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84 McAfee Total Protection
Allowing outbound-only access for programs
Some programs on your computer require outbound Internet
access. Firewall lets you configure program permissions to allow
outbound-only Internet access.
Allow outbound-only access for a program
You can allow a program to have outbound-only Internet access.
1 On the McAfee SecurityCenter pane, click
Internet &
Network, then click Configure.
2 On the Internet & Network Configuration pane, under
Firewall protection is enabled, click Advanced.
3 On the Firewall pane, click
Program Permissions.
4 Under
Program Permissions, select a program with
Blocked or Full Access.
5 Under
Action, click Allow Outbound-Only Access.
6 Click
OK.
Allow outbound-only access from the Recent Events log
You can allow an existing blocked program that appears in the
Recent Events log to have outbound-only Internet access.
1 On the McAfee SecurityCenter pane, click
Advanced Menu.
2 Click
Reports & Logs.
3 Under
Recent Events, select the event description, and then
click
Allow Outbound-Only Access.
4 In the Program Permissions dialog, click
Yes to confirm.
Allow outbound-only access from the Outbound Events log
You can allow an existing blocked program that appears in the
Outbound Events log to have outbound-only Internet access.
1 On the McAfee SecurityCenter pane, click
Advanced Menu.
2 Click
Reports & Logs.
3 Under Recent Events, click View Log.
4 Click
Internet & Network, and then click Outbound Events.
5 Select a program, and under
I want to, click Allow
Outbound-Only Access.
6 In the Program Permissions dialog, click Yes to confirm.