User manual

Configuration
Avira Free Antivirus - User Manual (Status: 16 Dec. 2013) 118
 Password protection for access to the Control Center and the Configuration
 Security: block autostart function, complete system scan status display, product
protection, protect Windows hosts file
 WMI: Enable WMI support
 Event log configuration
 Configuration of report functions
 Setting of directories used
 Configuration of acoustic alerts when malware is detected
10.1.1 Buttons
Button
Description
Default
values
All settings of the configuration are restored to default values. All amendments and custom
entries are lost when default settings are restored.
OK
All the settings made are saved. The configuration is closed. The User Account Control (UAC)
will ask for your permission to apply changes in operating systems as of Windows Vista.
Cancel
The configuration is closed without saving your settings in the configuration.
Apply
All the settings made are saved. The User Account Control (UAC) will ask for your permission
to apply changes in operating systems as of Windows Vista.
10.2 System Scanner
The System Scanner section of configuration is responsible for the configuration of the
on-demand scan.
10.2.1 Scan
You can define the behavior of the on-demand scan routine. If you select certain
directories to be scanned, depending on the configuration, the System Scanner scans:
 with a certain scanning priority,
 also boot sectors and main memory,
 all or selected files in the directory.
Files
The System Scanner can use a filter to scan only those files with a certain extension
(type).