Avira User Manual

4. Scan for Viruses
4.1 Scanning for Viruses
Scan for Viruses
Choose Actions > Scan for Viruses from the sidebar, to trigger off a virus search. The
What would you like to scan? window opens. Select one of the following scan profiles and
click Scan Now to start the scanning process:
Quick scan
Scans the most critical and vulnerable areas of your Mac.
Full system scan
Scans the complete Mac system.
Custom scan
Scans files and folders which you select manually.
4.2 Scanning Most Vulnerable Parts of the System
Choose Scan for Viruses from the sidebar and select Quick scan for an on-demand scan
of most vulnerable parts of your system as the main user's container and its subsets.
Choose this option for a fast scan.
To start the scanning process, click Scan Now.
By default, the details of the files and folders currently scanned are displayed in the Scan
in progress window.
To pause the virus scan, click Pause.
To continue the search process, click Resume.
Click Cancel to stop the scanning process.
After the scan has finished, Avira Mac Security provides information about detected
malware, the duration of the scan and the number of files that were scanned.
To react on detected malware, click Treat Alerts.
The Detections window opens.
To move back to another search for viruses, click OK.
The What would you like to scan? window opens.
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