About Alerts - McAfee VIRUSSCAN PLUS 2008 User Manual

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About alerts

Firewall has three basic alert types. As well, some alerts include
information to help you learn or get information about programs
running on your computer.
Red alert
A red alert appears when Firewall detects, then blocks, a Trojan
on your computer, and recommends that you scan for additional
threats. A Trojan appears to be a legitimate program, but can
disrupt, damage, and provide unauthorized access to your
computer. This alert occurs in every security level, except Open.
Yellow alert
The most common type of alert is a yellow alert, which informs
you about a program activity or network event detected by
Firewall. When this occurs, the alert describes the program
activity or network event, and then provides you with one or
more options that require your response. For example, the
Network Detected alert appears when a computer with Firewall
installed is connected to a new network. You can choose to trust
or not trust the network. If the network is trusted, Firewall allows
traffic from any other computer on the network and is added to
Trusted IP Addresses. If Smart Recommendations is enabled,
programs are added to the Program Permissions pane.
Green alert
In most cases, a green alert provides basic information about an
event and does not require a response. Green alerts are disabled
by default, and usually occur when Standard, Trusting, Tight, and
Stealth security levels are set.
User Assistance
Many Firewall alerts contain additional information to help you
manage your computer's security, which includes the following:
Learn more about this
global security Web site to get information about a
program that Firewall has detected on your computer.
Tell McAfee about this
McAfee about an unknown file that Firewall has detected
on your computer.
McAfee recommends: Advice about handling alerts. For
example, an alert can recommend that you allow access
for a program.
program: Launch McAfee's
program: Send information to
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