Overview of Avira Professional Security
Avira Professional Security - User Manual (Status: 23 Sep. 2011)
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Note
You can also carry out a manual update directly via the Windows security
center.
4.2.4
Using a scan profiles to scan for viruses and malware
A scan profile is a set of drives and directories to be scanned.
The following options are available for scanning via a scan profile:
Use predefined scan profile
If the predefined scan profile corresponds to your requirements.
Customize and apply scan profile (manual selection)
If you want to scan with a customized scan profile.
Create and apply new scan profile
If you want to create your own scan profile.
Depending on the operating system, various icons are available for starting a scan profile:
In Windows XP and 2000:
This icon starts the scan via a scan profile.
In Windows Vista:
In Microsoft Windows Vista, the Control Center only has limited rights at the moment,
e.g. for access to directories and files. Certain actions and file accesses can only be
performed in the Control Center with extended administrator rights. These extended
administrator rights must be granted at the start of each scan via a scan profile.
This icon starts a limited scan via a scan profile. Only directories and files that
Windows Vista has granted access rights to are scanned.
This icon starts the scan with extended administrator rights. After confirmation, all
directories and files in the selected scan profile are scanned.
To scan for viruses and malware with a scan profile:
Go to Control Center and select the section
PC protection >System Scanner
.
Predefined scan profiles appear.
Select one of the predefined scan profiles.
-OR-
Adapt the scan profile
Manual selection
.
