13.

AVG Alert Manager 

13.1 Events and Actions 

Anytime the AVG Resident Shield has detected a virus, when a scheduled test has ended, when an 

update has been finished, and on many other occasions, an event is shown by AVG Anti Virus. The 

event is processed by the AVG Alert Manager component that executes an action according to defined 

rules. An event message can be displayed to the user, or the information can be sent to the AVG 

DataCenter.  

Note: 

The AVG Alert Manager component panel is therefore accessible from the AVG Control Center only if you 

have installed the AVG Anti Virus network edition.  

All AVG Anti Virus installations implement this event management system. Furthermore, network edition 

users can change the default rules and define new rules as well.  

They can also use additional types of action that are not included in the default settings. It is possible to 

write event messages into the operating system Event Log, to send a special message to the AVG 

DataCenter, and even to write an e mail message to the specified address. Some of the standard actions 

can be edited. A typical example is the automatic action option in the dialog with information on the 

finding of a virus by AVG Resident Shield   moving the infected file into AVG Virus Vault, etc. 

13.2 AVG Alert Manager Rules 

The rules define relations between an action and the corresponding event. Every rule defines: 

An event to which it responds. 

The source component of the event; some of the events can be reported by more than one 

component, a rule can include restrictions to the selected ones. 

An action to be executed; within each rule more actions can be specified (e.g. Event Log 

recording, and sending a message to the AVG DataCenter simultaneously). 

After AVG Anti Virus installation there are a few default rules defined without the possibility of editing 

the event and source component definition. But you can edit actions as needed. In case of a new user 

defined rules, it is possible to change both the event and source component definitions, as well as the 

actions. 

The default settings of the rules are as follows: 

Event Shown 

Action 

Virus detection 

When Resident Shield detects a virus  Opens a virus detected message dialog, 

by Resident 

the user must choose an action. It is 

Shield 

possible to configure automatic behavior 

of the dialog (infected file movement into 

Virus Vault and so on) 

Resident Shield 

In the moment a user selects an 

Sending detection information and action 

dialog action 

action in the Resident Shield dialog 

selected to AVG DataCenter. It is possible 

(see the previous rule) or when the 

to define, for example, a record to be 

action is executed automatically 

written into Event Log 

Finished test 

After a scheduled or manually 

Sending information on the test results to 

notification 

launched test has been finished 

the AVG DataCenter 

Besides these default rules there are some internal system rules which are hidden from the user. 

Copyright (c) 1992 2005 GRISOFT, s.r.o. All rights reserved. 

118