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avast!
antivirus
Home
Edition
4
.8 – User Guide
1
avast!
antivirus
Home
Edition
4
.8
 
User Guide
 
avast!
antivirus
Home
Edition
4
.8 – User Guide
2CONTENTS
Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 4
 
About ALWIL Software a.s. .............................................................................................. 4
 
Further help ...................................................................................................................... 4
 
Threats to your computer ................................................................................................ 5
 
What is a virus? 
........................................................................................................ 5
 
What is spyware? 
..................................................................................................... 5
 
What are rootkits? 
.................................................................................................... 5
 
Key features of avast! antivirus ...................................................................................... 6
 
 Antivirus kernel 
......................................................................................................... 6
 
Resident protection (or “on-access” protection)
..................................................... 7
 
Built-in anti-spyware technology 
............................................................................. 7
 
Built-in anti-rootkit technology 
................................................................................ 7
 
Strong self-protection
.............................................................................................. 7
 
 Automatic updates
................................................................................................... 7
 
Virus Chest 
................................................................................................................ 8
 
System integration
................................................................................................... 8
 
Integrated avast! Virus Cleaner 
............................................................................... 8
 
Command-line scanner (Professional Edition only)
............................................... 9
 
Script blocker (Professional Edition only)
.............................................................. 9
 
PUSH updates (Professional Edition only)
............................................................ 9
 
Enhanced user interface (Professional Edition only)
............................................ 9
 
System requirements ..................................................................................................... 10
 
How to install avast! antivirus Home Edition ............................................................... 11
 
Getting started ............................................................................................................... 16
 
Password protection ...................................................................................................... 17
 
How to register for a License Key ................................................................................. 18
 
Inserting the License Key ............................................................................................... 19
 
Basics of using avast! antivirus ..................................................................................... 20
 
Resident (“on-access”) Protection
.......................................................................... 20
 
How to run a manual virus scan – the Simple User Interface
.............................. 24
 
Selecting the areas to be manually scanned 
..................................................... 26
 
Setting the scan sensitivity and running the scan
............................................ 28
 
Running a scan and processing the result 
......................................................... 29
 
Changing the appearance of the Simple User Interface
....................................... 30
 
What to do if a virus is found 
................................................................................ 32
 
Results of last scan
................................................................................................ 36
 
Advanced features ......................................................................................................... 37
 
Setting automatic updates
.................................................................................... 37
 
How to schedule a Boot-time scan
........................................................................ 38
 
Excluding files from scanning
................................................................................. 40
 
How to create a report of the scan results
........................................................... 41
 
 Alerts
....................................................................................................................... 44
 
SMTP 
....................................................................................................................... 45
 
Searching the Virus Database
................................................................................ 46
 
Working with files in the Virus Chest 
..................................................................... 48
 
The Log Viewer 
....................................................................................................... 50
 
Resident Protection settings ......................................................................................... 52
 
Other avast! settings ..................................................................................................... 65
 
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