Symantec 10067161 - 10PK NORTON ANTIVIRUS, Product Manual

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Intrusion Prevention scans all
the network traffic to and from
your computer and compares
this information against a set of
attack signatures. Attack
signatures contain the
information that identifies an
attacker's attempt to exploit a
known vulnerability in the
operating system or in a
program. If the information
matches an attack signature,
Intrusion Prevention blocks the
traffic from the suspicious
computer.
The following are some activities
that you can do using the
Intrusion Prevention options:
1
View the list of Intrusion
Prevention signatures.
1
Exclude individual signatures
from being monitored.
1
Specify whether or not you
must be notified when
Intrusion Prevention
signatures are detected.
1
Activate AutoBlock for a
specified duration to block
all incoming traffic from a
computer that continues to
attack your system.
1
View, restrict, or unblock the
list of computers that
AutoBlock blocks.
1
View or unblock the list of
computers that AutoBlock
blocks.
1
Determine whether or not
you are notified when
Intrusion Prevention
activities are detected.
Intrusion Prevention
275 Customizing protection features
About customizing settings and options