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components directly from the
components overview in the AVG LinkScanner® main
window
.
9.3. AVG LinkScanner
The
AVG LinkScanner® settings
dialog allows you to switch on/off the two
elementary features of the
AVG LinkScanner®
:
·
Enable
AVG Search Shield
- (
on by default
): advisory notifying icons on
searches performed in Google, Yahoo, WebHledani, Yandex, Baidu, Bing, AOL,
AltaVista, EarthLink, Ask, Seznam, eBay, Twitter, Digg, and Slashdot having
checked ahead the content of sites returned by the search engine. The
browsers supported are Internet Explorer and Firefox.
·
Enable
AVG Active Surf-Shield
- (
on by default
):
prevents you from
accidentally becoming infected by drive-by downloads and other exploits,
ensuring the web pages you visit are safe at the only time that really matters
- when you are about to click the link. The browsers supported are again
Internet Explorer and Firefox.
·
Enable reporting of potential threats
- mark this item to allow back
reporting of exploits and bad sites found by users either via
Safe Surf
or
Safe
Search
to feed the database collecting information on malicious activity on the
web.
