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Installing browser protection during, policy updates, Web filtering features, Enabling and disabling

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Using Browser Protection and Web Filtering Installing browser protection during policy updates Installing browser protection during policy updates Use this task to install browser protection automatically whenever client computers check for an updated policy. You might want to use this feature for adding browser protection on computers where the Total Protection Service client software is already installed. By default, this option is enabled. Task For option definitions, click ? in the interface. 1 On the Policies page, click Add Policy (or click Edit to modify an existing policy). 2 Select Browser Protection, then click the General Settings tab. 3 Under Firewall Configuration, select Automatically install browser protection on all computers using this policy. 4 Click Save. (For a new policy, click Next, select additional options for the policy, then click Save.) Web filtering features If you purchased a version of McAfee SaaS Endpoint Protection that includes the web filtering module, the Policies page in the SecurityCenter displays an expanded set of policy options labeled Browser Protection & Web Filtering. The additional policy options enable you to configure these features. • R egulate user access to websites, based on their safety rating (for example, block access to red sites and display a warning before opening yellow sites). • R egulate user access to phishing pages. • R egulate access to site resources, such as file downloads, based on their safety rating. • R egulate user access to websites based on their content (for example, block access to shopping or gambling sites). • C reate a list of authorized and prohibited sites, based on their URL or domain. • C ustomize the message that the browser protection service displays on computers that attempt to access a blocked website. • E nable and disable the browser protection service at the policy level. • S pecify whether the browser protection service can be disabled from a client computer. Enabling and disabling browser protection via policy Use this task to enable and disable the browser protection service on all client computers using the policy. This feature is available only in versions of the browser protection service that include the web filtering module. 108 McAfee Total Protection Service Product Guide

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McAfee Total Protection Service Product Guide
Installing browser protection during
policy updates
Use this task to install browser protection automatically whenever client computers check
for an updated policy. You might want to use this feature for adding browser protection on
computers where the Total Protection Service client software is already installed. By default,
this option is enabled.
Task
For option definitions, click
?
in the interface.
1
On the Policies page, click
Add Policy
(or click
Edit
to modify an existing policy).
2
Select
Browser Protection
, then click the
General Settings
tab.
3
Under Firewall Configuration, select
Automatically install browser protection on all
computers using this policy
.
4
Click
Save
. (For a new policy, click
Next
, select additional options for the policy, then
click Save.)
Web filtering features
If you purchased a version of McAfee SaaS Endpoint Protection that includes the
web filtering module, the Policies page in the SecurityCenter displays an expanded
set of policy options labeled
Browser Protection & Web Filtering
.
The additional policy options enable you to configure these features.
Regulate user access to websites, based on their safety rating (for example, block
access to red sites and display a warning before opening yellow sites).
Regulate user access to phishing pages.
Regulate access to site resources, such as file downloads, based on their
safety rating.
Regulate user access to websites based on their content (for example, block
access to shopping or gambling sites).
Create a list of authorized and prohibited sites, based on their URL or domain.
Customize the message that the browser protection service displays on
computers that attempt to access a blocked website.
Enable and disable the browser protection service at the policy level.
Specify whether the browser protection service can be disabled from a
client computer.
Enabling and disabling browser protection
via policy
Use this task to enable and disable the browser protection service on all client
computers using the policy.
This feature is available only in versions of the browser protection service that
include the web filtering module.
Using Browser Protection and Web Filtering
Installing browser protection during policy updates