McAfee TSA00M005PAA Processor Guide - Page 109

Enabling and disabling browser protection at, the client computer, Block and warn sites by safety

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Using Browser Protection and Web Filtering Enabling and disabling browser protection at the client computer 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 & Web Filtering, then click the General Settings tab. 3 Under Browser Protection Status, select or deselect the option Disable browser protection on all computers using this policy. This feature takes effect on client computers the next time they update their policy. 4 Click Save. (For a new policy, click Next, select additional options for the policy, then click Save.) Enabling and disabling browser protection at the client computer Use this task to specify whether the browser protection service can be disabled from a client computer. When this capability is enabled, the Enable SiteAdvisor or Disable SiteAdvisor option appears on the SiteAdvisor menu. NOTE: If the browser protection service remains disabled, it is re-enabled automatically the next time the client computer checks for policy updates. (This presumes that the browser protection service is enabled at the policy level.) This feature is available only in versions of the browser protection service that include the web filtering module. 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 & Web Filtering, then click the General Settings tab. 3 Under Browser Protection Status, select or deselect the option Allow users to enable or disable browser protection. 4 Specify whether a password is required on the client computer. If so, type the password. 5 Click Save. (For a new policy, click Next, select additional options for the policy, then click Save.) Block and warn sites by safety ratings Web filtering adds policy options that allow you to use the site safety ratings provided by the browser protection service to determine whether users can access a site or resources on a site, such as download files. • F or each yellow, red, or unrated site, specify whether to allow, warn, or block the site. • F or each yellow, red, or unrated download file, specify whether to allow, warn, or block the download. This enables a greater level of granularity in protecting McAfee Total Protection Service Product Guide 109

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McAfee Total Protection Service Product Guide
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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 & Web Filtering
, then click the
General Settings
tab.
3
Under Browser Protection Status, select or deselect the option
Disable browser
protection on all computers using this policy
.
This feature takes effect on client computers the next time they update their policy.
4
Click
Save
.
(For a new policy, click
Next
, select additional options for the policy, then
click
Save
.)
Enabling and disabling browser protection at
the client computer
Use this task to specify whether the browser protection service can be disabled from
a client computer.
When this capability is enabled, the
Enable SiteAdvisor
or
Disable SiteAdvisor
option appears on the SiteAdvisor menu.
NOTE:
If the browser protection service remains disabled, it is re-enabled automatically the
next time the client computer checks for policy updates. (This presumes that the browser
protection service is enabled at the policy level.)
This feature is available only in versions of the browser protection service that
include the web filtering module.
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 & Web Filtering
, then click the
General Settings
tab.
3
Under Browser Protection Status, select or deselect the option
Allow users to enable or
disable browser protection
.
4
Specify whether a password is required on the client computer. If so, type the password.
5
Click
Save
.
(For a new policy, click
Next
, select additional options for the policy, then
click
Save
.)
Block and warn sites by safety ratings
Web filtering adds policy options that allow you to use the site safety ratings provided
by the browser protection service to determine whether users can access a site or
resources on a site, such as download files.
For each yellow, red, or unrated site, specify whether to allow, warn, or block
the site.
For each yellow, red, or unrated download file, specify whether to allow, warn,
or block the download. This enables a greater level of granularity in protecting
Using Browser Protection and Web Filtering
Enabling and disabling browser protection at the client computer