Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product Internet Security 8.0 Avast
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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.
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.
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 .
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.
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 prog.
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.
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.
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 .
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 .
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” .
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.
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.
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 .
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.
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 .
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.
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.
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 .
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.
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 .
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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”.
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.
avast! Interne t Se curit y 7.0 – Qu ick Start Guide 30 Thank you for choosing avast!.
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