User manual AVIRA ANTIVIR PROFESSIONAL

[. . . ] User Manual Avira AntiVir Professional www. avira. com 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. [. . . ] 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 may themselves may cause real damage. Thanks to the extension of its scanning and identification routines, Avira AntiVir Professional 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 Extended threat categories, a corresponding alert is issued if a joke program is detected. Security Privacy Risk (SPR) Software that maybe is able to compromise the security of your system, initiate unwanted program activities, damage your privacy or spy out your user behavior and might therefore be unwanted. Avira AntiVir Professional 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 Avira AntiVir Professional 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. Avira AntiVir Professional detects "backdoor control software". If the option Backdoor Clients is enabled with a check mark in the configuration under Extended threat categories, you receive a corresponding alert if Avira AntiVir Professional detects such software. Adware/Spyware (ADSPY) Software that displays advertising pop-ups or software that very often without the user's consent sends user specific data to third parties and might therefore be unwanted. Avira AntiVir Professional detects "Adware/Spyware". If the option Adware/Spyware is enabled with a check mark in the configuration under Extended threat categories, you receive a corresponding alert if Avira AntiVir Professional detects such software. Unusual Runtime Compression Tools (PCK) Files that have been compressed with an unusual runtime compression tool and that can therefore be classified as possibly suspicious. Avira AntiVir Professional detects "Unusual runtime Compression Tools". If the option Unusual runtime Compression Tools is enabled with a check mark in the configuration under Extended threat categories, you receive a corresponding alert if Avira AntiVir Professional detects such packers. 58 Avira AntiVir Professional Avira GmbH Viruses and more Double Extension Files (HEUR-DBLEXT) Executable files that hide their real file extension in a suspicious way. This camouflage method is often used by malware. Avira AntiVir Professional detects "Double Extension Files". If the option Double Extension files (HEUR-DBLEXT) is enabled with a check mark in the configuration under Extended threat categories, you receive a corresponding alert if Avira AntiVir Professional detects such files. Phishing Phishing, also known as brand spoofing is a clever form of data theft aimed at customers or potential customers of Internet service providers, banks, online banking services, registration authorities. When submitting your email address on the Internet, filling in online forms, accessing newsgroups or websites, your data can be stolen by Internet crawling spiders and then used without your permission to commit fraud or other crimes. [. . . ] This means that AntiVir Professional is up to date. If this option is enabled, an email is sent for all updates carried out: This may be a product update or an update of the virus definition file or of the scanning engine. Avira GmbH Avira AntiVir Professional 113 Reference: Configuration ­ Update finished successful. If this option is enabled, an email is only sent if an update of the scanning engine or virus definition file was carried out without a product update, but a product update is available. If this option is enabled, an email is sent if the update has failed due to an error. Recipient(s) Enter the email address(es) of the recipient(s) in this box. [. . . ]