User manual KAPERSKY INTERNET SECURITY 6.0

[. . . ] KASPERSKY LAB Kaspersky® Internet Security 6. 0 USER GUIDE KASPERSKY INTERNET SECURITY 6. 0 User Guide © Kaspersky Lab http://www. kaspersky. com Revision date: January 2007 Table of Contents CHAPTER 1. THREATS TO COMPUTER SECURITY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sources of Threats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . How threats spread . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] You might receive a link to a phishing site via email, or through an instant messenger program. The Kaspersky Internet Security threat signatures include the addresses of all phishing sites currently known. Kaspersky Lab specialists populate the list with addresses obtained from the Anti-Phishing Working Group, an international organization. Sites are added to the list by updating threat signatures. Anti-Spy 135 · The Popup Blocker component blocks access to Internet resources with advertising, such as popup windows The information in these windows is generally not of benefit to you. These windows open automatically when you open a certain website, or go to a different window using a hyperlink. They contain advertisements and other information that you did not request. The Popup Blocker component blocks these windows, and a special message above the system tray icon informs you about it. You can determine directly in this message if you want to block the window or not. Popup Blocker works correctly with the popup blocking module in Microsoft Internet Explorer included in Service Pack 2 for Microsoft Windows XP. When you install Kaspersky Internet Security, a plug-in is installed in the browser that lets you allow popup windows directly from the browser. Some sites use popup windows legitimately, to deliver information more quickly and conveniently. If you use such sites frequently and the popup windows are important to you, you can add them to the trusted sites list (see 11. 1. 1 on pg. When using Microsoft Internet Explorer, the icon will appear in the browser status bar when a popup window is blocked. You can unblock it or add the address to the trusted address list by clicking on the icon. · The Anti-Banner component blocks banner ads either on web pages, or built into the interfaces of programs installed on your computer. Banner ads are not just devoid of useful information, but also distract you from your work and increase the amount of traffic on your computer. AntiBanner blocks the most common banner ads, based on masks created by Kaspersky Internet Security. You can disable banner blocking or create your own lists of allowed and blocked banners. To integrate Anti-Banner into Opera, add the following line to standard_menu. ini, section [Image Link Popup Menu]: Item, "New banner" = Copy image address & Execute program, "<drive>\Program Files\Kaspersky Lab\Kaspersky Internet Security 6. 0 for Workstation\opera_banner_deny. vbs", "//nologo %C" · Anti-Dialer protects computers against attempts to make unauthorized modem connections. Anti-Dialer runs on Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows XP x64, Microsoft Windows Vista and Microsoft Windows Vista x64. 136 Kaspersky Internet Security 6. 0 Dialers generally establish connections with specific websites, such as sites with pornographic material. Then you are forced to pay for expensive traffic that you never wanted or used. If you want to exclude a number from the blocked list, you must place it on the trusted numbers list (see 11. 1. 3 on pg. Configuring Anti-Spy Anti-Spy protects you from all programs known to Kaspersky Lab which could steal your confidential information or money. [. . . ] It shall be at the absolute discretion of Kaspersky Lab whether or not you have satisfied this condition for the provision of Support Services. Kaspersky Lab's technical support service is also entitled to demand from the End User additional registration for identifier awarding for Support Services rendering. Until Software activation and/or obtaining of the End User identifier (Customer ID) technical support service renders only assistance in Software activation and registration of the End User. (ii) By completion of the Support Services Subscription Form you consent to the terms of the Kaspersky Lab Privacy Policy, which is deposited on www. kaspersky. com/privacy, and you explicitly consent to the transfer of data to other countries outside your own as set out in the Privacy Policy. [. . . ]