About Guard Dog Documentation - McAfee GUARD DOG 2 User Manual

Welcome to Guard Dog™
• New interface
Easier to use—you don't have to know a lot about the inner workings of
your PC and the Internet.
• Guard Dog password
Protects the information and settings in Guard Dog from being viewed or
changed. It also prevents others using your computer from sending out
information that you specify as private.
• Multimedia introduction tutorial
Walks you through Guard Dog's features and teaches you the facts about
today's Internet threats.
• Improved cookie management
Selectively remove cookies that you don't want in CheckUp.
• Personal identity protection
"Mark" personal identity information and sensitive files (such as financial
records and credit card numbers) so they'll never be sent over the Internet
without your OK.
• Additional Scheduled events
Schedule events that automatically:
• Remove viruses and other hostile programs.
• Remove cookies, browser History records, and browser Cache files.
• Encrypt or decrypt files protected by File Guardian.
• Remind you to create or update your Emergency Disk or Guard Dog
• Encrypt sensitive files
Add an extra layer of protection by encoding files to prevent them from
being read—until you decode them.
• Web site password management
Store and manage your Web site passwords in one convenient, secure
location.

About Guard Dog documentation

This manual provides the basic information you need to install, set up, and use
Guard Dog. More detailed information about Guard Dog is provided by Help.
4 McAfee Guard Dog
files.