User Guide

User’s Guide 153
Using the WinGuard Scanner
Choosing Detection options
The Internet Filter module startsby assuming that youwant to blockall of the
harmful objects and sites it has listed in its database in order to prevent you
from accidentally encountering them (Figure 4-31). This option provides you
with the tightest security against harmful objects, but allows you to make use
of other objects on the Internet sites you visit.
Figure 4-31. Internet Filter Properties - Detection page
To change configuration options, follow these steps:
1. Verify that the Enable Java & ActiveX filter checkbox is selected.
This activates the options in the rest of the property page.
2. Specify which objects you want the Internet Filter module to examine.
Your options are:
• ActiveX Controls. Select this checkbox tohave the module lookfor
and block harmful ActiveX or .OCX controls.
• Java classes. Select this checkbox to have the module look for and
block harmful Java classes, or applets written in Java.
TheInternetFiltermodulewillcomparetheobjectsyouencounterasyou
visit Internet sites with an internal database that lists the characteristics
of objects known to cause harm. When it finds a match, the module can
alert you and let you decide what to do, or it can automatically keep the
object from downloading. See “Choosing Action options” on page 157
for more details.