User Guide

Welcome to Internet Guard Dog™
2 Internet Guard Dog
With its new features, you can now also act as an Administrator and apply
customized protection settings not only for yourself, but for other users of
your computer and easily monitor potential risk they may encounter while
browsing the Internet.
How Internet Guard Dog works
Internet Guard Dog works via the following main features displayed in the
Home screen:
User Setup
As the Administrator, this feature allows you to setup protection settings for
other users of your computer. You can add, edit and delete a user’s
profile—then setup individu al privacy, security and Internet filtering options
that InternetGuard Dog will applywhenever any of these users are browsing
the Web through your computer.
See the following for more information:
• “Customize User Setup Settings” on page 33.
• Chapter 4, “Privacy Features.”
• Chapter 5, “Security Features.”
VirusScan
Internet Guard Dog now uses the McAfee VirusScan to address virus-related
problems you mayencounter through theInternet. This featurea llows you to
set how to perform a virus scan operation on your computer; what to do if a
virus is found;and how it should alert you once thevirus is detected. You can
alsodirect VirusScantokeep arecordof actionsperformedonyourcomputer.
WiththesemainfeaturesofInternetGuardDog,youareincontrolatalltimes.
You decide what security and privacy features to use. If your concerns or
computing habits change, it is easy to change Internet Guard Dog protection
settings to meet your needs and those of others who use your computer
frequently. S ee “What is McAfee VirusScan?” on page 49.
Activity Logs
On the Internet Guard Dog Home screen, A ctivity Logs allow you to view a
list of all the interactions that you and other profiled users of your computer
had with Internet Guard Dog, including the date and time of the action. You
can print, save or clear this list. See “Viewing Activity Logs” on page 23.