You have configured in your Group Policy that your firewall should be disabled. However, after installing several Avira products you find that the Windows operating system still loads the default Windows Firewall configuration. This is because it takes too long to start the service “NLA (Network Location Awareness)” service. As a result, Windows loads the […]
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Manage the Firewall of Avira Security
Note The Avira Firewall module lets you manage the default Windows Firewall from within the application. Click the Avira icon in the system tray to open the Avira user interface. Click Security in the left menu. Click the Firewall function. Configure the Windows Defender Firewall as required. Source : Official Avira Brand Editor by : BEST Antivirus KBS Team
Why can Avira Software Updater not perform certain updates?
Following reasons may prevent some updates from being installed: Some program manufacturers do not allow third-party software to initiate updates for their programs. Other updates are gradually distributed to the systems to prevent server overloads. In most cases, you have the possibility to update manually via the manufacturer’s website. Source : Official Avira Brand Editor […]
What are pending updates? (Avira)
Avira Software Updater shows you a list of pending updates for your installed software. That is because developers of these products tell us beforehand that an update is going to be released. This enables us to give our customers advance notice about which of their installed programs are going to be updated. However, we do […]
Update your Windows drivers with Avira Security
Regular updates of software and drivers make it difficult for hackers to use well-known vulnerabilities in the system to gain access to your device. Update Windows drivers Click the Avira icon in the system tray to open the Avira user interface. Click Performance in the left menu. Click the function Driver updater. Click Scan to search for outdated drivers. Once the scan is […]
Update outdated software (Avira)
Software has a short life cycle. It therefore needs regular updates to integrate with new applications and run properly on new devices. Outdated software may also contain vulnerabilities that hackers can exploit to gain unauthorized access to your computer. Regular software updates prevent hackers from gaining unauthorized access to your computer. Click the Avira icon in the […]
Characteristics of Avira Software Updater
Avira Software Updater keeps the software on a user’s device up to date at all times to avoid security holes left by unpatched and unsafe software. Software Updater automatically scans the programs list on a user’s device and checks for newer versions in its ever-growing database of third-party software. Software Updater supports the following software: […]
How do I save, delete, and restore files from quarantine? (Avira)
All files that are recognized as malware and moved to the quarantine will be isolated from the rest of the computer system. Malware in the quarantine area is encrypted and can thus no longer cause any damage. Therefore, malware may be stored indefinitely in quarantine. (Default setting) The quarantine keeps the malicious code safe so […]
Restore or delete quarantined files (Avira)
When suspected malicious files are quarantined, they remain isolated to prevent your computer becoming infected. The suspected malicious file is not deleted but instead moved from its original location to a safe place on your computer where it is unable to run as a program. Files in quarantine are harmless and cannot infect your computer. […]
How does Antivirus Web Protection behave in a VMware environment? (Avira)
If the network in a VMware image is configured as NAT, all TCP/IP connections from the guest OS are routed through Windows Sockets in the host OS. This is done by the VMware NAT Service on the host computer so that the virtual machine OS has the same external IP address. Consequently, all HTTP traffic […]