McAfee MTP09EMB1RAA - Total Protection 2009, User Manual

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Working with alerts
Alerts are small pop-up dialog boxes that appear in the
bottom-right corner of your screen when certain SecurityCenter
events occur. An alert provides detailed information about an
event as well as recommendations and options for resolving
problems that may be associated with the event. Some alerts also
contain links to additional information about the event. These
links let you launch McAfee's global Web site or send information
to McAfee for troubleshooting.
There are three types of alerts: red, yellow, and green.
Alert Type Description
Red A red alert is a critical notification that requires a
response from you. Red alerts occur when
SecurityCenter cannot determine how to fix a
protection problem automatically.
Yellow A yellow alert is a non-critical notification that
usually requires a response from you.
Green A green alert is a non-critical notification that does
not require a response from you. Green alerts
provide basic information about an event.
Because alerts play such an important role in monitoring and
managing your protection status, you cannot disable them.
However, you can control whether certain types of informational
alerts appear and configure some other alert options (such as
whether SecurityCenter plays a sound with an alert or displays
the McAfee splash screen on startup).
In this chapter
Showing and hiding informational alerts..................22
Configuring alert options ...........................................24
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