McAfee INTERNET GUARD DOG 3.0, User Manual

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Privacy Features
32 Internet Guard Dog
Responding to a Cookie Blocker alert message
If during the Interview, you set Internet Guard Dog to prompt you for action
then it will display the Cookie Blocker alert message the first time a site tries
to set a cookie.
You can respond to the alert message in the following ways:
Each time you visit a site that appears in either the Allowed or Rejected list,
Internet Guard Dog adds the number of cookies accepted or rejected to the list.
You can see the totals for a Web site in the Browser Buddy.
If you change your mind about a site, you can remove it from the Allowed or
Rejected list in the Cookie Blocker settings. The next time that you visit that
site it will be as if you are visiting it for the first time. If you want to remove
cookies for a site from which you’ve previously accepted cookies, run a
Security Check and remove the cookies for that site.
TIP:
You can run Security Check so that it only looks for cookies. On the
Internet Guard Dog Home screen: click the Options menu; select
CheckUp Settings; then clear all options except Cookie Check. After you
are finished with the CheckUp, don’t forget to change back your settings.
Table 4-1.
If you choose Internet Guard Dog
Accept always Accepts the cookie and adds the site to the
Allowed list. The next time you go to that site, all
cookies from that site are allowed automatically.
Never accept Rejects the cookie and adds the site to the
Rejected list. The next time you go to that site, all
cookies from that site are refused
automatically.(In some cases, the cookie may be
written to your local hard disk, but your privacy
is protected because the cookie is never sent back
to the requesting page.)