Symantec 10067161 - 10PK NORTON ANTIVIRUS Product Manual page 196

196 Protecting Internet activities
About Vulnerability Protection
Viewing details about a vulnerable application
vulnerabilities that the program contains. You can also
view more details about the vulnerabilities by clicking
on the program name.
To view the list of vulnerable programs
1 In the Norton AntiVirus main window, click
Advanced.
2 In the Network Protection pane, click Vulnerability
Protection.
3 In the Vulnerability Protection window, view the
list of vulnerable applications.
4 After you finish viewing the list, click Close.
The Vulnerability Protection window displays the list
of the programs on your computer that are susceptible
to malicious attacks. In addition, you can view details
of the vulnerabilities that a program contains. The
Program Vulnerability Details window displays the
names of the attack signatures that Intrusion
Prevention uses to detect any attempts to exploit the
vulnerabilities in the program.
You can click an attack signature to get additional
information about the signature in the Symantec
Security Response Web site.
The Intrusion Signatures window of Intrusion
Prevention lets you view a list of attack signatures.
Intrusion Prevention relies on this list of attack
signatures to detect and block suspicious activity. You
can uncheck a signature from the list, if you do not
want Norton AntiVirus to monitor the signature. The
Program Vulnerability Details list does not include
any signature that you disable in the Intrusion
Signatures window. By default, all the signatures in
the Intrusion Signatures window are turned on. Unless
you have a good reason to disable a signature, you
should leave the signatures turned on. If you disable a
signature, your computer may be vulnerable to attack.