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Guarding against
intrusion attempts
About the Personal Firewall
Improper
connection
attempts
Security and
privacy incursions
by malicious Web
content
Port scans
Intrusions
See
"Customize
firewall
protection"
on
page 106.
The Personal Firewall and Intrusion Detection features
protect your computer from online attacks, unwanted
connection attempts, malicious Web content, port scans,
and other suspicious behavior.
When the Personal Firewall is active, it monitors
communications among your computer and other
computers on the Internet. It also protects your computer
from such common security problems as the following.
Warns you of any connection attempts from other
computers and attempts by programs on your computer
to connect to other computers
Monitors all Java applets and ActiveX controls and lets
you choose whether to run or block the program
Cloaks inactive ports on your computer and detects port
scans
Detects and blocks malicious traffic and attempts by
outside users to attack your computer
You can control the level of protection that the Personal
Firewall provides by using the Security Level slider. You
can also control how the Personal Firewall reacts to
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