User manual AVIRA ANTIVIR PREMIUM 10

[. . . ] Avira AntiVir Premium User Manual Trademarks and Copyright Trademarks AntiVir is a registered trademark of Avira GmbH. 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. [. . . ] 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. 48 Viruses and more 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 AntiVir program 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 AntiVir program detects a game. The game is now over in the truest sense of the word, because you can simply delete it. Jokes (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). All symptoms of joke programs may also originate from a virus or Trojan. At the very least users will get quite a shock or be thrown into such a panic that they themselves may cause real damage. Thanks to the extension of its scanning and identification routines, your AntiVir program is able to detect joke programs and eliminate them as unwanted programs if required. If the option Jokes is enabled with a check mark in the configuration under Threat categories, a corresponding alert is issued if a joke program is detected. Security Privacy Risk (SPR) Software that may be able to compromise the security of your system, initiate unwanted program activities, damage your privacy or spy on your user behavior and could therefore be unwanted. Your AntiVir program detects "Security Privacy Risk" software. If the option Security Privacy Risk is enabled with a check mark in the configuration under Extended threat categories, you receive a corresponding alert if your AntiVir program detects such software. Backdoor Clients (BDC) In order to steal data or manipulate computers, a backdoor server program is smuggled in unknown to the user. This program can be controlled by a third party using backdoor control software (client) via the Internet or a network. Your AntiVir program recognizes "Backdoor control software". If the Backdoor control software (BDC) option is enabled with a check mark in the configuration under Extended threat categories, you receive a corresponding alert if your AntiVir program detects such software. Adware/Spyware (ADSPY) Software that displays advertising or software that sends the user's personal data to a third party, often without their knowledge or consent, and for this reason may be unwanted. 49 Avira AntiVir Premium Your AntiVir program recognizes "Adware/Spyware". [. . . ] Values between 1 and 300 are permissible. If the specified number is exceeded, then the oldest report at that time is deleted. Delete all reports more than n day(s) old If this option is enabled, reports are automatically deleted after a specific number of days. This option is enabled as the default setting, with a value of 30 days. Do not limit number of reports (manually delete reports) If this option is enabled, the number of reports is not restricted. 11. 6. 9 Acoustic alerts Acoustic alert When a virus or malware is detected by the Scanner or Guard, an acoustic alert is sounded in interactive action mode. You can now choose to activate or deactivate the acoustic alert and select an alternative Wave file for the alert. [. . . ]