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Reference: Configuration options

Scan when writing

If this option is enabled, the Guard scans a file when writing. You can only access the file
again after this process has been completed.

Scan when reading and writing

If this option is enabled, the Guard scans files before opening, reading and executing and
after writing. This option is enabled as the default setting and is recommended.

Files

The Guard can use a filter to scan only those files with a certain extension (type).

All files

If this option is enabled, all files, irrespective of their content and their file extension,
are scanned for viruses or unwanted programs, i.e. the filter is not used.

Note
If All files is enabled, the button

File extensions

cannot be selected.

Smart Extensions

If this option is enabled, the selection of the files scanned for viruses or unwanted
programs is automatically chosen by Avira AntiVir Personal. This means that Avira
AntiVir Personal decides whether the files are scanned or not based on their content.
This procedure is somewhat slower than Use file extension list, but more secure, since
not only on the basis of the file extension is scanned.

Note
If Smart Extensions is enabled, the button

File extensions

cannot be selected.

Use file extension list

If this option is enabled, only files with a specified extension are scanned. All file types
that may contain viruses and unwanted programs are preset. The list can be edited
manually via the button

File extension

. This setting is activated by default and is

recommended.

Note
If this option is enabled and you have deleted all entries from the list with file
extensions, this is indicated with the text "No file extensions" under the button

File

extensions

File extensions

With the aid of this button, a dialog window is opened in which all file extensions are
displayed that are scanned in Use file extension list mode. Default entries are set for
the extensions, but entries can be added or deleted.

Note
Please note that the file extension list may vary from version to version.