Avira AntiVir Professional
Posted on 24 June 2009
From: AviraOptimum protection against viruses & co.
Leading detection and elimination of viruses and malware. Now with a new search engine: yet faster and safer
Rootkit protection to detect and eliminate malware, which was installed on computer‘s systems unnoticeably (only on 32-bit systems)
AHeAD Technology (Advanced Heuristic Analysis and Detection) to detect and ward off unknown or rapidly changing attackers
Real-time monitoring of every file access through integrated on-access scanner (incl. archive scanning) as well as on-demand scanner for manual and time-driven search runs
Integrated WebGuard to examine the HTTP based Internet data traffic against viruses and malware. With automatic possibility to block phishing and malware
URLs (AntiDrive-by)
Integrated MailGuard email scanner (POP3 and SMTP) to examine incoming and outgoing emails under Windows. Including examination of email attachments. With AntiBot
function to establish authorized senders and servers
Archive detection with adjustable recursion depth and other options to handle archives or scan runtime-packs
Quarantine management to safely isolate infected and suspicious files under Windows
Scheduling and automation of routine tasks
File caching; high performance through multi-threading/multi-daemon capacity (several files are scanned at high speed at the same time)
Executable in the 32 bit mode under 64 bit Linux systems incl. on-access scanning (Unix)
Extremely small, bandwidth saving updates of program and/or detection pattern database; automated updating and distribution via the Internet or network
Efficient configuration and administration
Integrated scheduler to automate routine tasks
Comprehensive notification and reporting functions
Network-wide administration by the Avira Security Management Center (SMC)
Windows: Interface with vertical menu system to access all modules easily and safely. Actions such as updates and search runs can be started directly in the interface. User oriented standard or expert configuration
Windows: several configuration profiles administrable. Assistant for individual configuration NEW!
Windows: support of Netbooks with resolutions smaller than 800 x 600 NEW!
Windows: integration into the WMI system (Windows Management Instrumentation) NEW!
