Symantec Norton Personal Firewall 2003, User Manual

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Norton Personal Firewall basics
Customize Norton Personal Firewall
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Customize Norton Personal Firewall
The default Norton Personal Firewall settings should provide adequate
protection for most users. If you need to make changes, use the Options
menu to access Norton Personal Firewall options. The options let you
control more advanced settings.
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If you are using Windows 2000/XP and you do not have Local
Administrator access, you cannot change Norton Personal Firewall options.
To customize Norton Personal Firewall
1
Open Norton Personal Firewall.
2
At the top of the Security Center, click Options .
3
Select the tab on which you want to change options.
About General options
General options let you control when Norton Personal Firewall runs,
protect program settings with a
password , and choose visual elements you
want to display.
About LiveUpdate options
See “Keeping
current with
LiveUpdate”
on
page 53.
LiveUpdate options let you enable and disable Automatic LiveUpdate,
which automatically checks for Norton Personal Firewall updates when you
are connected to the Internet. For maximum security, you should leave this
option checked.
You can choose the Norton Personal Firewall components you want
Automatic LiveUpdate to monitor. You can also choose whether Automatic
LiveUpdate updates the components in the background or alerts you that
there are updates available.
About Firewall options
Firewall options let you activate advanced protection features and
customize the ports your computer uses to view
Web pages . Most people
will not need to make any changes to these settings.