Avg Active Surf-Shield; Online Shield; Online Shield Principles; Online Shield Interface - AVG 9 ANTI VIRUS - REVISED 10-2010 User Manual

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8.7.4. AVG Active Surf-Shield

This powerful protection will block malicious content of any webpage you try to open,

and prevent it from being downloaded to your computer. With this feature enabled,

clicking a link or typing in a URL to a dangerous site will automatically block you from

opening the web page thus protecting you from inadvertently being infected. It is

important to remember that exploited web pages can infect your computer simply by

visiting the affected site, for this reason when you request a dangerous webpage

containing exploits or other serious threats, the

browser to display it.

If you do encounter a malicious web site, within your web browser the

Scanner

will warn you with a screen similar to:

Entering such web site is highly risky and it cannot be recommended!

Online Shield is a type of a real time resident protection; it scans the content of

visited web pages (and possible files included in them) even before these are displayed

in your web browser or downloaded to your computer.

Online Shield detects that the page you are about to visit includes some dangerous

javascript, and prevents the page from being displayed. Also, it recognizes malware

contained in a page and stops its downloading immediately so that it never gets to

your computer.

Note: AVG Online Shield is not intended for server platforms!

The Online Shield component's interface describes the behavior of this type of

protection. Further you can find information on the component's current status (Online

Shield is active and fully functional.). In the bottom part of the dialog you will then

find the elementary editing options of this component's functionality.

AVG Link Scanner

will not allow your

AVG Link

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