User Manual

Overview of Avira Antivirus Premium 2012
Scanning a file is recommended if the virus definition file of your Avira product has been
updated and a false positive report is suspected. This enables you to confirm a false
positive with a rescan and restore the file.
Highlight the file and click on .
To delete a file:
The file is scanned for viruses and malware using the system scan settings.
After the scan, the dialog Rescan statistics appears which displays statistics on
the status of the file before and after the rescan.
Highlight the file and click on .
You have to confirm your choice with Yes.
If you want to upload the file to a Avira Malware Research Center web server for analysis:
Highlight the file you want to upload.
Click on .
A dialog opens with a form for inputting your contact data.
Enter all the required data.
Select a type: Suspicious file or Suspicion of false positive.
Select a response format: HTML, Text, HTML & Text.
Click OK.
The file is uploaded to a Avira Malware Research Center web server in
compressed form.
Note
In the following cases, analysis by the Avira Malware Research Center is
recommended:
Heuristic hits (Suspicious file): During a scan, a file has been classified as
suspicious by your Avira product and moved to quarantine: Analysis of the file
by the Avira Malware Research Center has been recommended in the virus
detection dialog box or in the report file generated by the scan.
Suspicious file: You consider a file to be suspicious and have therefore moved
this file to quarantine, but a scan of the file for viruses and malware is negative.
Suspicion of false positive: You assume that a virus detection is a false
positive: Your Avira product reports a detection in a file, which is very unlikely to
have been infected by malware.
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