User Guide

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Security Features
What File Guardian does
File Guardian can protect files that contain your sensitive data from being
opened, renamed, copied, moved, or deleted. For added protection, you can
even encrypt files protected by File Guardian. Internet Guard Dog can also
alert you if a program attempts one of the following potentially harmful
activities:
• A program attempts to reformat your hard drive.
• An ActiveX control attempts to delete files on your hard drive.
• An ActiveX control attempts to scan files on your hard drive.
• A program attempts to access your system password files.
When Internet Guard Dog displays an alert message, you can decide if the
program should be allowed to continue the operation or not.
Responding to File Guardian alert messages
Internet Guard D og can display five different File Guardian-related alert
messages. If you are usingthedefaultsetting suggested bythe Interview, you
will only see: guarded file; ActiveX scan; ActiveX delete; and drive format
messages.
Guarded file alert message
Using Fi le Guardian, you can set which files to guard on your hard drive and
what programs can be used to open the files. If an unauthorized application
attempts to access a guarded file, Internet Guard Dog displays an alert
message that tells you what application is trying to open which file.
You can then decide whether youwantto givethe program in question access
to the file. If you did not run the unauthorized program yourself, you should
immediately investigate the program to determine its source.
Table 5-5.
If you choose Internet Guard Dog
Allow a lways Permits the program to open the file and adds
theprogramtothelistofprogramsthatare
authorized to access the file without further
warnings.
Not this time Stops the program from opening the file and
warns you the next time the program tries to
open the file.