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Avira Free Antivirus - User Manual (Status: 16 Dec. 2013) 175
Avira Desktop reports that it is turned off
You receive the following message if you disable the Avira Real-Time Protection or stop
the Real-Time Protection service.
Note
You can enable or disable Avira Real-Time Protection in the Status section of
the Avira Control Center. You can also notice that the Avira Real-Time
Protection is enabled by the opened red umbrella in your taskbar. It is also
possible to activate the Avira product by clicking the Turn on now button on the
Windows Action Center message. You will receive a notification asking your
permission to run Avira. Click on Yes, I trust the publisher and want to run this
program and Real-Time Protection will be enabled again.
Avira Desktop reports that it is out of date
If you just installed Avira or if for some reason the virus definition file, the scan engine or
the program files of your Avira product have not been updated automatically (e.g. if you
have made an upgrade from an older Windows operating system, on which your Avira
product is already installed), you will receive the following message:
Note
In order for the Windows Action Center to recognize your Avira product as up-
to-date, an update must be performed after installation. Update your Avira
Product by carrying out an update.
Windows did not find antivirus software on this computer
This information of the Windows Action Center appears, when the Windows Action Center
has not found any anti-virus software on your computer.