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all supported web browsers (i. e. Safari and Mozilla Firefox). By clicking the little
arrow next to this item, you can expand/collapse further options enabling you to
specify which browsers should utilize the Search-Shield function:
o
Activate Safari plugin
- if this box is checked, the search results will be
evaluated in the Safari web browser.
o
Activate Firefox plugin
- if this box is checked, the search results will be
evaluated in the Mozilla Firefox web browser.
Creation date of DB files states last successful update of the database of malicious
sites.
6.3. Surf-Shield tab
This dialog allows you to configure some
Surf-Shield
component related settings.
·
Enable Surf-Shield
- if the box is checked, AVG Surf-Shield is active and, whenever
surfing the web, protecting you real-time from the most serious online threats:
malicious, exploitive, and phishing websites. Uncheck the box to switch the function
off.
·
Interrupt connections from [selected] severity level
- whenever the Surf-Shield
detects a threat on a webpage you are trying to access, it will interrupt
downloading the webpage contents so that the harmful code does not get into your
computer at all. You can specify the lowest level of
threat severity
to trigger the
interruption:
o
Low
will interrupt the connection upon detection of any threat. This option is
recommended and set by default.
o
Medium
will interrupt the connection upon detection of a threat of medium to
high severity.
o
High
will interrupt the connection only upon detection of a high severity threat
