Reference: Configuration options
Avira Professional Security - User Manual (Status: 23 Sep. 2011)
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Reference: Configuration options
The configuration reference documents all available configuration options.
11.1
System Scanner
The
System Scanner
section of configuration is responsible for the configuration of the
on-demand scan. (Options available in expert mode only.)
11.1.1
Scan
You can define the behavior of the on-demand scan routine (options available in expert
mode only). 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).
All files
If this option is enabled, all files are scanned for viruses or unwanted programs,
irrespective of their content and file extension. The filter is not used.
Note
If
All files
is enabled, the button
File extensions
cannot be selected.
Use smart extensions
If this option is enabled, the selection of the files scanned for viruses or unwanted
programs is automatically chosen by the program. This means that your Avira program
decides whether the files are scanned or not based on their content. This procedure is
somewhat slower than
Use file extension list
, but more secure, since not only on the
basis of the file extension is scanned. This option is enabled as the default setting and
is recommended.
