AVIRA PREMIUM SECURITY SUITE - Antibot

Reference: Configuration options
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Macrovirus heuristic
Activate macrovirus heuristics
Avira Premium Security Suite contains a highly powerful macro virus heuristic. If this
option is enabled, all macros in the relevant document are deleted in the event of a
repair, alternatively suspect documents are only reported, i.e. you receive an alert. This
option is enabled as the default setting and is recommended.
Advanced Heuristic Analysis and Detection (AHeAD)
enable AHeAD
Avira Premium Security Suite contains a very powerful heuristic in the form of AntiVir
AheAD technology, which can also detect unknown (new) malware. If this option is
activated, you can define how "aggressive" this heuristic should be. This option is enabled
as the default setting.
Low detection level
If this option is enabled, Avira Premium Security Suite detects slightly less unknown
malware, the risk of false alerts is low in this case.
Medium detection level
This option is enabled as the default setting if you have selected application of this
heuristic. This option is enabled as the default setting and is recommended.
High detection level
If this option is enabled, Avira Premium Security Suite detects much more unknown
malware, however false positives can also be expected.
13.3.1.4. AntiBot
The AntiBot function of MailGuard prevents your computer from becoming part of a so-
called bot-net and being used to send out spam emails: to send spam via a bot-net an
attacker usually infects a number of computers with a bot, which then connects to an
IRC server, opens a particular channel and waits for the command to send the spam
emails. To distinguish spam emails from an unknown bot from genuine emails,
MailGuard checks if the SMTP server and email sender for an outgoing email are
included in the lists of permitted servers and senders. If this is not the case, the outgoing
emails are blocked, i.e. the email is not sent. The blocked email is displayed in a dialog
box.
Note
The AntiBot function can only be used if the MailGuard is set to scan outgoing emails
(see the Scan outgoing emails option under MailGuard :: Scan).
Permitted Servers
All servers in this list are authorized by MailGuard to send emails: Emails sent to these
servers are not blocked by MailGuard. If no servers are included in the list, the SMTP
server used to send outgoing emails is not scanned. If the list is populated, MailGuard
blocks emails sent to any SMTP server not included in the list.
Input box
Enter the host name or IP address of the SMTP server you use to send your emails in this
box.