User Guide

Security Features
40 Internet Guard Dog
You can respond to the Internet access alert message in the following ways:
Harmful site alert message
Before you can connect to a harmful site, Internet Guard Dog will display an
alert message, “Your browser is visiting Sitename,aWebsitethatmayharm
your PC or data.”
You must immedi ately close your browser to end your browser’s connection
tothissite.Thefasteryoucloseyourbrowser,thelesstimethesitehasto
transfer harmful data to your PC.
If you want to view the Web site anyway, click Continue.
Program starts up another program message
When another program starts to run another program, Internet Guard Dog
checks to see if you’ve authorized this action. If you haven’t allowed the
program to always open the other program, Internet Guard Dog displays an
alert message.
Table 5-1.
If you choose Internet Guard Dog
This time only Allows the program to access the Internet this time
only and warns you the next time it tries to access the
Internet.
Allow always Allows the program to access the Internet at any t ime.
In Protection Settings for Gatekeeper, the program is
addedtothelistofprogramsallowed to automatically
access the Internet. If you decide later that you do not
want this program to use your Internet connection,
select its name and click Remove.
Not t his time Prevents the program from accessing the Internet.
This choice stays in effect until the next time you
restart Windows or for Internet Explorer 4 users, until
you close your browser. Use this option if you want
Internet Guard Dog to warn you the next time the
program tries to access the Internet.