Avast Internet Security 8.0 manual

avast! Interne t Se curit y 7 .0 – Quick Start Guide 1 avast! I nternet Security 7 .0 Quic k Sta r t Gui de[...]

avast! Interne t Se curit y 7 .0 – Quick Start Guide 2 Wel come to av ast ! Inte r net Se cu ri ty 7. 0 The new avast! Antivirus 7.0 brin gs a ran ge of n ew features and impro vements which make it even faster and even less resource - hun gry than previous ver sions. New hybrid clou d techn ologi es suc h a s stream ing ( real - t ime) virus dat[...]

avast! Interne t Se curit y 7 .0 – Quick Start Guide 3 • Alternatively, you can t ake advantage of the avast! Su pport Forum s. Here you can interac t with other users of avas t! who ma y have experienced t he same prob lem and may already have di scovered the solutio n. You will need to regi ster to use the forum but this is a ver y qu ick an [...]

avast! Interne t Se curit y 7 .0 – Quick Start Guide 4 Step 1. Download avast! Internet Se curity 7. 0 f rom www.avas t.com It is stron gly re comm ended t hat all other Wind ows p rogram s are close d befo re beginni ng the download. Click o n “Downlo ad” th en “Downlo ad prog rams” and then se lect avas t! Int ernet Security . If you ar[...]

avast! Interne t Se curit y 7 .0 – Quick Start Guide 5 Step 2. Instal l avas t! Inter net Security 7.0 on your c ompute r To ins tall avast! Inte rne t Secu rity 7. 0 on your computer, yo u need to run the installation fi le. When you run the installation f ile (by clicking “R un” as described above , or by doub le clicki ng the file saved o [...]

avast! Interne t Se curit y 7 .0 – Quick Start Guide 6 In the nex t step , you have the o ption to us e the pro gram in tri al mode, or to inse rt a vali d licen se : • If you wish to use the program i n trial mod e, you will ne ed to be co nnected to the inter net as the trial licen se will be a utomatic ally do wnloade d duri ng the installat[...]

avast! Interne t Se curit y 7 .0 – Quick Start Guide 7 After re startin g your c omput er, you will be asked to con firm what fi rewall mode should be us ed for your network : The three availa ble settings determin e what communic ation i s allowe d between your networ k and o ther external ne twork s. The default mode is “Wo rk/Med ium Ris k Z[...]

avast! Interne t Se curit y 7 .0 – Quick Start Guide 8 Gett ing star ted The program can be us ed free of cha rge for a 3 0 - day tria l period , however, i f yo u wish to continue to use the prog ram afte r the trial per iod, it will b e necess ary to purcha se a license which must then be in sert ed in to th e pr o gram. License s for avast! In[...]

avast! Interne t Se curit y 7 .0 – Quick Start Guide 9 A new wind ow will o pen in which you can browse your computer to locate your license file. Once yo u have lo cated it, double c lick on it and it will be auto matically i nser ted into the pro gram . If you have pur chased a multi - license to protect several computers, y ou will need to car[...]

avast! Interne t Se curit y 7.0 – Qu ick Start Guide 10 Using the Program When you op en the program’s main wind ow, it will tell you the c urren t security status of you r com put er . Normally, the wind ow sho uld app ear as sho wn below. By clicking on “ Show details” you can reveal more i nformation about the cur rent stat us of t he pr[...]

avast! Interne t Se curit y 7.0 – Qu ick Start Guide 11 Off, click “Change”. It is recommended that the en gine and definition s option is set t o “automatic update” . If the main windo w appears as shown be lo w, it means that your virus defi nitions may not be u p t o da te o r one or m ore o f your rea l - t ime shields ma y be turned [...]

avast! Interne t Se curit y 7.0 – Qu ick Start Guide 12 Remote Assista nce The remote assistance tool enables you to give another pers on remote access to your computer . This can be us eful if you are having any difficultie s and you want anot her per son t o t ake cont rol of you r computer to help reso lve the pro blem. If you need to re quest[...]

avast! Interne t Se curit y 7.0 – Qu ick Start Guide 13 Avast S upport If you have any prob lems which you are unab le to resolve, t here i s a feat ure in avast which allows you to generate a data p ackage to hel p our supp ort en gi neers t o troub leshoo t the prob lem. In the “M ainten ance” tab, c hoose “Suppor t” and the follo wing [...]

avast! Interne t Se curit y 7.0 – Qu ick Start Guide 14 Ava st “ Sy stem T ray ” I con The orang e avast! icon l ocated i n y our c ompute r’s sy stem t ray ca n b e use d to a cce ss various features without openi ng the main user interface . If you right - cl ick on the avast! i con, a sho rt menu will ap pear , as shown below. You can ch[...]

avast! Interne t Se curit y 7.0 – Qu ick Start Guide 15 More about the real - time shie lds The real - time shields are the most i mportant part of the program , as they are working continuously to preven t your comp uter from beco ming i nfected. Th ey moni tor all of y our computer' s activity, checking al l programs and files in r eal - t[...]

avast! Interne t Se curit y 7.0 – Qu ick Start Guide 16 Network shield - moni tor s all n et work acti vit y a nd b lock s a ny thr ea ts t hat a re d etec ted o n th e ne t work . It a lso bloc ks acces s to k no wn malic io us web si tes. Behavio r shiel d - monitors a ll activit y on your computer and det ects and blocks any unus ual acti vity[...]

avast! Interne t Se curit y 7.0 – Qu ick Start Guide 17 Pro ces s vi rtu al i zat ion (S an d box ) The av ast! S andbox allows you to br owse the web o r run ano ther applica tion i n a completely s afe environment. This is especially usef ul when visiting high - ris k web sites , whether accidenta lly or d eliber ately, as the b rowser will be [...]

avast! Interne t Se curit y 7.0 – Qu ick Start Guide 18 In the “Brows er Protection” tab, you can fur ther specify that your browser s should always be run in the Sandbox to ensure yo u are always protected while surfing the web. Avast! will launch an ap plication auto matically in the Sandbo x if it detects anything suspi cious. In the AutoS[...]

avast! Interne t Se curit y 7.0 – Qu ick Start Guide 19 Right - clicking on an ap plicat ion that is alr eady insid e the sand box will op en the context menu abo ve right . The application can then be run one time outside the sand b ox, or it can be moved out of the san dbox com pletely so that it will be r un in the normal envir onment every ti[...]

avast! Interne t Se curit y 7.0 – Qu ick Start Guide 20 Alternatively, you can jus t click the “ S witch back” b utton on the tas kbar ( the white arro w next to the clock) which will return you to your normal d esktop without terminating yo ur web browser , so you can return to it later. ava st ! W ebR ep If yo u chose to ins tall Goo gle Ch[...]

avast! Interne t Se curit y 7.0 – Qu ick Start Guide 21 The color of the indicator tell s you wheth er the site is rat ed as "good" (green), "average" (yellow ), or "bad" (red ). The number o f bars that a re highlighted indica te the stren gth of the rating . One, two, or three hig hlighte d bars represent a sma ll,[...]

avast! Interne t Se curit y 7.0 – Qu ick Start Guide 22 Firewall avast! I nternet S ecuri ty includes a fully integ rated f irewall which can be controlle d directly from the ava st! user int erface. The fire wall monitors all communication b etween your computer and the outsi de world a nd blocks unauthorized communicatio n based on a numbe r of[...]

avast! Interne t Se curit y 7.0 – Qu ick Start Guide 23 You can adjus t the level of security by either clicking on the relevant icon, or by clicking on the orang e slider and moving it to the left or right while holding the mous e button do wn. On this page, you can also turn off the fir ewall co mpletely , either permanen tly or f or a specifie[...]

avast! Interne t Se curit y 7.0 – Qu ick Start Guide 24 Anti S pam Fil ter The avast! Anti Spam fil ter analyz es all incomi ng emails to determin e wh ether t hey are le gitim ate o r uns oli cited s pam m essage s. Messa ges identi fied as spam w ill be marke d as su ch be fore being deliv ered t o you r inbox. I f you are a u ser of Micr osoft[...]

avast! Interne t Se curit y 7.0 – Qu ick Start Guide 25 Microsoft Outlook The avast! Anti Spam fil ter w orks a s a pl ug - in to Microsoft Outlook , which means you can con trol so me of the fea tures di rectly thro ugh Outloo k. When you op en Outlook after installing avast! Internet se curity, you will notice so me addi tional op tions on the [...]

avast! Interne t Se curit y 7.0 – Qu ick Start Guide 26 Ma nua l ly s ca nni ng yo ur co mp ute r To carry out a man ual scan of your computer, s elect the “Scan computer” tab. Thi s wi ll open the “Scan No w” screen as shown below. avast! Inte rn et Se cu rit y 7.0 comes with a num ber of pre - defined scans i nstalled by defau lt. Quick[...]

avast! Interne t Se curit y 7.0 – Qu ick Start Guide 27 Creating a custom sc an By clicking on th e "Create Custom Scan " button, you can define a c ompletel y new scan wi th its own s can parame ters. A n ew window wi ll ope n, where yo u can cr eate a name for the new scan, specify which parts of your computer and which types of file [...]

avast! Interne t Se curit y 7.0 – Qu ick Start Guide 28 What to d o if a vi rus is fou nd At the end of th e scan, if the p rogram has detected a suspicious file, t he message “Threat detected” wil l be displayed – see bel ow . To see mor e inf orma tio n about the suspicious file and the available options, cli ck on “Show Re sult s”. Y[...]

avast! Interne t Se curit y 7.0 – Qu ick Start Guide 29 Kee pi ng a vas t! up to date Any antivirus p rogram is only as good as its databas e of known vir us definitions. This is what the progr am uses to identify thre ats to your compu ter, which is wh y it is important to ensure the virus definitions ar e regularly updated. By default, avast! i[...]

avast! Interne t Se curit y 7.0 – Qu ick Start Guide 30 Thank you for choosing avast![...]