User Guide

User’s Guide 25
Quick Tour of Internet Guard Dog™
Performing a Security Check
After completing the interview, you’ll want to find out how your PC may be
at risk. Security Check examines your PC for privacy and security problems
and then guides you through fixing any problem it finds. If you are using the
settings suggested by Internet Guard Dog in the interview, you only need to
run Security Check right after installation and then every month or so. If you
reducethelevelofprotection,youshouldrun S ecurity Check morefrequently.
You can also change the Security Check settings to customize how you want
this feature to work on your computer.
To perform a Security Check
1. Click S ecurity Check on t he Internet Guard Dog Home screen.
After security check is complete, Internet Guard Dog displays a report
describing any problems it dis covered. (Figure 3-5 on page 25)
Figure 3-5. The Guard Dog Report screen
2. To view a problem that Internet Guard Dog has identified, highlight the
item and click Fix.
3. Read the Internet Guard Dog recommendation and then click the
appropriate button. If you want more information, click Help, then click
Help for this screen.
A check mark appears next to each problem that you fix.