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22 McAfee VirusScan Plus Showing and hiding informational alerts Informational alerts notify you when events occur that do not pose threats to your computer's security. For example, if you have set up Firewall Protection, an informational alert appears by default whenever a program on your computer is granted access to the Internet. If you do not want a specific type of informational alert to appear, you can hide it. If you do not want any informational alerts to appear, you can hide them all. You can also hide all informational alerts when you play a game in full-screen mode on your computer. When you finish playing the game and exit full-screen mode, SecurityCenter starts displaying informational alerts again. If you mistakenly hide an informational alert, you can show it again at any time. By default, SecurityCenter shows all informational alerts. Show or hide informational alerts You can configure SecurityCenter to show some informational alerts and hide others, or to hide all informational alerts. 1 Open the Alert Options pane. How? 1. Under Common Tasks, click Home. 2. On the right pane, under SecurityCenter Information, click Configure. 3. Under Alerts, click Advanced. 2 On the SecurityCenter Configuration pane, click Informational Alerts. 3 On the Informational Alerts pane, do the following: ƒ To show an informational alert, clear its check box. ƒ To hide an informational alert, select its check box. ƒ To hide all informational alerts, select the Do not show informational alerts check box. 4 Click OK. Tip: You can also hide an informational alert by selecting the Do not show this alert again check box in the alert itself. If you do so, you can show the informational alert again by clearing the appropriate check box on the Informational Alerts pane.

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McAfee VirusScan Plus
Showing and hiding informational alerts
Informational alerts notify you when events occur that do not
pose threats to your computer's security. For example, if you
have set up Firewall Protection, an informational alert appears by
default whenever a program on your computer is granted access
to the Internet. If you do not want a specific type of informational
alert to appear, you can hide it. If you do not want any
informational alerts to appear, you can hide them all. You can
also hide all informational alerts when you play a game in
full-screen mode on your computer. When you finish playing the
game and exit full-screen mode, SecurityCenter starts displaying
informational alerts again.
If you mistakenly hide an informational alert, you can show it
again at any time. By default, SecurityCenter shows all
informational alerts.
Show or hide informational alerts
You can configure SecurityCenter to show some informational
alerts and hide others, or to hide all informational alerts.
1
Open the Alert Options pane.
How?
1.
Under
Common Tasks
, click
Home
.
2.
On the right pane, under
SecurityCenter
Information
, click
Configure
.
3.
Under
Alerts
, click
Advanced
.
2
On the SecurityCenter Configuration pane, click
Informational Alerts
.
3
On the Informational Alerts pane, do the following:
To show an informational alert, clear its check box.
To hide an informational alert, select its check box.
To hide all informational alerts, select the
Do not show
informational alerts
check box.
4
Click
OK
.
Tip:
You can also hide an informational alert by selecting the
Do
not show this alert again
check box in the alert itself. If you do
so, you can show the informational alert again by clearing the
appropriate check box on the Informational Alerts pane.