Avira AntiVir Premium

AntiVir Premium

This module contains all components required for successful installation of Avira AntiVir Premium.

AntiVir Guard

The AntiVir Guard runs in the background. It monitors and repairs, where Necessary, files During operations Such as open, write and copy in on-access mode. Whenever a user carries out a file operation (eg load document, execute, copy), Avira AntiVir Premium automatically scans the file. Renaming a file does not trigger a scan by AntiVir Guard.

AntiVir MailGuard

MailGuard is the interface the between your computer and the mail server from the which your email program (mail client) downloads the emails. MailGuard is connected as a so-called proxy the between the email program and the mail server. All incoming emails are routed through this proxy, scanned for viruses and Unwanted programs and forwarded to your email program. Depending on the configuration, the program processes the affected emails automatically or ACKs the user for a Certain action.

AntiVir WebGuard

When surfing the internet, you are using your web browser to request data from a web server. The data transferred from the web server (HTML files, script and image files, Flash files, videos and music streams, etc) will normally be moved directly into the browser cache for display in the web browser, meaning That an on-access scan as performed by AntiVir Guard is not possible. Could this allow viruses and Unwanted programs to access your computer system. WebGuard is what is known as an HTTP proxy the which monitors the ports used for data transfer (80, 8080, 3128) and scans the transferred data for viruses and Unwanted programs. Depending on the configuration, the program may process the affected files automatically or prompt the user for a specific action.

Rootkit Detection

The Rootkit Detection checks whether software is already installed on your computer That can no longer be detected with conventional methods of malware protection after penetrating the computer system.