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Viewing quarantined files on client computers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Viewing user-approved programs and applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Viewing threats detected on the account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Viewing unrecognized programs detected on the account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Reports for virus and spyware protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Detections report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Unrecognized Programs report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Detection History report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Best practices (virus and spyware protection) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Frequently asked questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
5 Using Firewall Protection
Connection type and detections of incoming communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Custom connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Firewall protection mode and detections of unknown applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Use learn mode to discover Internet applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
The role of IP addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
The role of system service ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Standard assignments for system service ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Firewall configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Interaction between user and administrator policy settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Configuring policy options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Selecting general firewall settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Configuring options for Internet applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Tracking blocked communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Configuring custom connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Configuring system services and port assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Configuring IP addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Installing and enabling firewall protection at the policy level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Installing firewall protection during policy updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Enabling and disabling firewall protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Managing detections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Viewing unrecognized programs detected on the account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Viewing user-approved programs and applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Viewing blocked communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Reports for firewall protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Unrecognized Programs report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Inbound Events Blocked by Firewall report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Best practices (firewall protection) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Frequently asked questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Questions about policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Questions about general firewall protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
6 Using Browser Protection and Web Filtering
Browser protection features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
How safety ratings are compiled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Safety icons and balloons protect during searches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Using site safety balloons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Testing communication problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
SiteAdvisor menu protects while browsing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Using the SiteAdvisor menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Safety reports provide details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Viewing safety reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Information that browser protection sends to McAfee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Installing browser protection during policy updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
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