Avira AntiVir ProActiv
· Avira AntiVir, version 10 is now equipped with a brand new host-based
· intrusion prevention system called Avira AntiVir ProActiv.
· AntiVir ProActiv constantly monitors the behaviour of the system in real-time
· and looks for unusual events.
· An integrated rule-system is able to decide proactively if a certain event (or a
· combination of events) indicates that the system is currently under attack from a new or unknown malware.
· If a rule matches the user is then able to decide what to do with this suspicious file, i.e. to trust it, to block it once, to block it always or to ignore it.
· Part of this new technology is the Avira AntiVir ProActiv community that
· allows every Professional customer to take an active role in Avira´s world-wide battle against viruses and malware by automatically sending unknown malware samples to Avira. Those samples are then analysed and the results are fed back into the ProActiv module.
· Avira AntiVir ProActiv is only installed with a custom installation. If a user
· upgrades from an AV 9 Professional to the AV 10 he will get a slide up
· informing him that the new AntiVir ProActiv module is available. He can then
· install it by doing a change installation.
· Joining the Avira AntiVir ProActiv community must be separately enabled. If
· the AV 10 Professsional is managed by the SMC then AntiVir ProActiv and
· joining the ProActive community can be separately activated either by using the
· GUI or doing a silent setup.