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Table of Contents
1 Introduction ............................................................................................................ 1
2 Icons and emphases .................................................................................................. 2
3 Product information ................................................................................................ 3
3.1 Delivery scope ......................................................................................................................3
3.2 System requirements ...........................................................................................................4
3.3 Licensing and Upgrade ........................................................................................................4
3.3.1 License Manager ....................................................................................................5
4 Installation and uninstallation ................................................................................. 6
4.1 Installation ..........................................................................................................................6
4.2 Change installation .......................................................................................................... 10
4.3 Installation modules ......................................................................................................... 10
4.4 Uninstallation ................................................................................................................... 11
4.5 Installation and uninstallation on the network............................................................... 12
4.5.1 Installation on the network ................................................................................ 13
4.5.2 Uninstallation on the network ........................................................................... 13
4.5.3 Command line parameter for the setup program............................................... 13
4.5.4 Parameter of the file setup.inf ............................................................................ 14
5 Overview of AntiVir Professional ........................................................................... 18
5.1 User interface and operation ............................................................................................ 18
5.1.1 Control Center .................................................................................................... 18
5.1.2 Configuration ...................................................................................................... 20
5.1.3 Tray icon .............................................................................................................. 24
5.2 How to...? .......................................................................................................................... 25
5.2.1 Activate license.................................................................................................... 25
5.2.2 Perform automatic updates ................................................................................ 25
5.2.3 Start a manual update ......................................................................................... 27
5.2.4 On-demand scan: Using a scan profile to scan for viruses and malware ........... 27
5.2.5 On-demand scan: Scan for viruses and malware using Dragamp;Drop ............. 29
5.2.6 On-demand scan: Scan for viruses and malware via the context menu ............. 29
5.2.7 On-demand scan: Automatically scan for viruses and malware ......................... 29
5.2.8 On-demand scan: Targeted scan for Rootkits and active malware .................... 31
5.2.9 React to detected viruses and malware ............................................................... 31
5.2.10 Quarantine: Handling quarantined files (*.qua) ................................................. 35
5.2.11 Quarantine: Restore the files in quarantine ....................................................... 37
5.2.12 Quarantine: Move suspicious files to quarantine ............................................... 38
5.2.13 Scan profile: Amend or delete file type in a scan profile .................................... 38
5.2.14 Scan profile: Create desktop shortcut for scan profile ....................................... 38
5.2.15 Events: Filter events ........................................................................................... 39
5.2.16 MailGuard: Exclude email addresses from scan ................................................. 39
5.2.17 FireWall: Select the security level for the FireWall ............................................. 40
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