Avira AntiVir SharePoint
User Manual
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Table of Contents
1 Introduction .......................................................................................................... 1
2 Icons and emphases ................................................................................................ 2
3 Product information............................................................................................... 3
3.1 Function overview .................................................................................................................3
3.2 Delivery scope ........................................................................................................................5
3.3 System requirements.............................................................................................................5
3.4 Licensing ................................................................................................................................6
4 Installation and uninstallation ............................................................................... 7
4.1 Installation.............................................................................................................................7
4.2 Uninstallation........................................................................................................................ 8
5 User interface and operation .................................................................................. 9
6 Virus detection..................................................................................................... 11
7 Updates................................................................................................................ 12
8 Viruses and more.................................................................................................. 13
8.1 Extended threat categories .................................................................................................13
8.2 Viruses and other malware .................................................................................................15
9 Info and Service ................................................................................................... 19
10 Configuration options .......................................................................................... 20
10.1 Configuration options .........................................................................................................20
10.2 Configure AntiVir ................................................................................................................20
10.2.1 Configure AntiVir...................................................................................................20
10.2.2 Scan.........................................................................................................................20
10.2.3 Archives ..................................................................................................................21
10.2.4 Report .....................................................................................................................22
10.2.5 Extended threat categories....................................................................................23
10.3 Configure update .................................................................................................................24
10.3.1 Configure update ...................................................................................................24
10.3.2 Network..................................................................................................................24
10.3.3 Proxy.......................................................................................................................25
10.3.4 Email.......................................................................................................................25
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1 Introduction
Avira AntiVir SharePoint protects your SharePoint systems against viruses, malware,
adware and spyware, unwanted programs and other dangers. 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.
You will also find information on our website such as telephone numbers for technical
support and information on how to subscribe to our newsletter.
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2 Icons and emphases
The following icons are used:
Icon Explanation
Placed before a condition which must be fulfilled prior to
implementation.
Note
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
that makes AntiVir for Sharepoint easier to use.
Warning
This precedes a warning. Please observe the warnings in order to
ensure that the Antivir for SharePoint virus protection function
takes full effect.
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, tab or
button)
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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
– Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 2.0
Microsoft SharePoint technology enables a company’s documents to be made available to
users at a central point and manages these documents with a version control.
Documents are accessed by means of a web interface - the SharePoint team pages - by
uploading and downloading. The documents and files are saved in a central MS SQL
database. This is a serious problem for security because the data cannot be protected
against virus attacks using a conventional antivirus solution such as an on-demand or
on-access virus scanner: On-demand and on-access virus scanners require that the data
to be scanned should exist as files in the file system.
Depending on the configuration, AntiVir SharePoint scans documents for viruses and
malware at every upload and downloaded to/from the SharePoint team pages. If a virus
is found, transfer is prevented if the document cannot be repaired.
Architecture:
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The use of external antivirus programs is controlled by means of the Antivirus Manager
(AVM) in SharePoint technology. Antivirus functions can be enabled in the SharePoint
Antivirus settings. If the virus protection functions are enabled, the AVM transfers the
data transferred by users for uploading or requested by users for downloading to an
external antivirus program.
AntiVir is integrated in the SharePoint technology by means of a plug-in: The AntiVir
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. AntiVir Administration is a snap-in of
the Microsoft Management Console (MMC). The Avira AntiVir SharePoint scan service
scans for viruses and malware.
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3.2 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:
– OLE heuristics and Win32 file heuristics.
– Archive scan
Settings in relation to the automatic update (update of the scanning engine
and virus definition file):
– Webserver or fileserver can be updated
– A proxy server can be used for updates
– Email notification function
Product information
3.3 System requirements
Avira AntiVir SharePoint supports the following SharePoint technologies:
– Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
– Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
– Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003
– Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 2.0
The following system requirements and specifications are required:
– Executable SharePoint technology: SharePoint Server 2007 or SharePoint
Services 3.0 or SharePoint Portal Server 2003 or Windows SharePoint Services
2.0
– Server computers with processor speed 2.5 GHz (Gigahertz) or higher, 32 or 64
bit processor
– At least 1 GB RAM, 2 GB recommended
– 130 MB free memory space on the hard disk
– At least 100 MB temporary memory on the hard disk
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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.
Activate your license for the Avira AntiVir SharePoint with the license file hbedv.key.
During the installation process you will be asked to load the license file. To extend your
license or load the license after installation, save the license file to the installation
directory.
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