Avira AntiVir Professional

Optimum protection against malware

• Leading detection and removal of viruses and malware.
• Rootkit protection to detect and remove hidden malware, which was installed on computer‘s systems unnoticeably (Windows)
• 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
• AntiVir ProActiv detects attacks from the system's behavior patterns and repells them immediately (only for Microsoft Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7 32-Bit systems) NEW!
• Windows: 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, IMAP and SMTP) to examine incoming and outgoing emails under Windows. Including examination of email attachments.
• Free selection of ports to be monitored. With AntiBot function for defining permitted senders
• Archive detection with adjustable recursion depth and other options to handle archives or scan runtime-packs
• Generic Repair repairs damage caused by new malware (Windows) NEW!
• Quarantine management to safely isolate infected and suspicious files under Windows
• Planning and automating routine tasks, e.g. test runs and updates
• File caching; high performance through multi-threading/multi-daemon capacity (simultaneous high-speed scanning of multiple files)
• Executable in the 32 bit mode on 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
• Desktop FireWall checks and controls incoming and outgoing network traffic and can be managed by means of the Avira Security Management Center (SMC) (Windows) NEW!

Efficient configuration and administration

• Integrated scheduler to automate routine tasks
• Comprehensive notification and reporting functions
• Network-wide administration using Avira Security Management Center (SMC)
• New 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 (Windows)
• Support of Netbooks with resolutions smaller than 800 x 600 (Windows)
• Windows: integration into the WMI system (Windows Management Instrumentation)
• Improvement of interaction with other systems and the SMC: SNMP traps for security-related processes can be sent within the system. Automatic product updates can be triggered via the SMC, thus ensuring that the latest version is always installed (Unix) NEW!
• Package management of RPM is now supported, simplifying installation and administration (Unix) NEW!