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Avira Free Antivirus - User Manual (Status: 16 Dec. 2013) 177
Avira Desktop reports that it is turned on
After the installation of your Avira product and a subsequent update, you will not receive
any messages from the Windows Action Center. But if you go to Action Center >
Security, you can see: Avira Desktop reports that it is turned on. This means that your
Avira product is now up-to-date and the Avira Real-Time Protection is enabled.
Windows Defender and Avira Desktop both report that they are 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Avira Desktop reports that it is out of date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.