McAfee MIS09EMB3RAA User Guide - Page 63

61 CHAPTER 12 McAfee Personal Firewall Personal Firewall offers advanced protection for your computer and your personal data. Personal Firewall establishes a barrier between your computer and the Internet, silently monitoring Internet traffic for suspicious activities. Note: SecurityCenter reports critical and non-critical protection problems as soon as it detects them. If you need help diagnosing your protection problems, you can run McAfee Virtual Technician. In this chapter Personal Firewall features 62 Starting Firewall 63 Working with alerts 65 Managing informational alerts 67 Configuring Firewall protection 69 Managing programs and permissions 81 Managing computer connections 89 Managing system services 97 Logging, monitoring, and analysis 103 Learning about Internet security 113