Using a scan profile to scan for viruses and malware

A scan profile is a set of drives and directories to be scanned.

The following options are available for scanning via a scan profile:

Use predefined scan profile

If the predefined scan profile corresponds to your requirements.

Customize and apply scan profile (manual selection)

If you want to scan with a customized scan profile.

Depending on the operating system, various icons are available for starting a scan profile:

  • In Windows XP:

  • Avira cc scanner scan System scan: Using a scan profile to scan for viruses and malware This icon starts the scan via a scan profile. 

  • In Windows Vista:

  • In Microsoft Windows Vista, the Control Center only has limited rights at the moment, e.g. for access to directories and files. Certain actions and file accesses can only be performed in the Control Center with extended administrator rights. These extended administrator rights must be granted at the start of each scan via a scan profile.

  • Avira cc scanner scan System scan: Using a scan profile to scan for viruses and malware This icon starts a limited scan via a scan profile. Only directories and files that Windows Vista has granted access rights to are scanned.

  • Avira cc scanner scan admin System scan: Using a scan profile to scan for viruses and malware This icon starts the scan with extended administrator rights. After confirmation, all directories and files in the selected scan profile are scanned.

To scan for viruses and malware with a scan profile:

  • Go to Control Center and select the section PC PROTECTION >System Scanner.

  • Predefined scan profiles appear.

  • Select one of the predefined scan profiles.

  • -OR-

  • Adapt the scan profile Manual selection.

  • Click the icon (Windows XP: Avira cc scanner scan System scan: Using a scan profile to scan for viruses and malware or Windows Vista: Avira cc scanner scan admin System scan: Using a scan profile to scan for viruses and malware ).

  • The Luke Filewalker window appears and a system scan is started.

  • When the scan is completed, the results are displayed.

If you want to adapt a scan profile:

  • In the scan profile, expand Manual Selection the file tree so that all the drives you want to scan are open:

  • Highlight the nodes you want to scan by clicking on the box

System scan: Using a scan profile to scan for viruses and malware