User manual AVIRA ANTIVIRUS PREMIUM 2012

[. . . ] Avira Antivirus Premium 2012 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 Antivirus Premium 2012. [. . . ] They overwrite important information necessary for the system execution. One of the awkward consequences: the computer system cannot be loaded any more. . . Bot-Net A bot-net is defined as a remote network of PCs (on the Internet) that is composed of bots that communicate with each other. A bot-net can comprise a collection of cracked machines running programs (usually referred to as worms, Trojans) under a common command and control infrastructure. Bot-nets serve various purposes, including denial-ofservice attacks etc. , usually without the affected PC user's knowledge. The main potential of bot-nets is that the networks can achieve grow to thousands of computers and their total bandwidth exceeds most conventional Internet accesses. Exploit An exploit (security gap) is a computer program or script that takes advantage of a bug, glitch or vulnerability leading to privilege escalation or denial of service on a computer system. One form of exploitation for example is an attack from the Internet with the help of manipulated data packages. Programs can be infiltrated in order to obtain higher access. 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 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. Hoaxes For several years, Internet and other network users have received alerts about viruses that are purportedly spread via email. These alerts are spread via email with the request that they should be sent to the highest possible number of colleagues and to other users, in order to warn everyone against the "danger". Honeypot A honeypot is a service (program or server) installed in a network. Its function is to monitor a network and log attacks. This service is unknown to the legitimate user - because of this Avira Antivirus Premium - User Manual (Status: 23 Sep. 2011) 72 Viruses and more reason he is never addressed. If an attacker examines a network for the weak points and uses the services which are offered by a honeypot, it is logged and an alert is triggered. Macro viruses Macroviruses are small programs that are written in the macro language of an application (e. g. WordBasic under WinWord 6. 0) and that can normally only spread within documents of this application. [. . . ] Use the following WAVE file (only in interactive mode) If this option is enabled, there is an acoustic alert with the selected WAVE file when a virus is detected by the System Scanner or Realtime Protection. The selected WAVE file is played over a connected external speaker. Avira Antivirus Premium - User Manual (Status: 23 Sep. 2011) 127 Reference: Configuration options 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. The button opens a window in which you can select the required file with the aid of the file explorer. [. . . ]