Component Overview

This Article Applies to:

AVG Business Antivirus

There are many components that come along with the AVG Business products, both in the baseline Antivirus and additional versions. You can easily manage these, choosing which ones to enable or disable and customizing their settings to fit your business needs.

Components

Antivirus and Firewall Components

File Shield: Scans programs and files, preventing detected malware from infecting the device.
Web Shield: Scans transferred data when browsing online, preventing malware from being downloaded and run.
Mail Shield: Scans for threats in incoming and outgoing email messages.
Behavior Shield: Monitors processes to detect and block suspicious files based on their similarity to other known threats.
Remote Access Shield: Blocks unwanted remote connections.
Enhanced Firewall: Monitors network traffic to protect from unauthorized communication and intrusions.
- Leak Protection: Prevents sensitive data from leaking online.
- Port Scan Alerts: Warns if the device is being scanned for open ports.
- ARP Spoofing Alerts: Warns about attempted ARP spoofing attacks.
Exchange: Protects Microsoft Exchange Server against threats without interfering with its performance.
SharePoint: Protects Microsoft SharePoint Server against threats without interfering with its performance.
Data Shredder: Irreversibly erases data.
Password Protection: Secures browser-stored passwords against theft.

Additional Components

Patch Management (managed clients only): Helps centrally set up, acquire, test, approve, and install system updates/patches, and third-party application updates. It is available as an add-on in the Cloud Console.

Components by Product Subscription

Component	AVG File Server	AVG Email Server	AVG Antivirus	AVG Internet Security
File Shield	✔	✔	✔	✔
Web Shield	✔	✔	✔	✔
Mail Shield	✔	✔	✔	✔
Behavior Shield			✔	✔
Enhanced Firewall			✔	✔
Exchange		✔		✔
SharePoint	✔	✔	✔	✔
Data Shredder	✔	✔	✔	✔

Components by Operating System

Component	Windows Workstations	Windows Servers
File Shield	✔	✔
Web Shield	✔	✔
Mail Shield	✔	✔
Behavior Shield	✔
Enhanced Firewall	✔
Exchange		✔
SharePoint		✔
Data Shredder	✔	✔

Configuring Components

You can access additional configuration options for each Active Protection component either on the component page in the UI or in the Settings section.