Symantec Norton Personal Firewall 2003, User Manual

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Norton Personal Firewall basics
Work with Norton Personal Firewall
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What these types of alerts indicate
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How to reduce the number of these alerts you receive
To use the Alert Assistant
1 In any alert window, click the Alert Assistant button.
2
In the Alert Assistant window, review the information about this alert.
3
To respond to the alert, close the Alert Assistant.
Adjust the Alerting Level
The Alerting Level slider lets you control the amount of information that
Norton Personal Firewall
logs and the number of alerts that it displays.
Your options are:
To adjust the Alerting Level
1
Open Norton Personal Firewall.
2
In the Security Center, click Alerting Level .
3
Move the slider to choose an Alerting Level.
Alerting
Level Information
provided Alert
Tracker
messages Security
Alerts Notifies you when…
Minimal Critical
Internet
events None Logged, not
displayed Program Control rules are
created automatically.
Port scans occur.
Confidential information
is blocked.
A remote access Trojan
horse program is
encountered.
Medium Important
Internet
events Some Logged, not
displayed Same notification as
Minimal, plus:
1
Programs access the
Internet.
High Important
Internet
events and
complete
program
activities Many Logged and
displayed Same notification as
Medium, plus:
1
Unused ports are
blocked.
1
Cookies and content
are blocked.