McAfee Guard Dog, User Manual

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Privacy Features
38 McAfee Guard Dog
If more than one person is using your computer, make sure that you create a
Guard Dog password. If the person using your computer doesn’t enter the
Guard Dog password, Guard Dog automatically replaces any protected
personal information sent to an unsecure site with the text, “xxxx.” For
example, if your child tries to order the latest CD without entering your Guard
Dog password, Guard Dog replaces your credit card number with “xxxx xxxx
xxxx xxxx.”
Identity Protector offers three responses to when an application tries to send
out information over the Internet to an unsecure site:
• Let the information go out.
• Block the information from going out.
• Display an alert message when any application tries to send the
information over the Internet to an unsecure site. This is the response
Guard Dog sets up when you add information to protect in the Guard Dog
Interview.
Responding to an Identity Protector alert message
During the Interview, Guard Dog asked you to enter your personal and
financial information that you want to protect. Guard Dog displays the
Identity Protector alert message the first time an application tries to send out
this information to an unsecure site.
You can respond to the alert message in the following ways:
Table 5-3.
If you choose Guard Dog does this
This time only Let the information go out just this time.
Not this time Prevents the information from going out this
time.