McAfee Guard Dog, Руководство пользователя

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User’s Guide 1
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Welcome to Guard Dog ™
Guard Dog and the Internet
In the last few years the Internet has changed from a communications network
used almost exclusively by governments and universities to an information
treasure house used by people of all ages and occupations. With an Internet
account you can send electronic mail (e-mail) around the world in seconds, do
research without leaving home, meet new friends in an online chat room, or
shop without getting out of your bathrobe. However, with all this potential
comes a certain element of risk. When you use the Internet, information is
transmitted from your computer to other computers in the
Internet—information you may not want people to have. And those
computers can also send files to your computer. While most of these files are
harmless, some can invade your privacy or even damage the data on your
computer’s hard drive.
How Guard Dog works
There are two main ways that Guard Dog protects you:
• You can find any potential privacy, security, and virus threats that exist on
your PC by performing a CheckUp. You are guided step-by-step through
solving each problem.
• Once installed, a portion of Guard Dog remains active in your PC’s
memory and watches over your PC. When Guard Dog detects a potential
problem, it takes action based on your preferences—it either takes care of
the problem automatically or pops up an alert message to ask you how to
proceed.
With Guard Dog, you are in control at all times. You decide what security and
privacy features to use. If your concerns or computing habits change, it is easy
to change Guard Dog to meet your needs.
Guard Dog and your Internet Connection
Guard Dog relies on your Internet Connection to provide its Internet security
features. Unless you have an Internet provider and browser software designed
for Windows 95 or Windows 98, Guard Dog can provide only virus protection.