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Firewall status
:
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Firewall enabled
- select this option to allow communication to those
applications that are assigned as 'allowed' in the set of rules defined
within selected
Firewall
profile
o
Firewall disabled
- this option switches
Firewall
off completely, all
network traffic is allowed but not checked!
o
Emergency mode (block all Internet traffic)
- select this option to
block all traffic on every single network port;
Firewall
is still running but
all network traffic is stopped
Please note:
The software vendor has set up all AVG components to give optimum
performance. Unless you have a real reason to do so, do not change the AVG
configuration. Any changes to settings should only be performed by an experienced
user. If you need to change Firewall configuration, select the system menu item
Tools/Firewall settings
and edit the Firewall configuration in the newly opened
Firewall Settings
dialog.
Control buttons
·
Regenerate configuration
- press this button to overwrite the current
Firewall
configuration, and to revert to the default configuration based on
automatic detection.
·
Save changes
- press this button to save and apply any changes made in this
dialog
·
Cancel
- press this button to return to the default
AVG user interface
(
components overview
)
7.5. Link Scanner
7.5.1. Link Scanner Principles
LinkScanner
protects you from the increasing number of ‘here today, gone tomorrow’
threats on the web. These threats can be hidden on any type of website, from
governments to big, well-known brands to small businesses, and they rarely stick
around on those sites for more than 24 hours.
LinkScanner
protects you by analyzing
the web pages behind all the links on any web page you’re viewing and making sure
they’re safe at the only time that matters – when you’re about to click that link.
The
LinkScanner
technology consists of two features,
Search-Shield
and
Surf-
Shield
:
·
Search-Shield
contains list of websites (
URL addresses
) which are known to
be dangerous. When searching with Google, Yahoo!, WebHledani, Yandex,