Symantec 10067161 Product Manual - Page 275

Customizing protection features 275 About customizing settings and options Intrusion Prevention Intrusion Prevention scans all the network traffic to and from your computer and compares this information against a set of attack signatures. Attack signatures contain the information that identifies an attacker's attempt to exploit a known vulnerability in the operating system or in a program. If the information matches an attack signature, Intrusion Prevention blocks the traffic from the suspicious computer. The following are some activities that you can do using the Intrusion Prevention options: 1 View the list of Intrusion Prevention signatures. 1 Exclude individual signatures from being monitored. 1 Specify whether or not you must be notified when Intrusion Prevention signatures are detected. 1 Activate AutoBlock for a specified duration to block all incoming traffic from a computer that continues to attack your system. 1 View, restrict, or unblock the list of computers that AutoBlock blocks. 1 View or unblock the list of computers that AutoBlock blocks. 1 Determine whether or not you are notified when Intrusion Prevention activities are detected.