Symantec 10067161 Product Manual - Page 196

196 Protecting Internet activities About Vulnerability Protection vulnerabilities that the program contains. You can also view more details about the vulnerabilities by clicking on the program name. To view the list of vulnerable programs 1 In the Norton AntiVirus main window, click Advanced. 2 In the Network Protection pane, click Vulnerability Protection. 3 In the Vulnerability Protection window, view the list of vulnerable applications. 4 After you finish viewing the list, click Close. Viewing details about a vulnerable application The Vulnerability Protection window displays the list of the programs on your computer that are susceptible to malicious attacks. In addition, you can view details of the vulnerabilities that a program contains. The Program Vulnerability Details window displays the names of the attack signatures that Intrusion Prevention uses to detect any attempts to exploit the vulnerabilities in the program. You can click an attack signature to get additional information about the signature in the Symantec Security Response Web site. The Intrusion Signatures window of Intrusion Prevention lets you view a list of attack signatures. Intrusion Prevention relies on this list of attack signatures to detect and block suspicious activity. You can uncheck a signature from the list, if you do not want Norton AntiVirus to monitor the signature. The Program Vulnerability Details list does not include any signature that you disable in the Intrusion Signatures window. By default, all the signatures in the Intrusion Signatures window are turned on. Unless you have a good reason to disable a signature, you should leave the signatures turned on. If you disable a signature, your computer may be vulnerable to attack.