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. This does not mean, however that they may be used freely. Copyright information The purpose of this information is to acknowledge and recognize the code from third-party suppliers used for Avira AntiVir Professional. [. . . ] 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. 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. If the option Phishing is enabled with a check mark in the configuration under Extended threat categories, you receive a corresponding alert if Avira AntiVir Professional detects such behavior. Application (APPL) The term APPL refers to an application which may involve a risk when used or is of dubious origin. If the option Application (APPL) is enabled with a check mark in the configuration under Extended threat categories , you receive a relevant alert if Avira AntiVir Professional detects such behavior. 9. 2 Viruses and other malware Adware Adware is software that presents banner ads or in pop-up windows through a bar that appears on a computer screen. These advertisements usually cannot be removed and are consequently always visible. The connection data allow many conclusions on the usage behavior and are problematic in terms of data security. Backdoors A backdoor can gain access to a computer by going around the computer access security mechanisms. A program that is being executed in the background generally enables the attacker almost unlimited rights. User's personal data can be spied with the backdoor's help, but are mainly used to install further computer viruses or worms on the relevant system. The connection data allow many conclusions on the usage behavior and are problematic in terms of data security. Boot viruses The boot or master boot sector of hard disks is mainly infected by boot sector viruses. They overwrite important information necessary for the system execution. One of the awkward consequences: the computer system cannot be loaded any more. . . Avira GmbH Avira AntiVir Professional 59 Viruses and more Bot-Net A bot net is defined as a remote network of PCs (on the Internet), which 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 Denialof-service attacks etc. , partly without the affected PC user's knowledge. The main potential of Bot-Nets is that the networks can achieve dimensions on thousands of computers and its bandwidth sum bursts 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. A form of an exploit for example are attacks from the Internet with the help of manipulated data packages. [. . . ] The following wildcards can be used: %VIRUS% %NAME% contains the name of the detected virus or of the unwanted program contains the name of the logged in user carrying out the Scanner Default The button restores the predefined default text for an alert. 11. 5. 7. 2. Email Guard AntiVir Guard can send alerts by email to one or more recipients for certain events. Guard Email alerts If this option is enabled, AntiVir Guard sends email messages with the most important data when a certain event occurs. Email notification with the following events ­ The on-demand scan detected a virus or unwanted program If this option is enabled, you always receive an email with the name of the virus or unwanted program and the affected file when the on-access scan detects a virus or an unwanted program. ­ A critical error occurred within the Guard If this option is enabled, you receive an email if Avira AntiVir Professional detects an internal critical error. [. . . ]