User manual MCAFEE ANTI-THEFT FILE PROTECTION

[. . . ] Anti-Theft File Protection User Guide i Contents McAfee Anti-Theft 3 Anti-Theft features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Getting started. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Using McAfee Anti-Theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 The First-Use wizard: Step 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] This means that users who access your computer using your Windows user account can see and delete your vaults, but cannot access the files inside locked vaults. To learn how to create new Windows users, see the Windows Help. 8 McAfee Anti-Theft Working with vaults Vaults are secured folders that prevent hackers and other users from getting access to the files stored inside them. A vault behaves just like a Windows folder; for example, you can double-click a vault to open it and right-click it to view its various menu options. Use this section to find out how to work with vaults. Create a vault The Create option allows you to create a new vault. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Open McAfee Anti-Theft by double-clicking the McAfee Anti-Theft icon on your desktop. In the top toolbar on the right pane, click Create to start the Create New Vault wizard. Re-enter the password in the Confirm Password box, and then click Next. To start working with the vault, click Yes, I want to unlock it (vault name). To leave the vault locked for the time being, click No, I want to leave it locked. Note: The Password Strength indicator denotes how strong your password is; that is, if it contains just alphabetic characters then it may be considered weak, and if it contains alphabetic and numeric characters then it will be considered strong. Vault specifics Vaults have a minimum size of 50 megabytes and you can increase the vault size to up to 4 gigabytes. To create a vault larger than 4 gigabytes, see Creating a vault larger than 4 gigabytes (page 9). With McAfee Anti-Theft, any vaults you create are associated with your Windows user account. For more information, see Windows User Accounts and McAfee Anti-Theft (page 7). Chapter 2 McAfee Anti-Theft 9 Advanced options for vault creation The Advanced option lets you create a vault in another location, determine the vault size, and specify the drive letter. Creating a vault larger than 4 gigabytes If you need more storage space, you can use the Advanced options to create a vault larger than 4 gigabytes (GB). 1 2 3 4 5 Open McAfee Anti-Theft by double-clicking the McAfee Anti-Theft icon on your desktop. In the top toolbar on the right pane, click Create to start the Create New Vault wizard. Enter a number for the size of the vault in the Size box and then specify whether the vault's size is in megabytes or gigabytes. Re-enter the password in the Confirm Password box, and then click Next. To start working with the vault, click Yes, I want to unlock it (vault name). 1 2 3 4 Open McAfee Anti-Theft by double-clicking the McAfee Anti-Theft icon on your desktop. On the Delete this Vault pane, click Yes I want to permanently delete "vault name" and all data and files inside. Click Delete. 5 Warning: If you delete a vault you cannot recover it. It's permanently deleted from your computer and is not moved to your computer's Recycle Bin. Please be careful; deleting a vault also deletes all the files and folders that are stored inside it. [. . . ] Remember, these programs can only access the files and folders in an unlocked vault. 17 CHAPTER 4 Backing up your vaults To properly back up a vault, you back up the . vault file that is associated with it. Even though vaults appear below the My Documents folder, the files themselves are not stored there. Each vault and its contents are stored in a single vault which is really just a secure file. The . vault files are physically stored within your Windows user profile. [. . . ]