User manual AVG 8.5 ANTI-VIRUS FOR LINUX/FREEBSD EDITION

[. . . ] This product uses compression library libbzip2, C opyright (c) 1996-2002 Julian R. Seward. A V G I nternet Sec urity 2 0 1 1 © 2 0 1 0 C opyright A V G T ec hnologies C Z, s . r. o. A ll rights res erved. 1 Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] when a scheduled scan is started) would be disturbing (they could minimize the application or corrupt its graphics). To avoid this situation, keep the check box for the Enable gaming mode when a full-screen application is executed option marked (default setting). 9. 2. Sounds Within the Sounds dialog you can specify whether you want to be informed about specific AVG actions by a sound notification. If so, check the Enable sound events option (off by default) to activate the list of AVG actions: A V G I nternet Sec urity 2 0 1 1 © 2 0 1 0 C opyright A V G T ec hnologies C Z, s . r. o. A ll rights res erved. 85 Then, select the respective event from the list and browse (Browse) your disk for an appropriate sound you want to assign to this event. To listen to the selected sound, highlight the event in the list and push the Play button. Use the Delete button to remove the sound assigned to a specific event. Note: Only *. wav sounds are supported! A V G I nternet Sec urity 2 0 1 1 © 2 0 1 0 C opyright A V G T ec hnologies C Z, s . r. o. Ignore Faulty Conditions In the Ignore faulty components conditions dialog you can tick those components that you do not want to get informed about: By default, no component is selected in this list. It means that if any component get to an error status, you will be informed about it immediately via: · system tray icon - while all parts of AVG are working properly, the icon is displayed in four colors; however, if an error occurs, the icon appears with a yellow exclamation mark, · text description of the existing problem in the Security Status Info section of the AVG main window There might be a situation that for some reason you need to switch a component off temporarily (this is not recommended, you should try to keep all components permanently on and in default configuration, but it may be happen). In that case the system tray icon automatically reports the component's error status. Virus Vault The Virus Vault maintenance dialog allows you to define several parameters regarding the administration of objects stored in the Virus Vault: · Limit Virus Vault size - use the slider to set up the maximum size of the Virus Vault. The size is specified proportionally compared to the size of your local disk. · Automatic file deletion - in this section define the maximum length of time that objects should be stored in the Virus Vault (Delete files older than . . . days), and the maximum number of files to be stored in the Virus Vault ( Maximum number of files to be stored) 9. 6. PUP Exceptions AVG Internet Security 2011 is able to analyze and detect executable applications or DLL libraries that could be potentially unwanted within the system. In some cases the user may wish to keep certain unwanted programs on the computer (programs that were installed on purpose). Such adware might be detected and reported by AVG as a potentially unwanted program. If you wish to keep such a program on your computer, you can define it as a potentially unwanted program exception: A V G I nternet Sec urity 2 0 1 1 © 2 0 1 0 C opyright A V G T ec hnologies C Z, s . r. o. A ll rights res erved. 93 The Potentially Unwanted Programs Exceptions dialog displays a list of already defined and currently valid exceptions from potentially unwanted programs. The following information can be found in the list for every single exception: · File - provides the name of the respective application · File Path - shows the way to the application's location · Checksum - displays the unique 'signature' of the chosen file. This checksum is an automatically generated string of characters, which allows AVG to unequivocally distinguish the chosen file from other files. [. . . ] Only this way you can be sure your AVG Internet Security 2011 is kept up-to-date also during the day. 12. 1. Update Levels AVG offers two update levels to select from: · Definitions update contains changes necessary for reliable anti-virus, antispam and anti-malware protection. Typically, it does not include any changes to the code and updates only the definition database. · Program update contains various program changes, fixes and improvements. [. . . ]