The Antivirus warnings in the scanner log usually refer to files which were being accessed by other programs and thus could not be checked for malware by Avira software. In general, this has nothing to do with virus suspicions. In order to reduce the number of warnings, close all applications before starting the scan. Source […]
File exceptions can be defined for both System Scanner and Real-time protection. A special feature of Real-time protection is that processes may be excluded from the scan as well. Click the Avira icon in the system tray to open the Avira user interface. Click Security in the left menu. Click the Protection options feature. Click the Settings icon of Real-time protection. Click PC Protection → Real-Time Protection → Exceptions. Add processes, […]
Open the Avira user interface and click Security → Virus scans. Click Open below Manage scans. A list of preconfigured scans is displayed. To run, schedule or customize one of the scans, click the related icon at the end of the row. To create a new scan, click Create scan at the bottom of the window. Name the scan, specify what is to […]
A system scan lets you scan all system files for malware. You can choose to scan all files or a certain set mixture. Note You can configure which system resources are scanned. Click the Avira icon in your system tray to open the Avira user interface. Click Security in the left menu. Click Virus scans. Click Open under Manage scans. Select what […]
Avira Antivirus lets you configure different scans on a regular basis. You can define yourself which kind of scan you would like to be performed regularly. Schedule a scan Click the Avira icon in the system tray to open the Avira user interface. Click Security in the left menu. Click the module Virus scans. Click on Open under the option Manage scans. Select […]
An Avira Antivirus full scan includes: Windows system Active processes Rootkits Local drives Removable drives To run a full scan, open the Avira user interface and click Security → Virus scan then click Scan bellow Full scan. Note A full virus scan takes longer than a quick or a custom scan. A summary of the scan results is displayed once […]
Open the Avira user interface and click Smart scan. The results are displayed right after the scan, and divided into three categories: Security, Privacy and Performance. Click Fix issues or review and configure the issues found before fixing them. Note Avira Free Security may be unable to fix all identified issues unless you upgrade to a paid version. The one-click Smart scan searches your […]
The Smart scan function is displayed on the main user interface. With just one click, you can check for outdated apps, network threats, viruses, as well as privacy and performance issues on your device. The scan result is displayed as soon as the scan is finished. Threats that could cause serious harm to your device are identified with […]
False positives (false alarms) are harmless files or URLs that are incorrectly identified as malicious by the antivirus program. Software programs that behave like malware or use identical file compression and protection techniques are susceptible to false alarms. If a clean file is detected as a false positive and blocked by the antivirus application, you […]
Heuristic refers to a “preliminary detection” feature that can also detect unknown viruses. It involves a complex analysis of the affected code and scanning for virus-specific functions. If the analyzed code does meet such characteristics, it is reported as suspect. This does not mean, however, that the code is a virus for sure; false positives […]