What File Guardian Does - McAfee OFFICE 3.1 User Manual

McAfee Internet Guard Dog
• Your browser is directed to a harmful site—one that has been known to
contain virus-infected files (e.g., Trojan horses, prank or destructive
ActiveX controls, or other security concerns).
• A program silently uses your modem to connect to another computer.
• A program starts up another program.
A program sends out over the Internet a number that follows a common credit
card number pattern.
Internet Guard Dog can display five different Gatekeeper-related alert
messages. If you are using the default settings suggested by the Interview, you
will see the messages related to Internet access, harmful sites, programs
starting another program, and programs sending out credit card-like
numbers.
You can respond to the Internet access alert message in the following ways:
If you choose
This time only
Allow always
Not this time

What File Guardian does

File Guardian can protect files that contain your sensitive data from being
opened, renamed, copied, moved, or deleted. For added protection, you can
even encrypt files protected by File Guardian. Product Name can also alert
you if a program attempts one of the following potentially harmful activities:
• A program attempts to reformat your hard drive.
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Allows the program to access the Internet this time
only and warns you the next time it tries to access the
Internet.
Allows the program to access the Internet at any time.
In Protection Settings for Gatekeeper, the program is
added to the list of programs allowed to automatically
access the Internet. If you decide later that you do not
want this program to use your Internet connection,
select its name and click Remove.
Prevents the program from accessing the Internet.
This choice stays in effect until the next time you
restart Windows or for Internet Explorer 4 users, until
you close your browser. Use this option if you want
Internet Guard Dog to warn you the next time the
program tries to access the Internet.