McAfee MTP09EMB1RAA - Total Protection 2009, User Manual

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Option Description
Browser
SystemGuards Browser SystemGuards on the Trusted Lists pane
represent previously unauthorized registry and
file changes that VirusScan has detected, but
that you have chosen to allow from an alert or
from the Scan Results pane.
Browser SystemGuards detect unauthorized
registry changes and other unwanted behavior
associated with Browser helper objects, Internet
Explorer add-ons, Internet Explorer URLs,
Internet Explorer security zones, and so on.
These types of unauthorized registry changes
can result in unwanted browser activity such as
redirection to suspect Web sites, changes to
browser settings and options, and trusting of
suspect Web sites.
Trusted
Programs Trusted programs are potentially unwanted
programs that VirusScan has previously
detected, but which you have chosen to trust
from an alert or from the Scan Results pane.
Trusted Buffer
Overflows Trusted buffer overflows represent previously
unwanted activity that VirusScan has detected,
but which you have chosen to to trust from an
alert or from the Scan Results pane.
Buffer overflows can harm your computer and
damage files. Buffer overflows occur when the
amount of information suspect programs or
processes store in a buffer exceeds the buffer's
capacity.