McAfee AVDCDE-AA-AA - Active Virus Defense Suite User Manual page 140

Using the VShield Scanner
5. Click a different tab to change any of your Download Scan settings, or
Configuring the Internet Filter module
Dangerous objects such as these can often lurk on websites until you visit and
download them to your system, usually without realizing that they exist. Most
browser software includes a feature that allows you to block Java applets or
ActiveX controls altogether, or to turn on security features that authenticate
objects before downloading them to your system. But these approaches can
deprive you of the interactive benefits of websites you visit by
indiscriminately blocking all objects, dangerous or not.
The Internet Filter module allows a more judicious approach. It uses an
up-to-date database of objects known to cause harm to screen Java classes and
ActiveX controls you encounter as you browse.
When it finds a virus, the module can ask you what you want it to do, or it can
block the dangerous object or site automatically. You can have it report what
it has done either with an alert message when it takes the action or in a log file
you can examine at your leisure.
To choose your options, click the Internet Filter icon at the left side of the
VShield Properties dialog box to display the property pages for this module.
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click one of the icons along the side of the Download Scan Properties
dialog box to choose options for a different module.
To save your changes in the Download Scan module without closing its
dialog box, click Apply. To save your changes and close the dialog box,
click OK. To close the dialog box without saving your changes, click
Cancel.
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NOTE: Clicking Cancel will not undo any changes you already
saved by clicking Apply.
Although both Java and ActiveX objects include safeguards
designed to prevent harm to your computer system, determined
programmers have developed objects that exploit arcane Java or
ActiveX features to cause various sorts of harm to your system.
NOTE: The Internet Filter icon will not appear here unless you used the
Custom Setup option to install the VirusScan software and specified that
you wanted to install the Internet Scan component.