Avira ANTIVIR PERSONAL 10 User Manual
Avira AntiVir
Personal –
Free Antivirus
User Manual
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Table of Contents
1 Introduction .......................................................................................................... 1
2 Icons and emphases ................................................................................................ 2
3 Product information............................................................................................... 3
3.1 Delivery scope ........................................................................................................................3
3.2 System requirements.............................................................................................................4
3.3 Licensing and Upgrade ..........................................................................................................5
4 Installation and uninstallation ............................................................................... 6
4.1 Installation.............................................................................................................................6
4.2 Modification installation ....................................................................................................10
4.3 Installation modules............................................................................................................10
4.4 Uninstallation......................................................................................................................11
5 Overview of AntiVir Personal................................................................................ 12
5.1 User interface and operation ..............................................................................................12
5.1.1 Control Center .......................................................................................................12
5.1.2 Configuration.........................................................................................................14
5.1.3 Tray icon.................................................................................................................17
5.2 How to...? .............................................................................................................................17
5.2.1 Avira AntiVir Personal automatic update.............................................................17
5.2.2 Start a manual update............................................................................................19
5.2.3 On-demand scan: Using a scan profile to scan for viruses and malware ............19
5.2.4 On-demand scan: Scan for viruses and malware using Dragamp;Drop ..............20
5.2.5 On-demand scan: Scan for viruses and malware via the context menu..............20
5.2.6 On-demand scan: Automatically scan for viruses and malware ..........................21
5.2.7 On-demand scan: Targeted scan for active rootkits ............................................22
5.2.8 Reacting to detected viruses and malware............................................................22
5.2.9 Quarantine: Handling quarantined files (*.qua)...................................................24
5.2.10 Quarantine: Restore the files in quarantine.........................................................25
5.2.11 Quarantine: move suspicious files to quarantine.................................................26
5.2.12 Scan profile: Amend or delete file type in a scan profile......................................27
5.2.13 Scan profile: Create desktop shortcut for scan profile.........................................27
5.2.14 Events: Filter events ..............................................................................................27
6 Scanner::Overview ............................................................................................... 30
7 Updates................................................................................................................ 31
8 FAQ, Tips ............................................................................................................. 32
8.1 Troubleshooting ..................................................................................................................32
8.2 Shortcuts..............................................................................................................................33
8.2.1 In dialog boxes .......................................................................................................34
8.2.2 In the help ..............................................................................................................34
8.2.3 In the Control Center.............................................................................................35
8.3 Windows Security Center....................................................................................................36
8.3.1 General ...................................................................................................................36
8.3.2 The Windows Security Center and Avira AntiVir Personal .................................36
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Viruses and more.................................................................................................. 39
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9.1 Extended threat categories .................................................................................................39
9.2 Viruses and other malware .................................................................................................41
10 Info and Service ................................................................................................... 45
10.1 Contact address ...................................................................................................................45
10.2 Technical Support................................................................................................................45
10.3 Suspicious file ......................................................................................................................45
10.4 Reporting false positives .....................................................................................................46
11 Reference: Configuration options ......................................................................... 47
11.1 Scanner.................................................................................................................................47
11.1.1 Scan.........................................................................................................................47
11.1.1.1. Action for concerning files .............................................................................49
11.1.1.2. Exceptions .......................................................................................................52
11.1.1.3. Heuristic ..........................................................................................................53
11.1.2 Report.....................................................................................................................54
11.2 Guard....................................................................................................................................54
11.2.1 Scan.........................................................................................................................54
11.2.1.1. Action for concerning files .............................................................................56
11.2.1.2. Exceptions .......................................................................................................56
11.2.1.3. Heuristic ..........................................................................................................59
11.2.2 Report.....................................................................................................................60
11.3 Update..................................................................................................................................60
11.3.1 Product update.......................................................................................................61
11.3.2 Restart settings ......................................................................................................62
11.3.3 Web server..............................................................................................................63
11.3.3.1. Proxy................................................................................................................63
11.4 General .................................................................................................................................64
11.4.1 Extended threat categories....................................................................................64
11.4.2 Security...................................................................................................................65
11.4.3 WMI........................................................................................................................66
11.4.4 Directories..............................................................................................................66
11.4.5 Events .....................................................................................................................66
11.4.6 Limit reports ..........................................................................................................67
11.4.7 Acoustic alerts ........................................................................................................67
11.4.8 Warnings ................................................................................................................68
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1 Introduction
Avira AntiVir Personal from Avira GmbH protects you computer against viruses,
malware, adware and spyware, unwanted programs and other dangers. This manual
deals with viruses and software in brief.
The manual describes the program installation and operation.
Please go to our website http://www.avira.com/free-av where you can download the
Avira AntiVir Personal manual in PDF from, update Avira AntiVir Personal , get
information on the version of Avira AntiVir Premium available for purchase .
You can also find information on our website such as telephone numbers for technical
support and information on how to subscribe to our newsletter.
Your Avira GmbH team
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2 Icons and emphases
The following icons are used:
Icon /
Designation
Explanation
Placed before a condition which must be fulfilled prior to
implementation.
Warning
Note
Placed before an action step that you implement.
Placed before an event that follows the previous action.
Placed before a warning of the danger of critical data loss.
Placed before a link to particularly important information or
a tip which makes Avira AntiVir Personal easier to use.
The following emphases are used:
Emphasis Explanation
Cursive
File name or path data.
Displayed software interface elements (e.g. window heading,
window field or options box).
Bold
Clicked software interface elements (e.g. menu item, section or
button)
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3 Product information
This chapter contains all information relevant to the purchase and use ofAvira AntiVir
Personal:
– see chapter: Delivery scope
– see chapter: System requirements
– see chapter: Licensing
Avira AntiVir Personal is a comprehensive and flexible tool you can rely on to protect
your computer from viruses, malware, unwanted programs, and other dangers
Please note the following information:
Note
Loss of valuable data usually has dramatic consequences. Even the best virus protection
program cannot provide one hundred percent protection from data loss. Make regular
copies (Backups) of your data for security purposes.
Note
A program can only provide reliable and effective protection from viruses, malware,
unwanted programs and other dangers if it is up-to-date. Make sure Avira AntiVir
Personal is up-to-date with automatic updates. Configure the program accordingly.
3.1 Delivery scope
Avira AntiVir Personal gives you the following functions:
– Control Center for monitoring, administering and controlling the entire program
– Central configuration with user-friendly standard and advanced options and
context-sensitive help
– Scanner (On-Demand Scan) with profile-controlled and configurable scan for all
known types of virus and malware
– Integration into the Windows Vista User Account Control allows you to carry out
tasks requiring administrator rights
– Guard (On-Access Scan) for continuous monitoring of all file access attempts
– Integrated quarantine management to isolate and process suspicious files
– Rootkit protection for detecting hidden malware installed in your computer
system (rootkits)
(Not available under Windows XP 64 bit)
– Direct access to detailed information on the detected viruses and malware via the
Internet
– Simple and quick updates to the program, virus definitions, and search engine
through Single File Update and incremental VDF updates via a web server on the
Internet
– Integrated Scheduler for planning one-off or recurring jobs such as updates or
scans
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– Ext
remely high virus and malware detection via innovative scanning technology
(scan engine) including heuristic scanning method
– Detection of all conventional archive types including detection of nested archives
and smart extension detection
– High-performance multithreading function (simultaneous high-speed scanning
of multiple files)
3.2 System requirements
For Avira AntiVir Personal to work perfectly, the computer system must fulfill the
following requirements:
– Computer as from Pentium, at least 266 MHz
– Operating system
– Windows 2000, SP4 and update rollup 1 or
– Windows XP, SP2 (32 or 64 Bit) or
– Windows Vista (32 or 64 Bit, SP 1 recommended)
– Windows 7 (32 or 64 Bit)
– At least 150 MB of free hard disk memory space (more if using Quarantine for
temporary storage)
– At least 256 MB RAM under Windows 2000/XP
– At least 1024 MB RAM under Windows Vista, Windows 7
– For the installation of Avira AntiVir Personal: Administrator rights
– For all installations: Windows Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher
– Internet connection where appropriate (see Installation)
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Information for Windows Vista users
On Windows 2000 and 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, one 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 are only increased and the administrative task carried out by the
operating system after this permission has been obtained.
Avira AntiVir Personal requires administrator rights for some actions in Windows Vista.
These actions are marked with the following symbol:
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.
. If this symbol also appears on a
3.3 Licensing and Upgrade
In order to be able to use Avira AntiVir Personal, you require a license. You thereby
accept the license conditions of Avira AntiVir Personal.
The license is provided in the form of an activation key. The activation key is a letter and
figure code which you will receive after purchasing Avira AntiVir Personal . The
activation key contains the exact data of your license, i.e. which programs have been
licensed for which period of time.
The activation key will be sent to you by email, if you have purchased AntiVir Personal
on the Internet or it is rendered on the product packaging.
In order to license your program, please enter your activation key to activate Avira
AntiVir Personal. The product activation may be carried out during installation.
However, you can also activate Avira AntiVir Personal after the installation in License
Manager, under Help::License management .
A valid activation key is already contained in Avira AntiVir Personal. For this reason,
product activation is not required.
In License Manager, you have the option of launching an upgrade for a product from
the AntiVir desktop product family. Manual uninstallation of the old product and
manual installation of the new product is not required. When upgrading from License
Manager, you enter the activation code for the product you want to upgrade in the
License Manager input box. The new product is automatically installed.
Product information
The following product upgrades can be executed automatically via License Manager:
– Upgrade of Avira AntiVir Personal to Avira AntiVir Premium
– Upgrade of Avira AntiVir Personal to Avira Premium Security Suite
– Upgrade of Avira AntiVir Premium to Avira Premium Security Suite
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4 Installation and uninstallation
This chapter contains information relating to the installation and uninstallation of your
Avira AntiVir Personal:
– see Chapter Installation: Conditions, Installation types, Install
– see Chapter Installation modules
– see Chapter Modification installation
– see Chapter Uninstallation: Uninstall
4.1 Installation
Before installing Avira AntiVir Personal, check whether your computer fulfils all the
minimum system requirements. If your computer satisfies all requirements, you can
install Avira AntiVir Personal.
Note
From Windows XP, Avira AntiVir Personal generates a restore point of your computer
before installation of Avira AntiVir Personal. This enables you to safely remove Avira
AntiVir Personal if installation fails. Note that for this the option Turn off System
Restore under: "Start | Settings | Control Panel | System | Tab System Restore" must
not be marked.
If you want to recover your system earlier, you can do so with the function "Start |
Programs | Accessories | System Tools | System Restore". The restore point generated
by Avira AntiVir Personal is indicated by the entry AntiVir Personal.
Installation types
During installation you can select a setup type in the installation wizard:
Express
– Not all program components are installed. The following components are not
installed:
AntiVir ProActiv
AntiVir Firewall
– The program files are installed into a given standard folder under C:\Program
Files .
– AntiVir Personal is installed with default settings. You have the option of
defining custom settings using the configuration wizard.
User-defined
– You can choose to install individual program components (see Chapter
Installation and uninstallation::Installation modules).
– A target folder can be selected for the program files to be installed.
– You can disable Create a desktop icon and program group in the Start menu.
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– Using the configuration
Personal and initiate a short system scan which is carried out automatically after
installation.
Before starting installation
Close your email program. It is also recommended to end all running applications.
Make sure that no other virus protection solutions are installed. The automatic
protection functions of various security solutions may interfere with each other.
Establish an Internet connection: The Internet connection is necessary for
performing the following installation steps:
Downloading the current program file and search engine, and the latest virus
definition files via the installation program (for internet-based installation)
Registering as a Avira AntiVir Personal user
Where appropriate, carrying out a AntiVir Personal update after completed
installation
Have the license key for AntiVir Personal ready, if you want to activate AntiVir
Personal.
Note
Internet-based installation:
Avira GmbH provides an installation program for the internet-based installation of Avira
AntiVir Personal, which loads the current program file prior to installation by the Avira
GmbH web servers. This process ensures that AntiVir Personal is installed with the
latest virus definition file.
Installation with an installation package:
The installation package contains both the installation program and all necessary
program files. No language selection for AntiVir Personal is available for installation
with an installation package. We recommend that you carry out an update of the virus
definition file after installation.
wizard, you can define custom settings for AntiVir
Note
For registration, Avira AntiVir Personal uses the HTTP protocol and Port 80 (web
communication), as well as encryption protocol SSL and port 443, to communicate with
the servers of Avira GmbH. If you are using a firewall, please ensure that the required
connections and/or incoming or outgoing data are not blocked by the firewall.
Install
The installation program runs in self-explanatory dialog mode. Every window contains a
certain selection of buttons to control the installation process.
The most important buttons are assigned the following functions:
– OK: Confirm action.
– Abort: Abort action.
– Next: Go to next step.
– Back: Go to previous step.
How to install AntiVir Personal:
Start the installation program by double-clicking on the installation file you have
downloaded from the Internet or insert the program CD.
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Internet-based installation
The dialog box Welcome... appears.
Click Next to continue with the installation.
The dialog box Language selection appears.
Select the language you want to use to install AntiVir Personal and confirm your
language selection by clicking Next.
The dialog box Download appears. All files necessary for installation are
downloaded by the Avira GmbH web servers. The Download window closes after
conclusion of the download.
Installation with an installation package
The installation wizard opens with the dialog box Avira AntiVir Personal.
Click Accept to begin the installation.
The installation file is extracted. The installation routine is started.
The dialog box Welcome... appears.
Click Next.
Continuing internet-based installation and installation with an installation package
The dialog box with the license agreement appears.
Confirm that you accept the license agreement and click Continue.
The dialog box Private use appears.
Confirm that AntiVir Personal will be used exclusively for private purposes and not
for commercial purposes and click Continue.
The dialog box Generate serial number appears.
Where appropriate, confirm that a random serial number has been generated and
transmitted during update, and click Continue.
The dialog box Select installation type appears.
Decide whether you want to perform an express installation or a user-defined
installation.
Enable the option Express orUser-defined and confirm by clicking Continue.
User-defined installation
The dialog box Select destination directory appears.
Confirm the specified destination directory by clicking Continue.
- OR -
Use the Browse button to select a different destination directory and confirm by
clicking Next.
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The dialog box Install components appears:
Enable or disable the required components and confirm by clicking Continue.
In the following dialog box you can decide whether to create a desktop shortcut
and/or a program group in the Start menu.
Click Next.
Resume: Express installation und user-defined installation
Installation and uninstallation
The license wizard is opened.
In the license wizard you have the possibility of registering as a customer of
AntiVir Personal and of subscribing to the Avira GmbH Newsletter. Your
personal data are required for this purpose.
If and when necessary, enter your data and acknowledge by clicking Next.
In case of a registration, the following dialog box will display the result of the
activation.
Click Next.
The program features will be installed. Installation progress is displayed in the
dialog box.
In the following dialog box you can choose whether to open the Readme file after
installation is completed and whether to restart your computer.
Agree where appropriate and complete the installation by clicking Finish.
The installation wizard is closed.
Resume: User-defined installation
Configuration
wizard
If you choose user-defined installation, the following step opens the
configuration wizard. The configuration wizard enables you to define custom settings for
AntiVir Personal.
Click Next in the welcome window of the configuration wizard to begin
configuration of AntiVir Personal.
The Configure AHeAD dialog box enables you to select a detection level for the
AHeAD technology. The detection level selected is used for the Scanner (On-demand
scan) and Guard (On-access scan) AHeAD technology settings.
Select a detection level and continue the installation by clicking Next.
In the following dialog box Select extended threat categories, you can adapt the
protective functions of AntiVir Personal to the threat categories specified.
Where appropriate, activate further threat categories and continue the installation
by clicking Next.
If you have selected the AntiVir Guard installation module, theGuard start mode
dialog box appears. You can stipulate the Guard start time. At each computer reboot, the
Guard will be started in the start mode specified.
Note
The specified Guard start mode is saved in the registry and cannot be changed via the
Configuration.
Enable the required option and continue the configuration by clicking Next.
In the following dialog box, System scan, a short system scan can be enabled or
disabled. The short system scan is carried out after the configuration has been completed
and before the computer is rebooted, and scans running programs and the most
important system files for viruses and malware.
Enable or disable the Short system scan option and continue the configuration by
clicking Next.
In the following dialog box, you can complete the configuration by clicking Finish
Click Finish to complete the configuration.
The specified and selected settings are accepted.
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If you have enabled the Short system scan option, the Luke Filewalker window
opens. The Scanner performs a short system scan.
Resume: Express installation und user-defined installation
If you selected the Restart computer option in the final installation wizard, the
computer reboots.
After the computer restart, the AntiVir Personal Readme file is displayed, if you
selected the Show Readme.txt option in the installation wizard.
After a successful installation, we recommend that you check AntiVir Personal is up-todate in the Control Center under Overview :: Status.
Where appropriate, update AntiVir Personal to ensure the virus definition file is up-
to-date.
Then perform a full system scan.
4.2 Modification installation
You have the option of adding or removing individual program components of the
current Avira AntiVir Personal installation (see ChapterInstallation and
uninstallation::Installation modules)
If you wish to add or remove modules of the actual Avira AntiVir Personal installation,
you can use the option Add or Remove Programs in the Windows control panel to
Change/Remove programs.
Select Avira AntiVir Personal and click Change. In the welcome dialog of Avira AntiVir
Personal select the option Modify. You will be guided through the installation changes.
4.3 Installation modules
In a user-defined installation or a modification installation, the following installation
modules can be selected, added or removed.
– AntiVir Personal
This module contains all components required for successful installation of Avira
AntiVir Personal.
– AntiVir Guard
The AntiVir Guard runs in the background. It monitors and repairs, if possible,
files during operations such as open, write and copy in on-access mode.
Whenever a user carries out a file operation (e.g. load document, execute, copy),
Avira AntiVir Personal automatically scans the file. Renaming a file does not
trigger a scan by AntiVir Guard.
– AntiVir Rootkit Protection
AntiVir Rootkit Protection checks whether software is already installed on your
computer that can no longer be detected with conventional methods of malware
protection after penetrating the computer system.
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– Shell Extension
Avira AntiVir Personal Shell Extension generates an entry in the context
The
menu of the Windows Explorer (right-hand mouse button). Scan selected files
with AntiVir. With this entry you can directly scan files or directories.
4.4 Uninstallation
If you wish to remove Avira AntiVir Personal from your computer, you can use the
option Add or Remove Programs to Change/Remove programs in the Windows
Control Panel.
To uninstall Avira AntiVir Personal (e.g. in Windows XP and Windows Vista):
Open the Control Panel via the Windows Start menu.
Double click on Programs (Windows XP: Software).
Select Avira AntiVir Personal and clickRemove.
Installation and uninstallation
You will be asked if you really want to remove the program.
All components of the program are removed.
Click on Finish to complete uninstallation.
Where appropriate, a dialog box appears recommending that your computer be
restarted.
Avira AntiVir Personal is uninstalled, and all directories, files and registry entries
for Avira AntiVir Personal are deleted when your computer is restarted.
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5 Overview of AntiVir Personal
This chapter contains an overview of the functionality and operation of AntiVir
Personal.
– see Chapter Interface and operation
– see ChapterHow to...?
5.1 User interface and operation
Your operate AntiVir Personal via three program interface elements:
– Control Center: Monitoring and control of AntiVir Personal
– Configuration: Configuration of AntiVir Personal
– Tray Icon in the system tray of the taskbar: Open the Control Centre and other
functions
5.1.1 Control Center
The Control Center is designed to monitor the protection status of your computer
systems and control and operate the protection components and functions of AntiVir
Personal.
The Control Center window is divided into three areas: themenu bar, thenavigation
bar and the detail windowview:
– Menu bar: In the Control Center menu bar, you can access general program
functions and information on AntiVir Personal.
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– Navigation area: In t
individual sections of the Control Center. The individual sections contain
information and functions of the program components of AntiVir Personal and
are arranged in the navigation bar according to activity. Example: Activity
Overview - SectionStatus.
– View: This window shows the section selected in the navigation area. Depending
on the section, you will find buttons to execute functions and actions in the
upper bar of the detail window. Data or data objects are displayed in lists in the
individual sections. You can sort the lists by clicking in the box defining how you
wish to sort the list.
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 AntiVir Personal program entry in the start menu | program.
– via the Avira AntiVir Personal tray icon.
Close the Control Center via the menu command Close in the menu File or by clicking
on the close tab in the Control Center.
he navigation area, you can easily swap between the
Operate Control Center
To navigate in the Control Center
Select an activity in the navigation bar.
The activity opens and other sections appear. The first section of the activity is
selected and displayed in the view.
If necessary, click another section to display this in the detail window.
- OR -
Select a section via the menu View.
Note
You can activate the keyboard navigation in the menu bar with the help of the [ALT] key.
If navigation is activated, you can move within the menu with the arrow keys. With the
Return key you activate the active menu item.
To open or close menus in the Control Center, or to navigate within the menus, you can
also use the following key combinations: [Alt] + underlined letter in the menu or menu
command. Hold down the [Alt] key if you want to access a menu, a menu command or a
submenu.
To process data or objects displayed in the detail window:
highlight the data or object you wish to edit.
To highlight multiple elements (elements in columns), hold down the control key or
the shift key while selecting the elements.
Click the appropriate button in the upper bar of the detail window to edit the object
Control Center overview
– Overview: In Overview you will find all sections with which you can monitor
the functioning of Avira AntiVir Personal.
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The Sta
are active and provides information on the last update carried out. You can also
see whether you own a valid license.
The Events section enables you to view events generated by certain Avira AntiVir
Personal modules.
Die Reports section enables you to view the results of actions executed by Avira
AntiVir Personal.
– Local protection: InLocal protection you will find the components for
checking the files on your computer system for viruses and malware.
The Scan section enables you to easily configure and start an on-demand scan.
Predefined profiles enable you to run a scan with preset default options. In the
same way it is possible to adapt the scan for viruses and unwanted programs to
your personal requirements with the help of manual selection (not saved).
The Guard section displays information on scanned files, as well as other
statistical data, which can be reset at any time, and enables access to the report
file. More detailed information on the last virus or unwanted program detected
can be obtained practically "at the push of a button".
– Administration: In Administration you will find tools for isolating and
managing suspicious or infected files, and for planning recurring tasks.
The Quarantine section contains the so-called Quarantine Manager. This is the
central point for files already placed in quarantine or for suspect files which you
would like to place in quarantine. It is also possible to send a selected file to the
Avira Malware Research Center by email.
tus section lets you see at a glance which Avira AntiVir Personal modules
The Scheduler section enables you to configure scheduled scanning and update
jobs and to adapt or delete existing jobs.
5.1.2 Configuration
You can define AntiVir Personal settings in the Configuration. After installation, AntiVir
Personal is configured with standard settings, ensuring optimal protection for your
computer system. However, your computer system or your specific requirements for
AntiVir Personal may mean you need to adapt the protective components of AntiVir
Personal.
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The Configuration opens a dialog box: You can save your configuration settings via the
OK or Accept buttons, delete you settings by clicking the Cancel button, or restore your
default configuration settings using the Restore defaults button. You can select
individual configuration sections in the left-hand navigation bar.
Accessing the AntiVir Personal Configuration
You have several options for accessing the configuration:
– via the Windows control panel.
– via the Windows Security Center - from Windows XP Service Pack 2.
– via the Avira AntiVir Personal tray icon.
– in the Avira AntiVir Personal Control Center via the menu item Extras |
Configuration.
– in the Avira AntiVir Personal Control Center via the Configuration button.
Note
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 configuration registers. In this case, a
dialog appears asking you to activate expert mode.
Configuration operation
Navigate in the configuration window as you would in Windows Explorer:
Click on an entry in the tree structure to display this configuration section in the
detail window
Click on the plus symbol in front of an entry to expand the configuration section and
display configuration subsections in the tree structure.
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To hide confi
expanded configuration section.
Note
To enable or disable Configuration options and use the buttons, you can also use the
following key combinations: [Alt] + underlined letter in the option name or button
description.
Note
All configuration sections are only displayed in expert mode. Activate expert mode to
view all configuration sections. Expert mode can be protected by a password which must
be defined during activation.
If you want to confirm your Configuration settings:
Click OK.
The configuration window is closed and the settings are accepted.
- OR -
Click Accept.
The settings are accepted. The configuration window remains open.
If you want to finish configuration without confirming your settings:
Click Cancel.
The configuration window is closed and the settings are discarded.
guration subsections, click on the minus symbol in front of the
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.
Overview of configuration options
The following configuration options are available:
– Scanner: Configuration of on-demand scan
Scan options
Action on detections
File scan options
On-demand scan exceptions
On-demand scan heuristics
Report function setting
– Guard: Configuration of on-access scan
Scan options
Action on detections
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On-access scan exceptions
On-access scan heuristics
Report function setting
– General:
Confi
Extended risk categories for on-demand and on-access scan
Security: Update status display, full system scan status display, product protection
WMI: Enable WMI support
Event log configuration
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
5.1.3 Tray icon
After installation, you will see the AntiVir Personal tray icon in the system tray of the
taskbar:
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guration of email using SMTP
Icon Description
The tray icon displays the status of the AntiVir Guard service.
Central functions of Avira AntiVir Personal can be quickly accessed via the context menu
of the tray icon. To open the context menu, click on the tray icon with the right-hand
mouse button.
Entries in the context menu
– Activate AntiVir Guard: Enables or disables Avira AntiVir Guard.
– Start AntiVir: Opens the Avira AntiVir Personal Control Center.
– Configure AntiVir: Opens the Configuration
– Start update Starts an update.
– Help: opens this online help.
– Avira on the Internet: Opens the web portal of AntiVir Personal on the
internet. The condition for this is that you have an active connection to the
Internet.
AntiVir Guard is enabled
AntiVir Guard is disabled
5.2 How to...?
5.2.1 Avira AntiVir Personal automatic update
To create a job with the AntiVir Scheduler to update Avira AntiVir Personal
automatically:
In the Control Center, select the Management :: Scheduler section.
Click on the
Create new job with the wizard icon.
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Avira AntiVir Personal
The dialog box Name and description of job appears.
Give the job a name and, where appropriate, a description.
The dialog box Type of job is displayed.
Select Update job from the list.
The dialog box Time of job appears.
Select a time for the update:
Immediately
Daily
Weekly
Interval
Single
Note
We recommend that you update Avira AntiVir Personal regularly and often. The
recommended update interval is: 24 hours.
Where appropriate, specify a date according to the selection.
Where appropriate, select additional options (availability depends on type of job):
Repeat job if the time has already expired
Past jobs are carried out that could not be carried out at the required time, for
example because the computer was switched off.
The dialog box Select display mode appears.
Select the display mode of the job window:
Minimize: progress bar only
Maximize: Entire job window
Hide: No job window
Click Finish.
Your newly created job appears on the home page of the Administration ::
Scan section as activated (check mark).
Where appropriate, deactivate jobs which are not to be carried out.
Use the following icons to further define your jobs:
View properties of a job
Modify job
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Delete job
Start job
Stop job
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