Symantec NORTON INTERNET SECURITY 2004, User Manual

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Guarding against intrusion attempts
Customize Intrusion Detection
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To customize the AutoBlock duration
1
In the main window, double-click
Intrusion
Detection .
2 In the Intrusion Detection window, under AutoBlock,
on the AutoBlock attacking computer for menu, select
a new duration.
3 Click OK .
See “Stop all
Internet
communication”
on page 59.
AutoBlock stops all inbound communications with a
specific computer. To stop all inbound and outbound
communication with all computers, use Block Traffic.
Unblock AutoBlocked computers
If a computer that you need to access appears on the list
of computers currently blocked by AutoBlock, unblock it.
If you have changed your protection settings and want to
reset your AutoBlock list, you can unblock all of the
computers on the AutoBlock list at once.
To unblock computers currently blocked by AutoBlock
1 In the main window, double-click Intrusion
Detection .
2 In the Intrusion Detection window, do one of the
following:
2
To unblock one computer, select its IP address,
then click
Unblock
.
2
To unblock all computers on the AutoBlock list,
click
Unblock All .
3 Click OK .
Exclude computers from AutoBlock
If a computer you need to access is repeatedly placed in
the AutoBlock list, you can exclude it from being blocked
by AutoBlock.
To exclude specific computers from AutoBlock
1 In the main window, double-click Intrusion
Detection .
2 In the Intrusion Detection window, click Exceptions .