Configuration

You can define settings for your Avira product in the Configuration. After installation, your Avira product is configured with standard settings, ensuring optimal protection for your computer system. However, your computer system or your specific requirements for your Avira product may mean you need to adapt the protective components of the program.

The Configuration opens a dialog box: You can save your configuration settings via the

OK or Apply buttons, delete your settings by clicking the Cancel button or restore your default configuration settings using the Default values button. You can select individual configuration sections in the left-hand navigation bar.

Accessing the Configuration

You have several options for accessing the configuration:

 via the Windows control panel.

 via the Windows Security Center - from Windows XP Service Pack 2.

 via the Tray Icon of your Avira product.

 in the Control Center via the menu item Extras > Configuration.

 in the Control Center via the Configuration button.

Note

If you are accessing configuration via the Configuration button in the Control Center, go to the Configuration register of the section which is active in the Control Center.

Configuration operation

Navigate in the configuration window as you would in Windows Explorer:

Click an entry in the tree structure to display this configuration section in the detail window.

Click the plus symbol in front of an entry to expand the configuration section and display configuration subsections in the tree structure.

To hide configuration subsections, click on the minus symbol in front of the expanded configuration section.

Note

To enable or disable Configuration options and use the buttons, you can also use the following key combinations: [Alt] + underlined letter in the option name or button description.

If you want to confirm your Configuration settings: Click OK.

The configuration window is closed and the settings are accepted. - OR -

Click Apply.

The settings are applied. The configuration window remains open. If you want to finish configuration without confirming your settings:

Click Cancel.

The configuration window is closed and the settings are discarded. If you want to restore all configuration settings to default values:

Click Default values.

All settings of the configuration are restored to default values. All amendments and custom entries are lost when default settings are restored.

Configuration profiles

You have the option of saving your configuration settings as configuration profiles. In the configuration profile, i.e. of a configuration, all configuration options are saved in a group. The configuration is displayed in the navigation bar as a node. You can add other

configurations to the default configuration. You also have the option of defining rules for switching to a specific configuration:

When switching configuration using a rule-based procedure, the configuration can be linked to the use of a LAN or Internet connection (identification via default gateway). In this way, configuration profiles can be created for different laptop usage scenarios:

 Use on company networks: Update via intranet server, Web Protection disabled

 Use at home: Update via default Avira web server, Web Protection enabled

If no switching rules have been defined, you can switch to a configuration manually in the context menu of the tray icon. You can add, rename, delete, copy or restore configurations and define rules for switching configurations using the buttons in the navigation bar, or using commands from the context menu in the configuration section.

Note

The User Account Control (UAC) will ask for your permission to enable or disable the Real-Time Protection, FireWall, Web Protection and Mail Protection services in operating systems as of Windows Vista.

Overview of configuration options

The following configuration options are available:

 System Scanner: Configuration of on-demand scan

 Scan options

 Action on detection

 Further actions

 Archive scan options

 System scan exceptions

 System scan heuristics

 Report function setting

 Real-Time Protection: Configuration of on-access scan

 Scan options

 Action on detection

 Further actions

 On-access scan exceptions

 On-access scan heuristics

 Report function setting

 Update: Configuration of the update settings, download via Web server or fileserver

 Download via fileserver

 Download via web server

 Proxy settings

 Web Protection: Configuration of Web Protection

 Scan options, enabling and disabling the Web Protection

 Blocked access: Unwanted file types and MIME types, Web filter for known unwanted URLS (malware, phishing, etc.)

 Web Protection scan exceptions: URLs, file types, MIME types

 Web Protection heuristics

 Report function setting

 Mail Protection: Configuration of Mail Protection

 Scan options: Enable the monitoring of POP3 accounts, IMAP accounts, outgoing emails (SMTP)

 Actions on detection

 Further actions

 Mail Protection scan heuristics

 AntiBot function: Permitted SMTP servers, permitted email senders

 Mail Protection scan exceptions

 Configuration of cache, empty cache

 Configuration of a footer in sent emails

 Report function setting

 General:

 Configuration of email using SMTP

 Threat categories for System Scanner and Real-Time Protection

 Advanced protection: Options to enable the ProActiv and Protection Cloud features.

 Application filter: Block or allow applications

 Password protection for access to the Control Center and the Configuration

 Security: block autostart function, product protection, protect Windows hosts file

 WMI: Enable WMI support

 Event log configuration

 Configuration of report functions

 Setting of directories used

 Alerts:

Configuration of network alerts for component(s):

 System Scanner

 Real-Time Protection

Configuration of email alerts for component(s):

 System Scanner

 Real-Time Protection

 Updater