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Table of Contents 1 Introduction .......................................................................................................... 1 2 Icons and emphases ................................................................................................ 2 3 Product information............................................................................................... 3 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 4 Function overview ........................................................................................
1 Introduction Avira AntiVir SharePoint protects your SharePoint systems against viruses, malware, adware and spyware, unwanted programs and other dangers. This manual deals with viruses and software in brief. Note The program’s full name is Avira AntiVir SharePoint. For greater readability, this name is abbreviated to AntiVir SharePoint. Please go to our website at http://www.avira.com to download the Avira AntiVir SharePoint handbook in PDF form, update Avira AntiVir SharePoint or renew your license.
2 Icons and emphases The following icons are used: Icon Explanation Placed before a condition which must be fulfilled prior to implementation. Placed before an action step that you implement. Placed before an event that follows the previous action. Note Placed before a link to particularly important information or a tip that makes AntiVir for Sharepoint easier to use. Warning This precedes a warning.
3 Product information 3.1 Function overview AntiVir SharePoint is an antivirus solution developed specially for Microsoft SharePoint and supports the following SharePoint technology: – Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 – Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 – Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 – Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 2.
AntiVir SharePoint The use of external antivirus programs is controlled by means of the Antivirus Manager (AVM) in SharePoint technology. Antivirus functions can be enabled in the SharePoint Antivirus settings. If the virus protection functions are enabled, the AVM transfers the data transferred by users for uploading or requested by users for downloading to an external antivirus program.
Product information 3.2 Delivery scope AntiVir SharePoint offers extensive antivirus protection for corporate data that you manage and provide using SharePoint technology. This also protects the computer systems used for SharePoint. AntiVir SharePoint is easy to install and has the following configuration options: Settings for scanning for viruses and malware: – OLE heuristics and Win32 file heuristics.
AntiVir SharePoint 3.4 Licensing You require a license to use Avira AntiVir SharePoint. The license is issued in the form of a digital license key in the file hbedv.key. You can obtain the license file by email from Avira GmbH. The license file contains the license for all products that you have ordered in one order process. Activate your license for the Avira AntiVir SharePoint with the license file hbedv.key. During the installation process you will be asked to load the license file.
4 Installation and uninstallation 4.1 Installation Before installing AntiVir SharePoint, check the following requirements: Ensure that the system requirements are met (see System requirements). Ensure that you are logged in to the computer as an administrator or as a user with administrator rights. Ensure that an Internet connection or network connection to a download server exists for updating AntiVir SharePoint. If you use a fileserver, you may require a user name and a password for server login.
AntiVir SharePoint Confirmation of license agreements Selection of setup type (complete installation or custom installation) Licensing of the AntiVir Server: Loading of the license file or selection of the 30-day evaluation license Installation of the components of Avira AntiVir SharePoint. After installation, the antivirus function of the SharePoint AntiVirus Manager is enabled, AntiVir SharePoint is configured with default settings.
5 User interface and operation The antivirus function of Avira AntiVir SharePoint can be controlled, i.e. enabled or disabled, by the SharePoint AntiVirus Manager. You will find the settings for the SharePoint AntiVirus Manager in SharePoint central administration under Security configuration :: Configure Antivirus settings. After installation, the antivirus function is enabled by default.
AntiVir SharePoint – Commands and actions are available in the details window via links. – When configuring AntiVir SharePoint , you must confirm information in the Configure AntiVir window with the button OK in order to apply the new settings. Your settings are cancelled with the button Cancel. Get the AntiVir SharePoint product version You can get the product version of AntiVir SharePoint in the MMC help menu under About Avira AntiVir SharePoint....
6 Virus detection When documents are uploaded to or downloaded from SharePoint Team pages, Avira AntiVir SharePoint scans these documents for viruses and malware. If AntiVir finds viruses or malware in a document, this is reported to SharePoint. SharePoint prevents the transfer of the document. The SharePoint team page user receives a message: Note You can specify what is to happen when a virus is found in SharePoint central administration under Security configuration :: Configure antivirus settings.
7 Updates The effectiveness of antivirus software depends entirely on the scanning engine and the virus definitions being up to date. For this reason, you should regularly download updates for Avira SharePoint from our download servers. To enable regular updates to be carried out, the AntiVir SharePoint Updater component is integrated in AntiVir SharePoint.
8 Viruses and more 8.1 Extended threat categories Dialers (DIALERS) Certain services available in the Internet have to be paid for. They are invoiced in Germany via dialers with 0190/0900 numbers (or via 09x0 numbers in Austria and Switzerland; in Germany, the number is set to change to 09x0 in the medium term). Once installed on the computer, these programs guarantee a connection via a suitable premium rate number whose scale of charges can vary widely.
AntiVir SharePoint But beware! All symptoms of joke programs may also originate from a virus or Trojan. At the very least users will get quite a shock or be thrown into such a panic that they themselves may cause real damage. Security Privacy Risk (SPR) Software that maybe is able to compromise the security of your system, initiate unwanted program activities, damage your privacy or spy out your user behavior and might therefore be unwanted.
Viruses and more Adware (ADWARE) This software or components installed by it will display advertisements on your system. 8.2 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.
AntiVir SharePoint For several years, Internet and other network users have received alerts about viruses that are purportedly spread via email. These alerts are spread per email with the request that they should be sent to the highest possible number of colleagues and to other users, in order to warn everyone against the "danger". Honeypots A honeypot is a service (program or server) installed in a network. Its function is to monitor a network and log attacks.
Viruses and more A computer virus is a program that is capable of attaching itself to other programs after being executed and cause an infection. Viruses multiply themselves unlike logic bombs and Trojans. In contrast to a worm, a virus always requires a program as host, where the virus deposits its virulent code. The program execution of the host itself is not changed as a rule.
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Info and Service 9 Info and Service In AntiVir Administration under About... you will find the information about our contact and support addresses. We are always happy to receive your suggestions about how our products could be improved. In the case of undetected suspect files in particular, and in the event of false alarms, you can help us to optimize the virus protection provided by AntiVir products.
10 Configuration options 10.1 Configuration options Avira AntiVir Sharepoint is configured in AntiVir Administration under Settings. The following configuration options are available: – Configure AntiVir: Options for heuristics, archive scanning and the logging function – Configure update: Download method (via webserver or fileserver), configuration of connection to the download server, email notification function 10.2 Configure AntiVir 10.2.
Configuration options Advanced Heuristic Analysis and Detection (AHeAD) If this option is enabled, the heuristic scan for viruses using AntiVir AHeAD technology is enabled. For heuristic hits, the affected data is treated as viruses. You can define how 'sharp’ you want the heuristics to be. The option is enabled as the default setting. Low detection level If this option is enabled, AntiVir SharePoint detects slightly less unknown malware, the risk of false alerts is low in this case.
AntiVir SharePoint When scanning archives, the AntiVir SharePoint uses a recursive scan: Archives within archives are unpacked and scanned for viruses and unwanted programs. If this option is enabled, the recursive scan is restricted to the specified maximum recursion depth value. The option is disabled as the default setting. Archives that exceed the specified maximum value are not scanned for viruses or malware. You can define the maximum recursion depth for the recursive scan.
Configuration options If this option is enabled, the report file can be limited to a specific size. This option is activated by default with a value of 1024 KB. If the log file exceeds the specified size, the report file entries are backed up in a backup report file and the report file is reset. When the log entries are saved in the backup log file, the entries of the previous backup are overwritten. 10.2.
AntiVir SharePoint Examples: [COMMON] PrefixDiff= The standard settings with the enabled threat categories DIAL, ADSPY, ADWARE, BDC, HIDDENEXT, PHISH are enabled. [COMMON] PrefixDiff= +APPL,+GAME,+JOKE,+PCK,+PFS,+SPR,-DIAL,-ADSPY,-ADWARE,-BDC,HIDDENEXT,-PHISH All standard threat categories are disabled: DIAL, ADSPY, ADWARE, BDC, HIDDENEXT, PHISH. All additional threat categories are enabled: APPL, GAME, JOKE, PCK, PFS, SPR. 10.3 Configure update 10.3.
Configuration options Network access If you use a share directory on a file server for the update, enter a user name and a password. Warning The user name and password for network access are saved in encrypted form. To avoid security risks when accessing file servers, it is recommended that a user account with restricted user rights should be used. In order to execute the update, you only need reading permission for the file server. User name Enter a user name for authentication here.
AntiVir SharePoint – Status of the update Email messages Enable email notifications When this option is enabled, you will receive an email notification either every time an update is performed or just when an error occurs during an update. This option is disabled as the default setting. Event selection Select the event for which you require notification: Notifications when an update has failed An email will only be sent when an update fails.
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