Reference: Configuration options
Avira Internet Security - User Manual (Status: 23 Sep. 2011)
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Input box
In this box you can input the name of the MIME types and file types to be ignored by
Web Protection during scanning. For file types, enter the file extension, e.g.
.htm
. For
MIME types, indicate the media type and, where applicable, sub-type. The two
statements are separated from one another by a single slash, e.g.
video/mpeg
or
audio/x-wav
.
Note
No wildcards (* for any number of characters or ? for a single character) can be
used when entering file types and MIME types.
Warning
All file types and content types on the exclusion list are downloaded into the
Internet browser without further scanning of the blocked requests (List of file
and MIME types to be blocked in
Web Protection > Scan > Blocked requests
) or
by Web Protection: For all entries on the exclusion list, the entries on the list of
file and MIME types to be blocked are ignored. No scan for viruses and
malware is performed.
MIME types: Examples for media types:
text
= for text files
image
= for graphics files
video
= for video files
audio
= for sound files
application
= for files linked to a particular program
Examples of excluded file and MIME types:
audio/
= All audio media type files are excluded from Web Protection scans
video/quicktime
= All Quicktime sub-type video files (*.qt, *.mov) are excluded
from Web Protection scans
= All Adobe PDF files are excluded from Web Protection scans.
Add
The button allows you to copy MIME and file types from the input field into the display
window.
Delete
The button deletes a selected entry from the list. This button is inactive if no entry is
selected.
URLs skipped by Web Protection