Avira product with the license file hbedv.key. You can obtain the license file by email from Avira. The license file contains the license for all products that you have ordered in one order process.

  • Page 34: Activate Product

    Activation with an evaluation license Your Avira product is activated with an automatically generated evaluation license, with which you can test the Avira product with its complete range of function for a limited period of time. Avira Antivirus Premium - User Manual (Status: 23 Sep. 2011)

  • Page 35: Perform Automatic Updates

    For product activation or for a test license you need an active Internet link. If no connection can be established to the servers of Avira, please check the settings of the firewall used: Connections via the HTTP protocol and port 80 (web communication) and via the encryption protocol SSL and port 443 are used for product activation.
  • Page 36 Scheduler section with the status enabled (check mark). Where appropriate, deactivate jobs that are not to be performed. Use the following icons to further define your jobs: View properties of a job Avira Antivirus Premium - User Manual (Status: 23 Sep. 2011)

  • Page 37: Start A Manual Update

    PC protection > Update > Product update To start an update of your Avira product manually: With the right-hand mouse button, click the Avira tray icon in the taskbar. A context menu appears. Select Start update. The Updater dialog box appears.

  • Page 38: Using A Scan Profiles To Scan For Viruses And Malware

    Adapt the scan profile Manual selection. -OR- Create a new scan profile Click the icon (Windows XP: or Windows Vista: The Luke Filewalker window appears and a system scan is started. Avira Antivirus Premium - User Manual (Status: 23 Sep. 2011)

  • Page 39: Scan For Viruses And Malware Using Drag & Drop

    4.2.7 Scan for viruses and malware using drag & drop To scan for viruses and malware systematically using drag & drop: The Control Center of your Avira product has been opened. Highlight the file or directory you want to scan.

  • Page 40: Scan For Viruses And Malware Via The Context Menu

    Windows directory) on the file or directory you want to scan. The Windows Explorer context menu appears. Select Scan selected files with Avira in the context menu. The Luke Filewalker window appears and a system scan is started.

  • Page 41: Targeted Scan For Rootkits And Active Malware

    To scan for active rootkits, use the predefined scan profile Scan for Rootkits and active malware. To scan for active rootkits systematically: Go to Control Center and select the section PC protection > System Scanner. Avira Antivirus Premium - User Manual (Status: 23 Sep. 2011)

  • Page 42: React To Detected Viruses And Malware

    When the scan is completed, the results are displayed. 4.2.11 React to detected viruses and malware For the individual protection components of your Avira product, you can define how your Avira product reacts to a detected virus or unwanted program in the Configuration under the section Action on detection.
  • Page 43 Which actions are available for selection depends on the operating system, the protection components (Avira Realtime Protection, Avira System Scanner, Avira Mail Protection, Avira Web Protection) reporting the detection, and the type of malware detected. Actions of the System Scanner and the Realtime Protection (not ProActiv detections): Repair The file is repaired.
  • Page 44 Action options when infected boot sectors are detected: A number of options are available for repairing infected diskette drives. If your Avira product is unable to perform the repair, you can download a special tool for detecting and removing boot sector viruses.
  • Page 45 This could allow viruses and unwanted programs to access your computer system. Only select the Ignore option in exceptional cases. Disable the preview in your mail client, never open any attachments with a double click! Avira Antivirus Premium - User Manual (Status: 23 Sep. 2011)
  • Page 46 The website requested from the web server and/or any data or files transferred are moved to quarantine. The affected file can be recovered from quarantine manager if it has an informative value or - if necessary - sent to the Avira Malware Research Center.

  • Page 47: Handling Quarantined Files (*.Qua)

    Highlight the file and click on You have to confirm your choice with Yes. If you want to upload the file to a Avira Malware Research Center web server for analysis: Highlight the file you want to upload. Avira Antivirus Premium - User Manual (Status: 23 Sep. 2011)
  • Page 48 Suspicion of false positive: You assume that a virus detection is a false positive: Your Avira product reports a detection in a file, which is very unlikely to have been infected by malware.

  • Page 49: Restore The Files In Quarantine

    *.eml. To restore a file to its original location: Highlight the file and click the icon (Windows 2000/XP: , Windows Vista This option is not available for emails. Avira Antivirus Premium - User Manual (Status: 23 Sep. 2011)

  • Page 50: Move Suspicious Files To Quarantine

    The Windows default window for selecting a file appears. Select the file and confirm with Open. The file is moved to quarantine. You can scan files in quarantine with the Avira System Scanner (see Chapter: Quarantine: Handling quarantined files (*.qua)).

  • Page 51: Create Desktop Shortcut For Scan Profile

    The desktop shortcut is created. 4.2.17 Filter events Events that have been generated by program components of your Avira product are displayed in the Control Center under Administration > Events (analogous to the event display of your Windows operating system). The program components, in alphabetical order, are the following: ...

  • Page 52: Exclude Email Addresses From Scan

    The email sender address is included in the exclusion list and no longer scanned for viruses, malware . Warning Only exclude email addresses from the Mail Protection scan if the senders are completely trustworthy. Avira Antivirus Premium - User Manual (Status: 23 Sep. 2011)
  • Page 53 Overview of Avira Antivirus Premium 2012 Note In the Configuration, under Mail Protection > General > Exceptions, you can add other email addresses to the exclusion list or remove email addresses from the exclusion list. Avira Antivirus Premium - User Manual (Status: 23 Sep. 2011)

  • Page 54: System Scanner

    The system scan via the context menu (right-hand mouse button - entry Scan selected files with Avira) is recommended if, for example, you wish to scan individual files and directories. Another advantage is that it is not necessary to first start the Control Center for a system scan via the context menu.

  • Page 55: Updates

    To carry out regular updates, the Updater component is integrated into your Avira product. The Updater ensures that your Avira product is always up-to-date and able to deal with the new viruses that appear every day. Updater updates the following components: ...
  • Page 56 Updates Updates can be obtained from the Internet via a Web server of the manufacturer. The existing network connection is the default connection to the download servers of Avira. You can change this default setting in the Configuration under General >...

  • Page 57: Faq, Tips

    The status of the tray icon is disabled.  The computer is extremely slow when I perform a data back-up.  My firewall reports Avira Realtime Protection and Avira Mail Protection immediately after activation.  AviraMail Protection does not work.
  • Page 58 The status of the tray icon is disabled. Reason: Avira Realtime Protection is disabled. In the Control Center in the section Status in the Avira Realtime Protection area, click on the Enable button. Reason: Avira Realtime Protection is blocked by a firewall.
  • Page 59 Internet connection is not established. The same applies to Avira Mail Protection. Avira Mail Protection does not work. Please check correct functioning of Avira Realtime Protection with the aid of the following checklists if problems occur with Avira Mail Protection.

  • Page 60: Shortcuts

    Below we provide you with an overview of the available keyboard commands. Please find further indications regarding the functionality in the corresponding chapter of the help. Avira Antivirus Premium - User Manual (Status: 23 Sep. 2011)

  • Page 61: In Dialog Boxes

    Activate or deactivate a check box, if the active option is a check box. Alt + underlined Select option or start command. letter Alt + ↓ Open selected drop-down list. Close selected drop-down list. Cancel command and close dialog. Avira Antivirus Premium - User Manual (Status: 23 Sep. 2011)

  • Page 62: In The Help

    Page up Browse through a subject. Page down 7.2.3 In the Control Center General Shortcut Description Display help Alt + F4 Close Control Center Avira Antivirus Premium - User Manual (Status: 23 Sep. 2011)
  • Page 63 Create desktop link for the selected profile Create new profile Delete selected profile Quarantine section Shortcut Description Rescan object Restore object Send object Restore object to... Return Properties Add file Avira Antivirus Premium - User Manual (Status: 23 Sep. 2011)
  • Page 64 Properties Insert new job Delete job Reports section Shortcut Description Display report file Print report file Return Display report Delete report(s) Events section Shortcut Description Export event(s) Return Show event Avira Antivirus Premium - User Manual (Status: 23 Sep. 2011)

  • Page 65: Windows Security Center

    Virus protection NOT MONITORED Virus protection NOT FOUND This information of the Windows Security Center appears when the Windows Security Center has not found any anti-virus software on your computer. Avira Antivirus Premium - User Manual (Status: 23 Sep. 2011)
  • Page 66 If you have already installed Windows XP Service Pack 2 or Windows Vista and then install your Avira product or you install Windows XP Service Pack 2 or Windows Vista on a system on which your Avira product has already been installed, you will receive the...
  • Page 67 FAQ, Tips Note You can enable or disabled Avira Realtime Protection in the Overview > Status section of the Control Center. You can also see that the Avira Realtime Protection is enabled if the red umbrella in your taskbar is open.

  • Page 68: Viruses And More

    The connection data allow many conclusions on the usage behavior and are problematic in terms of data security. Your Avira product detects Adware. If the Adware option is enabled with a check mark in the configuration under...
  • Page 69 Executable files that hide their real file extension in a suspicious way. This camouflage method is often used by malware. Your Avira product recognizes "Double Extension Files". If the option Double Extension files is enabled with a check mark in the configuration under...
  • Page 70 Threat categories, you receive a corresponding alert if your Avira product detects a game. The game is now over in the truest sense of the word, because you can simply delete it. Jokes Jokes are merely intended to give someone a fright or provide general amusement without causing harm or reproducing.

  • Page 71: Viruses And Other Malware

    "Internet crawling spiders" and then used without your permission to commit fraud or other crimes. Your Avira product recognizes "Phishing". If the option Phishing is enabled with a check mark in the configuration under...
  • Page 72 A honeypot is a service (program or server) installed in a network. Its function is to monitor a network and log attacks. This service is unknown to the legitimate user - because of this Avira Antivirus Premium - User Manual (Status: 23 Sep. 2011)
  • Page 73 Trojans. In contrast to a worm, a virus always requires a program as host, where the virus deposits its virulent code. The program execution of the host itself is not changed as a rule. Avira Antivirus Premium - User Manual (Status: 23 Sep. 2011)
  • Page 74 A zombie PC is a computer that is infected with malware programs and that enables hackers to abuse computers via remote control for criminal purposes. On command, the affected PC starts denial-of-service (DoS) attacks, for example, or sends spam and phishing emails. Avira Antivirus Premium - User Manual (Status: 23 Sep. 2011)

  • Page 75: Info And Service

    Your feedback for more security 9.1 Contact address If you have any questions or requests concerning the Avira product range, we will be pleased to help you. For our contact addresses, please refer to the Control Center under Help > About Avira Antivirus Premium 2012.

  • Page 76: Suspicious File

    9.4 Reporting false positives If you believe that your Avira product is reporting a detection in a file that is most likely "clean", send the relevant file packed (WinZIP, PKZip, Arj etc.) as an email attachment to the following address: virus-premium@avira.com...

  • Page 77: Reference: Configuration Options

    If this option is enabled, the selection of the files scanned for viruses or unwanted programs is automatically chosen by the program. This means that your Avira program decides whether the files are scanned or not based on their content. This procedure is...
  • Page 78 Integrity checking of system files When this option is enabled, the most important Windows system files are subjected to a particularly secure check for changes by malware during every on-demand scan. If Avira Antivirus Premium - User Manual (Status: 23 Sep. 2011)
  • Page 79 "Scan for rootkits", but it is significantly quicker to perform. Note The rootkits scan is not available for Windows XP 64 bit ! Avira Antivirus Premium - User Manual (Status: 23 Sep. 2011)
  • Page 80 You can use the content- sensitive menu to select an action to be executed for the various infected files. You can execute the standard actions for all infected files or cancel the System Scanner. Avira Antivirus Premium - User Manual (Status: 23 Sep. 2011)
  • Page 81 Quarantine If this option is enabled, the System Scanner moves the file to the quarantine. These files can later be repaired or - if necessary - sent to the Avira Malware Research Center. Avira Antivirus Premium - User Manual (Status: 23 Sep. 2011)
  • Page 82 Quarantine If this option is enabled, the System Scanner moves the file to Quarantine. These files can later be repaired or - if necessary - sent to the Avira Malware Research Center. Delete If this option is enabled, the file is deleted. This process is much faster than "overwrite and delete".
  • Page 83 Scanner must scan up to the recursion level in which the virus or the unwanted program is located. Maximum recursion depth In order to enter the maximum recursion depth, the option Limit recursion depth must be enabled. Avira Antivirus Premium - User Manual (Status: 23 Sep. 2011)
  • Page 84 The button opens a window in which you can select the required file or the required path. When you have entered a file name with its complete path, only this file is not scanned Avira Antivirus Premium - User Manual (Status: 23 Sep. 2011)
  • Page 85 Macrovirus heuristic Macrovirus heuristic Your Avira product contains a highly powerful macrovirus heuristic. If this option is enabled, all macros in the relevant document are deleted in the event of a repair, alternatively suspect documents are only reported, i.e. you receive an alert. This option is enabled as the default setting and is recommended.

  • Page 86: Report

    Reference: Configuration options enable AHeAD Your Avira program contains a very powerful heuristic in the form of Avira AHeAD technology, which can also detect unknown (new) malware. If this option is enabled, you can define how "aggressive" this heuristic should be. This option is enabled as the default setting.

  • Page 87: Realtime Protection

    Use file extension list, but more secure, since not only on the basis of the file extension is scanned. Note Use smart extensions is enabled, the File extensions button cannot be selected. Avira Antivirus Premium - User Manual (Status: 23 Sep. 2011)
  • Page 88 If this option is enabled, then archives will be scanned. Compressed files are scanned, then decompressed and scanned again. This option is deactivated by default. The archive scan is restricted by the recursion depth, the number of files to be scanned Avira Antivirus Premium - User Manual (Status: 23 Sep. 2011)
  • Page 89 It can be restored via the Quarantine manager if it is of informative value. You can also send the backup copy to the Avira Malware Research Center. Depending on the object, more selection options are available in the Quarantine manager.
  • Page 90 Quarantine If this option is enabled, the Realtime Protection moves the file to Quarantine. The files in this directory can later be repaired or - if necessary - sent to the Avira Malware Research Center. Delete If this option is enabled, the file is deleted.
  • Page 91 Quarantine If this option is enabled, the Realtime Protection moves the file to Quarantine. The files can later be repaired or - if necessary - sent to the Avira Malware Research Center. Delete If this option is enabled, the file is deleted. This process is much faster than Overwrite and delete.
  • Page 92 The colon symbol (:) is only used to specify drives. When specifying the process, you can use the wildcards * (any number of characters) and ? (a single character). C:\Program Files\Application\application.exe C:\Program Files\Application\applicatio?.exe Avira Antivirus Premium - User Manual (Status: 23 Sep. 2011)
  • Page 93 In this box you can enter the name of the file object that is not included in the on- access scan. No file object is entered as the default setting. The entries in the list must have no more than 6000 characters in total. Avira Antivirus Premium - User Manual (Status: 23 Sep. 2011)
  • Page 94 8.3), the relevant short file name must also be entered in the list. A file name that contains wildcards may not be terminated with a backslash. For example: C:\Program Files\Application\applic*.exe\ This entry is not valid and not treated as an exception! Avira Antivirus Premium - User Manual (Status: 23 Sep. 2011)
  • Page 95 Advanced Heuristic Analysis and Detection (AHeAD) enable AHeAD Your Avira program contains a very powerful heuristic in the form of Avira AHeAD technology, which can also detect unknown (new) malware. If this option is enabled, you can define how "aggressive" this heuristic should be. This option is enabled as the default setting.

  • Page 96: Proactiv

    10.2.2 ProActiv Avira ProActiv protects you from new and unknown threats for which there are not yet any virus definitions or heuristics available. ProActiv technology is integrated into the Realtime Protection component and observes and analyzes the program actions performed. The behavior of the program is checked against typical malware action patterns: Type of action and action sequences.
  • Page 97 An operating system message appears when a blocked program starts up. The applications to be blocked are identified by Avira ProActiv on the basis of the path specified and the file name, and are blocked irrespective of their content.
  • Page 98 Note Some trusted applications, including for example all application components of your Avira product, are by default excluded from monitoring by the ProActiv component even though they are not included in the list. Input box In this box you enter the application to be excluded from monitoring by the ProActiv component.

  • Page 99: Report

    1 and 100 MB. Around 50 kilobytes of extra space are allowed when limiting the size of the report file to minimize the use of system resources. If the size of Avira Antivirus Premium - User Manual (Status: 23 Sep. 2011)

  • Page 100: Update

    10.3.1 Product update Under Product update, configure how product updates or the notification of available product updates are handled. (Options available in expert mode only.) Product updates Avira Antivirus Premium - User Manual (Status: 23 Sep. 2011)
  • Page 101 An update of the virus definition file and of the search engine is performed during every update process independent of the settings for the product update (see Chapter Updates). Note If you have enabled an option for an automatic product update, you can Avira Antivirus Premium - User Manual (Status: 23 Sep. 2011)

  • Page 102: Restart Settings

    Restart settings. (Options available in expert mode only.) 10.3.2 Restart settings When a product update for your Avira product is performed, you may have to restart your computer system. If you have selected automatic product updates under Local protection >...

  • Page 103: Web Server

    This option is not available under Vista and Windows 7. Under these operating systems the dial-up connection opened for the update is always terminated as soon as the download has been performed. Avira Antivirus Premium - User Manual (Status: 23 Sep. 2011)
  • Page 104 Enter the relevant password for logging in on the proxy server here. For security reasons, the actual characters you type in this space are replaced by asterisks (*). Examples: Address: proxy.domain.com Port: 8080 Address: 192.168.1.100 Port: 3128 Avira Antivirus Premium - User Manual (Status: 23 Sep. 2011)

  • Page 105: Web Protection

    If this option is enabled, a dialog box appears when a virus or unwanted program is detected during an on-demand scan, in which you can choose what is to be done with the affected file. This option is enabled as the default setting. Avira Antivirus Premium - User Manual (Status: 23 Sep. 2011)
  • Page 106 Web Protection. The Web filter lets you block known phishing and malware URLs. Web Protection prevents the transfer of data from the Internet to your computer system. (Options available in expert mode only.) Avira Antivirus Premium - User Manual (Status: 23 Sep. 2011)
  • Page 107 = application/olescript MIME type files (ActiveX script-  files *.axs) are blocked by Web Protection. .exe = All files with the extension .exe (executable files) are blocked by Web  Protection. Avira Antivirus Premium - User Manual (Status: 23 Sep. 2011)
  • Page 108 Protection. The MIME types and URLs specified are ignored by Web Protection, i.e. that data is not scanned for viruses and malware when it is transferred to your computer system. (Options available in expert mode only.) MIME types skipped by Web Protection Avira Antivirus Premium - User Manual (Status: 23 Sep. 2011)
  • Page 109  video/quicktime = All Quicktime sub-type video files (*.qt, *.mov) are excluded  from Web Protection scans .pdf = All Adobe PDF files are excluded from Web Protection scans.  Avira Antivirus Premium - User Manual (Status: 23 Sep. 2011)
  • Page 110 Only trusted URLs should therefore be excluded from Web Protection scans. The button allows you to copy the URL entered in the input field (Internet address) to the viewer window. Avira Antivirus Premium - User Manual (Status: 23 Sep. 2011)
  • Page 111 URLs with the domain www.avira.de are not excluded from Web Protection scans. avira.com -OR- *.avira.com  = All URLs with the second and top-level domain avira.com are excluded from Web Protection scans: The specification implies all existing subdomains for .avira.com: www.avira.com, forum.avira.com, etc.

  • Page 112: Report

    Advanced Heuristic Analysis and Detection (AHeAD) enable AHeAD Your Avira program contains a very powerful heuristic in the form of Avira AHeAD technology, which can also detect unknown (new) malware. If this option is enabled, you can define how "aggressive" this heuristic should be. This option is enabled as the default setting.

  • Page 113: Mail Protection

    The Mail Protection section of the Configuration is responsible for the configuration of the Mail Protection. 10.5.1 Scan Use Mail Protection to scan incoming emails for viruses and malware . Outgoing emails can be scanned for viruses and malware by Mail Protection. Avira Antivirus Premium - User Manual (Status: 23 Sep. 2011)
  • Page 114 Multiple ports are separated by commas. (Option available in expert mode only.) Default This button resets the specified port to the default SMTP port. (Option available in expert mode only.) Avira Antivirus Premium - User Manual (Status: 23 Sep. 2011)
  • Page 115 The body of the email is replaced by the default text given below. The same applies to all attachments included; these are also replaced by a default text. Avira Antivirus Premium - User Manual (Status: 23 Sep. 2011)
  • Page 116 Protection finds a virus or unwanted program in an email or in an attachment. (Options available in expert mode only.) Note These actions are performed exclusively when a virus is detected in incoming emails. Avira Antivirus Premium - User Manual (Status: 23 Sep. 2011)
  • Page 117 Advanced Heuristic Analysis and Detection (AHeAD) Enable AHeAD Your Avira program contains a very powerful heuristic in the form of Avira AHeAD technology, which can also detect unknown (new) malware. If this option is enabled, Avira Antivirus Premium - User Manual (Status: 23 Sep. 2011)

  • Page 118: General

    With this button you can add the email address entered in the input box to the list of email addresses not to be scanned. Delete This button deletes a highlighted email address from the list. Email address Email that is no longer to be scanned. Avira Antivirus Premium - User Manual (Status: 23 Sep. 2011)

  • Page 119: Report

    If this option is enabled, then Mail Protection 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. Avira Antivirus Premium - User Manual (Status: 23 Sep. 2011)

  • Page 120: General

    10.6 General 10.6.1 Threat categories Selection of extended threat categories (Options available in expert mode only) Your Avira product protects you against computer viruses. In addition, you can scan according to the following extended threat categories.  Adware...

  • Page 121: Password

    (*). The password can only have a maximum of 20 chars. Once the password has been issued, the program refuses access if an incorrect password is entered. An empty box means "No password". Avira Antivirus Premium - User Manual (Status: 23 Sep. 2011)
  • Page 122 The password is case-sensitive! Areas protected by password (Options available in expert mode only) Your Avira product can protect individual areas with a password. By clicking the relevant box, the password request can be disabled or re-enabled for individual areas as required.

  • Page 123: Security

    USB sticks as data on a stick can be changed at any time. Exclude CDs and DVDs When this option is enabled, the autostart function is permitted on CD and DVD drives. Avira Antivirus Premium - User Manual (Status: 23 Sep. 2011)
  • Page 124 If this option is enabled, all registry entries of the program and all program files (binary and configuration files) are protected from manipulation. Protection against manipulation entails preventing write, delete and, in some cases, read access to the Avira Antivirus Premium - User Manual (Status: 23 Sep. 2011)

  • Page 125: Wmi

    Windows systems. Your Avira product supports WMI and provides data (status information, statistical data, reports, planned requests, etc.) as well as events via an interface.

  • Page 126: Reports

    You can see where your system saves temporary files - for example with Windows XP - under: Start > Settings > Control Panel > System > Index card "Advanced" Button "Environment Variables". The temporary variables Avira Antivirus Premium - User Manual (Status: 23 Sep. 2011)
  • Page 127 If this option is enabled, there is an acoustic alert with the selected WAVE file when a virus is detected by the System Scanner or Realtime Protection. The selected WAVE file is played over a connected external speaker. Avira Antivirus Premium - User Manual (Status: 23 Sep. 2011)
  • Page 128 This button is used to test the selected WAVE file. 10.6.9 Alerts Your Avira product generates so-called slide-ups, desktop notifications for specific events, which give information on successful or failed program sequences such as updates. Under Alerts you can enable or disable the notifications for specific events.
  • Page 129 If this option is enabled, you will receive a desktop notification whenever an update is started but installation of the files is not necessary as your program is up to date. Avira Antivirus Premium - User Manual (Status: 23 Sep. 2011)
  • Page 130 This manual was created with great care. However, errors in design and contents cannot be excluded. The reproduction of this publication or parts thereof in any form is prohibited without previous written consent from Avira Operations GmbH & Co. KG. Issued Q4-2011 Brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

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