McAfee MTP09EMB1RAA - Total Protection 2009, User Manual

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Contents
McAfee Total Protection 3
McAfee SecurityCenter....................................................................................................... 5
SecurityCenter features ............................................................................................ 6
Using SecurityCenter ................................................................................................ 7
Fixing or ignoring protection problems ................................................................ 16
Working with alerts ................................................................................................. 21
Viewing events......................................................................................................... 27
McAfee VirusScan ............................................................................................................. 29
VirusScan features................................................................................................... 30
Scanning your computer ........................................................................................ 31
Working with scan results....................................................................................... 35
Scan types ................................................................................................................ 38
Using additional protection ................................................................................... 41
Setting up virus protection ..................................................................................... 45
McAfee Personal Firewall ................................................................................................. 61
Personal Firewall features....................................................................................... 62
Starting Firewall ...................................................................................................... 63
Working with alerts ................................................................................................. 65
Managing informational alerts............................................................................... 67
Configuring Firewall protection............................................................................. 69
Managing programs and permissions ................................................................... 81
Managing computer connections.......................................................................... 89
Managing system services ...................................................................................... 97
Logging, monitoring, and analysis....................................................................... 103
Learning about Internet security ......................................................................... 113
McAfee Anti-Spam.......................................................................................................... 115
Anti-Spam features ............................................................................................... 117
Configuring spam detection................................................................................. 119
Filtering e-mail ...................................................................................................... 127
Setting up friends .................................................................................................. 129
Setting up your Webmail accounts ...................................................................... 133
Working with filtered e-mail................................................................................. 137
Configuring phishing protection ......................................................................... 139
McAfee Parental Controls .............................................................................................. 141
Parental Controls features .................................................................................... 142
Protecting your children ....................................................................................... 143
Protecting information on the Web ..................................................................... 161
Protecting passwords............................................................................................ 163
McAfee Backup and Restore .......................................................................................... 167
Backup and Restore features ................................................................................ 168
Archiving files ........................................................................................................ 169
Working with archived files .................................................................................. 177
McAfee QuickClean ........................................................................................................ 183
QuickClean features.............................................................................................. 184
Cleaning your computer....................................................................................... 185
Defragmenting your computer ............................................................................ 189
Scheduling a task................................................................................................... 191