User manual AVIRA FREE ANTIVIRUS

[. . . ] Avira Free Antivirus User Manual Introduction Trademarks and Copyright Trademarks Windows is a registered trademark of the Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries. 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. This does not mean, however, that they may be used freely. Copyright information Code provided by third party providers was used for Avira Free Antivirus. [. . . ] Double Extension Files 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 Threat categories, you receive a corresponding alert if your Avira product detects such files. Fraudulent software Also known as "scareware" or "rogueware", it is a fraudulent software that pretends that your computer is infected by viruses or malware. This software looks deceptively similar to professional antivirus software but is meant to raise uncertainty or to scare the user. Its purpose is to make the victims feel threatened of imminent (unreal) danger and to make Avira Free Antivirus - User Manual (Status: 23 Sep. 2011) 61 Viruses and more them pay to eliminate it. There are also cases when the victims are lead to believe they were attacked and they are instructed to carry out an action, which in reality is the real attack. If the option Fraudulent software is enabled with a check mark in the configuration Threat categories, you receive a corresponding alert if your Avira product detects such files. Games There is a place for computer games - but it is not necessarily at work (except perhaps in the lunch hour). Nevertheless, with the wealth of games downloadable from the Internet, a fair bit of mine sweeping and Patience playing goes on among company employees and civil servants. You can download a whole array of games via the Internet. Email games have also become more popular: numerous variants are circulating, ranging from simple chess to "fleet exercises" (including torpedo combats): The corresponding moves are sent to partners via email programs, who answer them. Studies have shown that the number of working hours devoted to computer games has long reached economically significant proportions. It is therefore not surprising that more and more companies are considering ways of banning computer games from workplace computers. Your Avira product recognizes computer games. If the Games option is enabled with a check mark in the configuration under 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. When a joke program is loaded, the computer will usually start at some point to play a tune or display something unusual on the screen. Examples of jokes are the washing machine in the disk drive (DRAIN. COM) or the screen eater (BUGSRES. COM). [. . . ] The selected WAVE file is played over a connected external speaker. WAVE file In this input box you can enter the name and the associated path of an audio file of your choice. The program's default acoustic signal is entered as standard. Avira Free Antivirus - User Manual (Status: 23 Sep. 2011) 104 Reference: Configuration options The button opens a window in which you can select the required file with the aid of the file explorer. [. . . ]