Green Alerts - McAfee MIS80E001RAI - Internet Security Suite 2006 User Manual

McAfee Personal Firewall Plus

Green alerts

Green alerts notify you of events in Personal Firewall, such as applications that
have been automatically granted Internet access.
Program Allowed to Access the Internet
Firewall automatically grants Internet access for all new applications, then notifies
you (Trusting Security). An example of a modified application is one with
modified rules to automatically allow the application Internet access.
Application Allowed to Access the Internet alert
If you selected
automatically grants Internet access for all new applications, then notifies you with
an alert
View a brief description of the event, then choose from these options:
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Click
Block All Access
Click
Help me choose
permissions.Green alerts
security in the Security Settings options, Personal Firewall
Trusting
(Figure 3-9).
Figure 3-9. Program Allowed to Access the Internet
Click
View the Application Log
Internet Applications Log (see
for details).
Click
Turn Off This Alert Type
Click
Continue What I Was Doing
Personal Firewall has already done.
Click
Block All Access
®
software
to prohibit an Internet connection.
to view online Help about application access
— This alert appears when Personal
to get details about the event through the
About the Internet Applications page on page 60
to prevent these types of alerts from appearing.
if you do not want to take action beyond what
to prohibit an Internet connection.