18About Norton Personal Firewall

Norton Personal Firewall features

Norton Personal Firewall features include:

Intrusion Detection

Intrusion Detection helps keep your computer safe from

 

Internet attacks by scanning each piece of information that

 

enters and exits your computer. If it identifies a potential

 

attack, Intrusion Detection alerts you and automatically

 

blocks the connection that contained the attack.

 

See “Guarding against intrusion attempts” on page 69.

Privacy Control

Privacy Control gives you several levels of control over the

 

kind of information that users can send via the Web, email,

 

and instant messenger programs. You can also control how

 

Privacy Control reacts when Web sites attempt to set and use

 

cookies or learn about your browser.

 

See “Protecting your privacy” on page 89.

Ad Blocking

Ad Blocking speeds up your Web surfing by eliminating

 

banner ads and other slow-loading or intrusive content.

 

Norton Personal Firewall now also blocks ads made with

 

Macromedia Flash and prevents sites from opening pop-up or

 

pop-under ad windows.

 

See “Blocking Internet advertisements” on page 95.