User Guide

User’s Guide 185
McAfee Internet Guard Dog
What Web Trail Cleaner does
As you surf the Internet,y our browser stores information that makes your
browsing experience more satisfying. It uses the information as follows:
The files left on your P C can be viewed by others and depend ing on your
browser’s settings, can take up many megabytes of disk space.
If yo u accepted Internet Guard D og’s recommendation during the interview,
Internet Guar d D og displays the Web Trail Cleaner alert message when yo u
close your browser.
What Search Filter does
When you perform a search in your Web browser, the search information is
displayed in the address box of your Web b rowser. W hen you go to another
site, the browser retainsthe search information and the next site you visitcan
extrac t it without your knowledge. Se ar ch Filter blocks this information from
being passed along to the next site.
If yo u have Search Filter selected in the Security Set tings of Internet G uard
Dog, it automatically removes search information before you go to another
Web site. Internet Guard Dog does not display an alert message for this
feature, but you can see the number o f times Search Filter blocks this
information in the Br owser Buddy.
Security features
What Gatekeeper does
Gatekeeper lets yo u control what programs o n your P C can have a c cess to
your Internet c on nection. Gatekeeper can also warn you about any of these
potentially harmful actions:
Your browser uses To
Cached files Speed up the display of Web page elements such
as graphics.
URLs visited Disp lay a list of sites that you’ve visited using
Web addresses.
History Display a list of sites that you’ve visited u sin g
Websitenames.