McAfee MIS80E001RAI User Guide - Page 78

Green alerts, Application Allowed to Access the Internet alert

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McAfee Personal Firewall Plus Click Block All Access to prohibit an Internet connection. Click Help me choose to view online Help about application access permissions.Green alerts 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 - This alert appears when Personal 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 Trusting security in the Security Settings options, Personal Firewall automatically grants Internet access for all new applications, then notifies you with an alert (Figure 3-9). Figure 3-9. Program Allowed to Access the Internet View a brief description of the event, then choose from these options: Click View the Application Log to get details about the event through the Internet Applications Log (see About the Internet Applications page on page 60 for details). Click Turn Off This Alert Type to prevent these types of alerts from appearing. Click Continue What I Was Doing if you do not want to take action beyond what Personal Firewall has already done. Click Block All Access to prohibit an Internet connection. 78 McAfee® Internet Security Suite®software

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McAfee Personal Firewall Plus
78
McAfee
®
Internet Security Suite
®
software
²
Click
Block All Access
to prohibit an Internet connection.
²
Click
Help me choose
to view online Help about application access
permissions.Green alerts
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
This alert appears when Personal
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
Trusting
security in the Security Settings options, Personal Firewall
automatically grants Internet access for all new applications, then notifies you with
an alert (
Figure 3-9
).
Figure 3-9. Program Allowed to Access the Internet
View a brief description of the event, then choose from these options:
²
Click
View the Application Log
to get details about the event through the
Internet Applications Log (see
About the Internet Applications page
on page 60
for details).
²
Click
Turn Off This Alert Type
to prevent these types of alerts from appearing.
²
Click
Continue What I Was Doing
if you do not want to take action beyond what
Personal Firewall has already done.
²
Click
Block All Access
to prohibit an Internet connection.