User manual MCAFEE INTERNET GUARD DOG 3.0

[. . . ] Internet Guard Dog User's Guide Version 3. 0 COPYRIGHT Copyright © 2000 Network Associates, Inc. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form or by any means without the written permission of Network Associates, Inc. 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All other registered and unregistered trademarks in this document are the sole property of their respective owners. [. . . ] After you are finished with the CheckUp, don't forget to change back your settings. 32 Internet Guard Dog Privacy Features Why should I change my Cookie Blocker settings? If you want a good level of privacy protection without having to see any Cookie Blocker alert messages, use the recommended settings--always accept cookies from sites that you visit directly and decide on a case-by-case basis whether to accept cookies coming from sites that you haven't visited directly. You may also change your settings under specific circumstances (see Table 5-2). Table 4-2. If you Want the least number of cookies set and highest assurance of privacy. If a site requires you to accept a cookie, you can change this setting temporarily to Prompt. After you respond to the Cookie Blocker alert message, you won't see additional alert messages for that site. Either turn off Cookie Blocker or change the Indirect Sites setting to Accept. You should choose the second method if you want to keep a total of the cookies added to your PC, which you can view in the Browser Buddy. What Identity Protector does It is easy to forget that when you send information over the Internet, it doesn't go directly from your computer to the computer that is storing the Web page information. Instead, the information can pass through many computers before it reaches its final destination. Identity Protector can keep your software from sending any personal information over the Internet to an unsecure site. Although you don't have to worry about a site when it using a secure connection, there are many Web sites that use a secure connection only when dealing with credit card transactions. (For more information, see "Privacy on the Web" on page 58. ) User's Guide 33 Privacy Features If more than one person is using your computer, make sure that you create an Internet Guard Dog password. If the person using your computer doesn't enter the Internet Guard Dog password, it automatically replaces any protected personal information sent to an unsecure site with the text, "xxxx. " For example, if your child tries to order the latest CD without entering your Internet Guard Dog password, it replaces your credit card number with "xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx. " Identity Protector offers three optional responses whenever an application tries to send out information over the Internet to an unsecure site: · Let the information go out. · Display an alert message when any application tries to send the information over the Internet to an unsecure site. This is the response that Internet Guard Dog sets up when you add information to protect in the Internet Guard Dog Interview. Responding to an Identity Protector alert message During the Interview, Internet Guard Dog asked you to enter your personal and financial information that you want to protect. Internet Guard Dog displays the Identity Protector alert message the first time an application tries to send out this information to an unsecure site. You can respond to the alert message in the following ways: Table 4-3. If you choose This time only Not this time Internet Guard Dog Allows the information to go out just this time. Prevents the information from going out this time. 34 Internet Guard Dog Privacy Features Why should I change my Identity Protector settings? You may want to change your settings under the following circumstances: Table 4-4. If you Are the only person using your PC and you don't want to be alerted every time. Use this option Enter all of the information that you want to prevent from going out and select Allow Always. If the Internet Guard Dog password is not entered after you start Windows, an unauthorized user of your PC can't view or send out your personal information. Enter all of the information that you may want to prevent from going out and select Allow Always or Ask Before Blocking. For information that you always want to prevent from going out, select Block Always. If the Internet Guard Dog password is not entered after you start Windows, any information entered in Identity Protector will be blocked from being sent out. [. . . ] If the company does not provide this option, you can enter false information to prevent mailings, either postal or electronic, from reaching you. What are cookies and how are they used? A cookie is a small file that contains data. Upon the request of a Web site, your Web browser stores cookies on your computer. Usually, cookies just contain information that enhances your Web experience. For example, when you use an Internet site to buy computer equipment, you may add items to a "shopping basket. " Information about the items you add to the shopping basket is stored in a cookie on your computer because the Internet browser cannot retain information that you entered in one Internet page when you switch to another Internet page. [. . . ]