McAfee INTERNET SECURITY 5.0, Manual

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Product Guide 45
Getting Started with McAfee Internet Security 5.0
What File Guardian Does
File Guardian can protect files that contain your sensitive data from being
opened, renamed, copied, moved, or deleted. For added protection, you can
even encrypt files protected by File Guardian. McAfee Internet Security can
also alert you if a program attempts one of the following potentially harmful
activities:
n A program attempts to reformat your hard drive.
n An ActiveX control attempts to delete files on your hard drive.
n An ActiveX control attempts to scan files on your hard drive.
n A program attempts to access your system password files.
When McAfee Internet Security displays an alert message, you can decide if
the program should be allowed to continue the operation or not.
Responding to File Guardian Alert Messages
McAfee Internet Security can display five different File Guardian-related alert
messages. If you are using the default setting suggested by the Interview, you
will only see: guarded file; ActiveX scan; ActiveX delete; and drive format
messages.
Guarded File Alert Message
Using File Guardian, you can set which files to guard on your hard drive and
what programs can be used to open the files. If an unauthorized application
attempts to access a guarded file, McAfee Internet Security displays an alert
message that tells you what application is trying to open which file.
Any credit card
number goes out.
w
want to be warned before any number that resembles a
credit card number is sent out over the Internet.
These programs are
always allowed
access to the
Internet
w
want to see a list of what programs you have allowed to
automatically access the Internet. (A program is added
to the list when you click Accept Always in the Internet
access alert message.)
If you change your mind, you can remove a program
from the list. You will be warned the next time that
program tries to access the Internet.
Use this option If you ...