Chapter 7. Mcafee Internet Guard Dog; How Internet Guard Dog Works; User Setup; Virusscan - McAfee OFFICE 3.1 User Manual

McAfee Internet Guard Dog
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In the last few years the Internet has changed from a communications network
that government entities and universities used almost exclusively, to an
information treasure house that people of all ages and occupations can now
access. 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 these conveniences come 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 other people to have. And those
computers can also send files to your computer that may contain viruses.
While most of these files are harmless, some can invade your privacy or even
damage the data on your computer's hard drive.
McAfee's Internet Guard Dog addresses any of these potential risks with its
comprehensive features designed to protect your privacy and security when
surfing the Internet.
With its new features, you can now also act as an Administrator and apply
customized protection settings not only for yourself, but for other users of
your computer and easily monitor potential risk they may encounter while
browsing the Internet.

How Internet Guard Dog works

Product Name works via the following features displayed in the main screen:

User Setup

As the Administrator, this feature allows you to setup protection settings for
other users of your computer. You can add, edit and delete a user's
profile—then setup individual privacy, security and Internet filtering options
that Internet Guard Dog will apply whenever any of these users are browsing
the Web through your computer.

VirusScan

Internet Guard Dog now uses the McAfee VirusScan to address virus-related
problems you may encounter through the Internet. This feature allows you to
set how to perform a virus scan operation on your computer; what to do if a
virus is found; and how it should alert you once the virus is detected. You can
also direct VirusScan to keep a record of actions performed on your computer.
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